About Upper Lester Cemetery
Upper Lester Cemetery is a cemetery near Tuscola, Douglas County, Illinois. It lies about 4.1 mi east of Tuscola. The grounds sit at about 679 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1747794. The nearest other listed cemetery is Lower Lester Cemetery, about 2.2 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Hilligoss Shrader Funeral Home in Tuscola, about 4.0 mi away. It is one of 27 cemeteries we list in Douglas County, and 23 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Douglas County dates to 1859. 1 of the 27 listings in Douglas County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Tuscola. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
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39.81442, -88.35719
What Upper Lester 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
- Lower Lester CemeteryTuscola, ILCemetery2.2 mi
- Lewis CemeteryTuscola, ILCemetery3.4 mi
- Mount Zion CemeteryTuscola, ILCemetery4.2 mi
- Bourbon CemeteryAtwood, ILCemetery4.5 mi
- Tuscola Township CemeteryTuscola, IL · est. 1859Church cemetery4.6 mi
- OBryan CemeteryTuscola, ILCemetery4.9 mi
- Nelson CemeteryTuscola, ILCemetery5.2 mi
- Lake Fork CemeteryAtwood, ILCemetery6.1 mi
- Mackville CemeteryAtwood, ILCemetery6.1 mi
- Rice CemeteryAtwood, ILCemetery6.2 mi
Funeral homes near Upper Lester Cemetery
- Hilligoss Shrader Funeral Home4.0 miFuneral home · Tuscola · (217) 253-2311
- Hilligoss Shrader Funeral Home5.5 miFuneral home · Atwood · (217) 578-3400
- Hilligoss Shrader Funeral Homes9.0 miFuneral home · Arthur · (217) 578-3400
- Shrader Funeral Home9.3 miFuneral home · Arcola · (217) 268-4848
- Edwards Funeral Home9.4 miFuneral home · Arcola · (217) 268-3885
- Joines Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Villa Grove · (217) 832-8322
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