About Witt Cemetery
Witt Cemetery is a cemetery near Nokomis, Montgomery County, Illinois. It lies about 4.9 mi northeast of Nokomis. The grounds sit at about 653 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Glen Hobbie. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1953477. The nearest other listed cemetery is Gooseneck Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Sutton Funeral Home in Nokomis, about 4.9 mi away. It is one of 59 cemeteries we list in Montgomery County, and 26 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Montgomery County dates to 1884.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Nokomis. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Witt Cemetery
Among them: 1 baseball player.
- Glen Hobbie1936-2013American baseball player
People whose Wikidata entry gives Witt 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
39.24431, -89.33934
What Witt 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
- Gooseneck CemeteryNokomis, ILCemetery1.0 mi
- Armentrout CemeteryNokomis, ILCemetery1.5 mi
- Oak Grove CemeteryNokomis, ILCemetery3.4 mi
- Saint Johns CemeteryHillsboro, ILCemetery4.9 mi
- Woodside CemeteryHillsboro, ILChristian cemetery5.0 mi
- King CemeteryHillsboro, ILCemetery5.2 mi
- Calvary CemeteryNokomis, ILCemetery5.2 mi
- Hopewell CemeteryHillsboro, ILCemetery5.7 mi
- McCord CemeteryHillsboro, ILCemetery6.8 mi
- Abner Casey CemeteryRamsey, ILCemetery6.8 mi
Funeral homes near Witt Cemetery
- Sutton Funeral Home4.9 miFuneral home · Nokomis · (217) 538-8331
- Stiehl-Dawson Funeral Home5.0 miFuneral home · Nokomis · (217) 563-2313
- Jansen's Monuments & Boulder Engraving7.9 miMonument dealer · Hillsboro · (217) 827-2197
- Allen and Sutton Funeral Home9.5 miFuneral home · Fillmore · (217) 538-2616
- Hough Funeral Homes LTD9.8 miFuneral home · Hillsboro
- Hough-Dean Funeral Homes9.8 miFuneral home · Hillsboro · (217) 532-6080
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