About Wauconda Cemetery
Wauconda Cemetery is a cemetery near Wauconda, Lake County, Illinois. The grounds sit at about 801 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Bill Brownell. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1955741. The nearest other listed cemetery is Transfiguration Catholic Cemetery, about 1.6 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Kisselburg - Wauconda Funeral Home in Wauconda, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 65 cemeteries we list in Lake County, and 42 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Lake County dates to 1889. 3 of the 65 listings in Lake County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Wauconda. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Wauconda Cemetery
Among them: 1 basketball player.
- Bill Brownell1917-1988Basketball player
People whose Wikidata entry gives Wauconda 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 Wauconda 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
- Transfiguration Catholic CemeteryWauconda, ILCatholic cemetery1.6 mi
- Windridge CemeteryCary, ILCemetery4.4 mi
- Lake Zurich CemeteryLake Zurich, ILCemetery4.5 mi
- Fisher Family CemeteryLakemoor, ILFamily cemetery4.5 mi
- Saint Mary Catholic CemeteryMundelein, ILCatholic cemetery4.5 mi
- Saint Matthew Lutheran CemeteryFairfield, ILLutheran cemetery4.7 mi
- Fairfield CemeteryFairfield, ILCemetery5.0 mi
- Ivanhoe CemeteryMundelein, ILCemetery5.0 mi
- Saint Peter CemeteryVolo, ILCemetery5.0 mi
- Volo CemeteryVolo, ILCemetery5.2 mi
Funeral homes near Wauconda Cemetery
- Kisselburg - Wauconda Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · Wauconda · (847) 526-2115
- Millennium Cremation Care3.5 miCremation provider · Island Lake · (855) 758-8400
- Northern Illinois Funeral Services4.6 miFuneral home · Volo · (847) 833-2928
- Ahlgrim Family Funeral Services5.4 miFuneral home · Lake Zurich · (847) 540-8871
- Davenport Family Funeral Homes and Crematory Lake Zurich6.0 miCremation provider · Lake Zurich · (847) 550-4221
- Davenport Family Funeral Homes and Crematory6.0 miCremation provider · Lake Zurich
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