About Calvary Cemetery
Calvary Cemetery is a cemetery near Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois. It lies about 1.7 mi southwest of Sterling. The grounds sit at about 696 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 405403. The nearest other listed cemetery is Riverside Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation in Sterling, about 1.5 mi away. It is one of 48 cemeteries we list in Whiteside County, and 23 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Sterling. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
41.80347, -89.67109
What Calvary 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
- Riverside CemeterySterling, ILCemetery0.4 mi
- Odd Fellows CemeteryRock Falls, ILCemetery1.4 mi
- Science Ridge Mennonite Church CemeterySterling, ILMennonite and Amish cemetery1.5 mi
- Nelson CemeteryRock Falls, ILCemetery3.6 mi
- Oak Knoll CemeterySterling, ILCemetery3.6 mi
- Prairieville CemeterySterling, ILCemetery4.4 mi
- Golder CemeteryRock Falls, ILCemetery4.8 mi
- Como CemeterySterling, ILCemetery5.5 mi
- Penrose Friends CemeterySterling, ILCemetery5.7 mi
- Maple Ridge CemeterySterling, ILCemetery5.8 mi
Funeral homes near Calvary Cemetery
- Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation1.5 miFuneral home · Sterling · (815) 626-1131
- Wheelock Allen-Melvin Funeral Home1.6 miFuneral home · Sterling · (815) 626-0470
- McDonald Funeral Home and Crematory2.8 miCremation provider · Rock Falls · (815) 626-6311
- Jones Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Dixon · (815) 288-2241
- Preston-schilling Funeral Home, Ltd.10 miFuneral home · Dixon · (815) 288-4469
- Preston-Schilling Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Dixon · (815) 288-4469
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