About Bequaith Cemetery
Bequaith Cemetery is a cemetery near Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinois. It lies about 4.3 mi northeast of Pekin. The grounds sit at about 463 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 424631. The nearest other listed cemetery is Bequaith Cemetery Number 2, about 1.0 mi to the south. The nearest mortuary we know of is Abts Mortuary in Pekin, about 3.8 mi away. It is one of 81 cemeteries we list in Tazewell County, and 37 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Tazewell County dates to 1855.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Pekin. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
40.52672, -89.70281
What Bequaith 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
- Bequaith Cemetery Number 2South Pekin, ILCemetery1.0 mi
- Saint Joseph's Catholic CemeteryPekin, ILCatholic cemetery3.3 mi
- Sand Prairie CemeterySouth Pekin, ILCemetery3.7 mi
- Hawley CemeterySouth Pekin, ILCemetery3.9 mi
- Haynes CemeteryPekin, ILCemetery4.1 mi
- Tharpe Cemetery (historical)Pekin, ILCemetery4.4 mi
- Kingston Mines CemeteryGlasford, ILCemetery4.4 mi
- Maple Ridge CemeteryLake Camelot, ILCemetery4.8 mi
- Woodrow CemeterySouth Pekin, ILCemetery5.1 mi
- Hollis CemeteryPekin, ILCemetery5.1 mi
Funeral homes near Bequaith Cemetery
- Abts Mortuary3.8 miMortuary · Pekin · (309) 349-2639
- Cremation Society of Mid Illinois3.8 miCremation provider · Pekin · (309) 688-2088
- Compassionate Cremation Services3.9 miCremation provider · Pekin · (309) 349-5173
- Woolsey Funeral Home3.9 miFuneral home · Pekin · (309) 346-2115
- Preston-Hanley Funeral Home & Crematory4.4 miCremation provider · Pekin · (309) 346-2176
- Henderson Funeral Home and Crematory6.4 miCremation provider · Pekin · (309) 347-4157
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