About East Lawn Cemetery
East Lawn Cemetery is a cemetery near Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois. It lies about 0.8 mi southwest of Urbana. The grounds sit at about 715 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 4 notable people buried here, including Arnold Emch, Jane Collier and John D. Anderson. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 407662. The nearest funeral home we know of is Leek and Sons Funeral Home in Urbana, about 1.4 mi away. It is one of 74 cemeteries we list in Champaign County, and 24 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Urbana. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at East Lawn Cemetery
Among them: 3 scientists.
- Arnold Emch1871-1959Professor of mathematics
- Jane Collier1916-2006U.S. protozoologist and chemist
- John D. Anderson1912-2000Author of 1949 Thesis (Ph.D.) at Stanford University titled, Effects of Direct Current on Physarum polycephalum
- Thomas Edmund Savage1866-1947American geologist
People whose Wikidata entry gives East Lawn 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
40.12114, -88.20088
What East Lawn 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
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- Lincoln Memorial GardensUrbana, ILMemorial park1.1 mi
- Mount Hope CemeteryUrbana, ILCemetery2.0 mi
- Roselawn CemeteryChampaign, ILCemetery2.2 mi
- Clements CemeteryUrbana, ILCemetery2.6 mi
- Saint Marys CemeteryChampaign, ILCemetery3.0 mi
- Yearsley CemeteryUrbana, ILCemetery4.1 mi
- Mount Olive CemeteryUrbana, ILCemetery4.2 mi
Funeral homes near East Lawn Cemetery
- Leek and Sons Funeral Home1.4 miFuneral home · Urbana · (217) 337-5335
- Renner Wikoff Chapel1.9 miCremation provider · Urbana · (217) 367-1122
- Mittendorf Calvert Funeral Home2.0 miFuneral home · Champaign · (217) 352-4004
- Williams Memorial Services2.1 miFuneral home · Champaign · (217) 351-8115
- Sunset Funeral Home & Cremation Center2.2 miFuneral home · Champaign · (217) 239-2874
- Heath & Vaughn Funeral Home2.6 miFuneral home · Champaign · (217) 239-1212
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