About Prater Cemetery
Prater Cemetery is a cemetery near Ramsey, Fayette County, Illinois. It lies about 3.7 mi south of Ramsey. The grounds sit at about 636 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1736982. The nearest other listed cemetery is Shedd Cemetery, about 1.6 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Miller Funeral Home in Ramsey, about 3.7 mi away. It is one of 115 cemeteries we list in Fayette County, and 46 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 115 listings in Fayette County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Ramsey. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
39.19700, -89.11813
What Prater 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
- Shedd CemeteryRamsey, ILCemetery1.6 mi
- Casey CemeteryRamsey, ILCemetery2.8 mi
- Ramsey CemeteryRamsey, ILCemetery3.4 mi
- Saint Josephs CemeteryRamsey, ILCemetery3.4 mi
- Tennessee CemeteryRamsey, ILCemetery3.5 mi
- Clark CemeteryRamsey, ILCemetery3.9 mi
- Craig CemeteryRamsey, ILCemetery4.0 mi
- Mount Carmel CemeteryRamsey, ILCemetery4.1 mi
- Hayes CemeteryRamsey, ILCemetery4.3 mi
- Poland CemeteryRamsey, ILCemetery4.5 mi
Funeral homes near Prater Cemetery
- Miller Funeral Home3.7 miFuneral home · Ramsey · (618) 423-2029
- Wallace & Carroll Funeral Home7.4 miFuneral home · Herrick · (618) 428-5717
- Allen and Sutton Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Fillmore · (217) 538-2616
- Sutton Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Nokomis · (217) 538-8331
- Stiehl-Dawson Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Nokomis · (217) 563-2313
- Kennedy & Sons Funeral Directors PC13 miFuneral home · Pana · (217) 562-3959
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