About West Lawn Cemetery
West Lawn Cemetery is a cemetery near Newton, Jasper County, Illinois. It lies about 1.6 mi east of Newton. The grounds sit at about 558 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Laurence F. Arnold. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1923590. The nearest other listed cemetery is Brick Cemetery, about 1.6 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Meyer Funeral Home-Newton in Newton, about 1.5 mi away. It is one of 75 cemeteries we list in Jasper County, and 49 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Newton. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at West Lawn Cemetery
Among them: 1 US representative.
- Laurence F. Arnold1891-1966American politician
People whose Wikidata entry gives West Lawn Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
38.99191, -88.19215
What West Lawn 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
- Brick CemeteryNewton, ILCemetery1.6 mi
- Riverside CemeteryNewton, ILCemetery2.1 mi
- Jones CemeteryNewton, ILCemetery3.0 mi
- Vanderhoof CemeteryNewton, ILCemetery3.6 mi
- Kibler CemeteryNewton, ILCemetery3.9 mi
- Cummins CemeteryNewton, ILCemetery3.9 mi
- Bowers CemeteryNewton, ILCemetery3.9 mi
- Pleasant Ridge CemeteryNewton, ILCemetery4.1 mi
- Christian Chapel CemeteryNewton, ILChurch cemetery4.2 mi
- Coburn CemeteryNewton, ILCemetery4.3 mi
Funeral homes near West Lawn Cemetery
- Meyer Funeral Home-Newton1.5 miFuneral home · Newton · (618) 783-2345
- Crain Funeral Home1.7 miFuneral home · Newton · (618) 783-2383
- Meyer Funeral Home-dieterich11 miFuneral home · Dieterich · (217) 925-5555
- Pulliam Funeral Home15 miFuneral home · Oblong · (618) 592-4221
- Meyer Funeral Home- Greenup18 miFuneral home · Greenup · (217) 923-3141
- Barkley Funeral Chapel18 miFuneral chapel · Greenup · (217) 923-3086
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