About Elmwood Cemetery
Elmwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Sycamore, DeKalb County, Illinois. It lies about 0.8 mi northeast of Sycamore. The grounds sit at about 869 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 4 notable people buried here, including Reuben Ellwood, Floyd K. Whittemore and Gertrude Webster. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 421784. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Carmel Sycamore Cemetery, about 0.6 mi to the northwest. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Olson Funeral and Cremation Services in Sycamore, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 52 cemeteries we list in DeKalb County, and 33 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in DeKalb County dates to 1850.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Sycamore. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Elmwood Cemetery
Among them: 1 business leader, 1 US representative.
- Reuben Ellwood1821-1885American politician
- Floyd K. Whittemore1844-1907American politician and businessman
- Gertrude Webster1872-1947American philanthropist
- Henry C. Whittemore1841-1920American merchant and politician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Elmwood Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
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What Elmwood 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
- Mount Carmel Sycamore CemeterySycamore, ILCemetery0.6 mi
- DeKalb County CemeteryDeKalb, ILMunicipal cemetery2.5 mi
- Ohio Grove CemeterySycamore, ILCemetery2.8 mi
- Whitmore CemeteryDeKalb, ILCemetery3.5 mi
- Saint Marys Catholic DeKalb CemeteryDeKalb, ILCatholic cemetery3.9 mi
- Barron CemeterySycamore, ILCemetery4.0 mi
- Pleasant Street CemeteryDeKalb, ILCemetery4.0 mi
- Oakwood CemeteryDeKalb, ILCemetery4.2 mi
- Mound Rest CemeteryCortland, ILCemetery4.7 mi
- Evergreen Cemetery624 South 7th Street, DeKalb, ILCemetery4.8 mi
Funeral homes near Elmwood Cemetery
- Olson Funeral and Cremation Services0.6 miCremation provider · Sycamore · (815) 895-6589
- Butala Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Sycamore · (815) 895-2833
- Northern Illinois Crematory0.7 miCremation provider · Sycamore · (815) 895-2837
- Ronan-Moore-Finch Funeral Home4.4 miFuneral home · DeKalb · (815) 758-3841
- Anderson Funeral Home6.0 miFuneral home · DeKalb · (815) 756-1022
- Olson Funeral & Cremation Services Ltd., Cooper-quiram Chapel8.0 miCremation provider · Genoa · (815) 784-2518
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