About Gerke Cemetery
Gerke Cemetery is a cemetery near Saint Jacob, Madison County, Illinois. It lies about 0.8 mi north of Saint Jacob. The grounds sit at about 512 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 423426. The nearest other listed cemetery is Keystone Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Aebischer Richeson Funeral Home in Saint Jacob, about 0.9 mi away. It is one of 154 cemeteries we list in Madison County, and 68 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 3 of the 154 listings in Madison County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Saint Jacob. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
38.70342, -89.76468
What Gerke 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
- Keystone CemeterySaint Jacob, ILCemetery0.4 mi
- Keystone City CemeterySaint Jacob, ILMunicipal cemetery0.4 mi
- Anderson Family CemeterySaint Jacob, ILFamily cemetery1.9 mi
- Dugger CemeterySaint Jacob, ILCemetery2.2 mi
- Augusta CemeterySaint Jacob, ILCemetery2.3 mi
- Marine City CemeterySaint Jacob, ILMunicipal cemetery3.3 mi
- Hoyt CemeteryHighland, ILCemetery3.8 mi
- Terrapin Ridge CemeteryLebanon, ILCemetery3.9 mi
- Saint Elizabeth Catholic CemeterySaint Jacob, ILCatholic cemetery4.0 mi
- Barton CemeteryLebanon, ILCemetery4.5 mi
Funeral homes near Gerke Cemetery
- Aebischer Richeson Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Saint Jacob · (618) 644-2181
- Meridith Funeral Home PC5.4 miFuneral home · Highland · (618) 654-2155
- Spengel-Boulanger Funeral Home5.6 miFuneral home · Highland · (618) 654-2133
- Richeson Funeral Home and Aebischer Richeson Funeral Home6.8 miFuneral home · Troy · (618) 667-9123
- Richeson Funeral Home6.8 miFuneral home · Troy
- Meridith Funeral Home7.3 miFuneral home · Lebanon · (618) 537-2769
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