About Hecker Cemetery
Hecker Cemetery is a cemetery near New Athens, Monroe County, Illinois. It lies about 5.8 mi east of New Athens. The grounds sit at about 433 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 423351. The nearest other listed cemetery is Hirst Cemetery, about 1.2 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Heil-Schuessler and Sinn Funeral Home in New Athens, about 5.9 mi away. It is one of 41 cemeteries we list in Monroe County, and 61 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, New Athens. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
38.30536, -89.98138
What Hecker Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Hirst CemeteryNew Athens, ILCemetery1.2 mi
- Freedom CemeterySmithton, ILCemetery1.2 mi
- Stehfest Freedom CemeterySmithton, ILCemetery1.2 mi
- Saint Augustine CemeteryWaterloo, ILCemetery2.3 mi
- Immanuel CemeteryNew Athens, ILCemetery2.5 mi
- Koch CemeteryNew Athens, ILCemetery3.2 mi
- Saint Marcus CemeteryRed Bud, ILCemetery3.4 mi
- Tamarawa CemeteryNew Athens, ILCemetery3.6 mi
- Talbot CemeterySmithton, ILCemetery3.8 mi
- Todd CemeteryNew Athens, ILCemetery3.9 mi
Funeral homes near Hecker Cemetery
- Heil-Schuessler and Sinn Funeral Home5.9 miFuneral home · New Athens · (618) 475-2151
- Leesman Funeral Home6.6 miFuneral home · Red Bud · (618) 282-2325
- Welge-Pechacek Funeral Homes6.8 miFuneral home · Red Bud · (618) 282-2244
- Quernheim Funeral Home9.0 miFuneral home · Waterloo · (618) 939-6121
- Greystone Crematory9.0 miCremation provider · Waterloo · (618) 613-4642
- Creason Funeral Home9.5 miFuneral home · Waterloo · (618) 939-7111
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