About Besing Cemetery
Besing Cemetery is a cemetery near Saint Elmo, Effingham County, Illinois. It lies about 5.1 mi northwest of Saint Elmo. The grounds sit at about 610 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 404235. The nearest other listed cemetery is Bethlehem Cemetery, about 2.6 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Pagel Funeral Homes in St Elmo, about 5.1 mi away. It is one of 81 cemeteries we list in Effingham County, and 56 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Saint Elmo. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
38.97103, -88.78619
What Besing 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
- Bethlehem CemeteryAltamont, ILCemetery2.6 mi
- Kavanaugh CemeteryAltamont, ILCemetery2.7 mi
- Lovett CemeterySaint Elmo, ILCemetery2.9 mi
- Beck William CemeteryAltamont, ILCemetery3.1 mi
- Stein CemeterySaint Elmo, ILCemetery3.4 mi
- Mahon CemeteryAltamont, ILCemetery4.0 mi
- Newman CemeteryAltamont, ILCemetery4.5 mi
- Drysdale CemeteryAltamont, ILCemetery4.5 mi
- Faulk CemeterySaint Elmo, ILCemetery4.7 mi
- Sidener CemeterySaint Elmo, ILCemetery5.0 mi
Funeral homes near Besing Cemetery
- Pagel Funeral Homes5.1 miFuneral home · St Elmo · (618) 829-5432
- Kull Funeral Home6.5 miFuneral home · Altamont · (618) 322-1218
- Gieseking Funeral Home6.6 miFuneral home · Altamont · (618) 483-6821
- Pagel Funeral Homes7.3 miFuneral home · Edgewood · (618) 238-4441
- Pagel Funeral Homes8.0 miFuneral home · Saint Peter · (618) 349-6262
- Pagel Funeral Homes12 miFuneral home · Watson · (217) 536-5444
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