About Whitaker Cemetery
Whitaker Cemetery is a cemetery near Olney, Richland County, Illinois. It lies about 8.4 mi northwest of Olney. The grounds sit at about 518 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 414112. The nearest other listed cemetery is Otterbein Cemetery, about 1.4 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Ingram Funeral Home in West Salem, about 7.5 mi away. It is one of 55 cemeteries we list in Richland County, and 58 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
38.62949, -88.00093
What Whitaker 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
- Otterbein CemeteryOlney, ILCemetery1.4 mi
- Walnut Grove CemeteryOlney, ILCemetery2.1 mi
- Shiloh Number 1 CemeterySumner, ILCemetery3.1 mi
- Calhoun CemeteryOlney, ILCemetery3.1 mi
- Mount Hope CemeterySumner, ILCemetery3.1 mi
- Parry CemeteryOlney, ILCemetery3.2 mi
- Dutch Flat CemeterySumner, ILCemetery3.5 mi
- Mount Olive CemeterySumner, ILCemetery3.5 mi
- Smith CemeteryOlney, ILCemetery3.6 mi
- Ridgely CemeteryOlney, ILCemetery3.8 mi
Funeral homes near Whitaker Cemetery
- Ingram Funeral Home7.5 miFuneral home · West Salem · (618) 456-8888
- Meyer Funeral Homes - Formerly Thrasher Family Funeral Home, LLC8.0 miFuneral home · Olney · (618) 392-6308
- Kistler-Patterson Funeral Homes8.1 miFuneral home · Olney · (618) 395-4343
- Sivert-Macey Funeral Home9.4 miFuneral home · Sumner · (618) 936-2313
- Cunningham Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Bridgeport
- Ingram Funeral Home17 miFuneral home · Allendale · (618) 299-3141
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