About Como Cemetery
Como Cemetery is a cemetery near Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois. It lies about 3.9 mi east of Sterling. The grounds sit at about 620 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1954900. The nearest other listed cemetery is Our Savior Lutheran Cemetery, about 4.5 mi to the northwest. The nearest cremation provider we know of is McDonald Funeral Home and Crematory in Rock Falls, about 3.3 mi away. It is one of 48 cemeteries we list in Whiteside County, and 22 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
41.77272, -89.76960
What Como 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
- Our Savior Lutheran CemeterySterling, ILLutheran cemetery4.5 mi
- Golder CemeteryRock Falls, ILCemetery4.8 mi
- Odd Fellows CemeteryRock Falls, ILCemetery4.9 mi
- Riverside CemeterySterling, ILCemetery5.5 mi
- Calvary CemeterySterling, ILCemetery5.5 mi
- Science Ridge Mennonite Church CemeterySterling, ILMennonite and Amish cemetery5.9 mi
- East Genesee CemeterySterling, ILCemetery5.9 mi
- Old Hume CemeteryRock Falls, ILCemetery6.0 mi
- Round Grove CemeteryMorrison, ILCemetery6.2 mi
- Oak Knoll CemeterySterling, ILCemetery6.2 mi
Funeral homes near Como Cemetery
- McDonald Funeral Home and Crematory3.3 miCremation provider · Rock Falls · (815) 626-6311
- Wheelock Allen-Melvin Funeral Home4.0 miFuneral home · Sterling · (815) 626-0470
- Schilling Funeral Home & Cremation4.0 miFuneral home · Sterling · (815) 626-1131
- Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home10 miFuneral home · Morrison · (815) 772-2322
- McDonald Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Prophetstown · (815) 537-5544
- Bosma-Gibson Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Prophetstown · (815) 537-2336
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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
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