About Shields Cemetery
Shields Cemetery is a cemetery near Olney, Richland County, Illinois. It lies about 5.1 mi northeast of Olney. The grounds sit at about 436 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 418389. The nearest other listed cemetery is Olive Branch Cemetery, about 1.2 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Meyer Funeral Homes - Formerly Thrasher Family Funeral Home, LLC in Olney, about 4.3 mi away. It is one of 55 cemeteries we list in Richland County, and 46 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 55 listings in Richland County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Olney. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
38.68789, -88.16259
What Shields 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
- Olive Branch CemeteryOlney, ILCemetery1.2 mi
- Shiloh Number 2 CemeteryOlney, ILCemetery2.0 mi
- Sugar Creek CemeteryOlney, ILCemetery2.9 mi
- Noble Prairie CemeteryOlney, ILCemetery2.9 mi
- Liberty Lawn CemeteryOlney, ILCemetery3.4 mi
- Elston CemeteryOlney, ILCemetery3.4 mi
- Decker CemeteryOlney, ILCemetery3.7 mi
- Ebenezer CemeteryOlney, ILCemetery4.1 mi
- Green Hill CemeteryOlney, ILCemetery4.7 mi
- Maple Dale CemeteryOlney, ILCemetery4.8 mi
Funeral homes near Shields Cemetery
- Meyer Funeral Homes - Formerly Thrasher Family Funeral Home, LLC4.3 miFuneral home · Olney · (618) 392-6308
- Kistler-Patterson Funeral Homes5.1 miFuneral home · Olney · (618) 395-4343
- Ingram Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · West Salem · (618) 456-8888
- Sivert-Macey Funeral Home16 miFuneral home · Sumner · (618) 936-2313
- Frank & Bright Funeral Home and Cremation Services18 miFuneral home · Flora · (618) 662-2141
- McGriff Funeral Homes18 miFuneral home · Flora · (618) 403-3900
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