About Greenwood Cemetery
Greenwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Wonder Lake, McHenry County, Illinois. It lies about 2.4 mi east of Wonder Lake. The grounds sit at about 896 feet above sea level. Wikidata records one notable person buried here: Shorty Ellsworth. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1955535. The nearest other listed cemetery is Fairview Cemetery, about 2.9 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Justen's Wonder Lake Funeral in Wonder Lake, about 2.4 mi away. It is one of 57 cemeteries we list in McHenry County, and 31 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in McHenry County dates to 1843. 4 of the 57 listings in McHenry County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Wonder Lake. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Greenwood Cemetery
- Shorty Ellsworth1881-1963American football player and coach
People whose Wikidata entry gives Greenwood 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
42.38055, -88.39312
What Greenwood 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
- Fairview CemeteryWoodstock, ILCemetery2.9 mi
- Scandinavian CemeteryWoodstock, ILCemetery3.1 mi
- South Hebron CemeteryHebron, ILCemetery3.4 mi
- Ostend CemeteryWonder Lake, ILCemetery3.4 mi
- Carr - Harrison CemeteryWonder Lake, ILCemetery4.1 mi
- Ringwood CemeteryMcCullom Lake, ILCemetery4.9 mi
- Saint Patricks CemeteryWoodstock, ILCemetery5.0 mi
- Oakland CemeteryWoodstock, ILCemetery5.6 mi
- Bluff City CemeteryMcHenry, ILMunicipal cemetery5.6 mi
- Calvary CemeteryWoodstock, ILCemetery5.8 mi
Funeral homes near Greenwood Cemetery
- Justen's Wonder Lake Funeral2.4 miFuneral home · Wonder Lake · (815) 728-0233
- Cremation Professionals2.5 miCremation provider · Wonder Lake · (815) 759-1200
- Schneider Leucht Merwin & Cooney Funeral Home4.5 miFuneral home · Woodstock · (815) 338-1710
- Saunders Funeral Home & Crematory6.2 miCremation provider · Woodstock · (815) 420-3030
- Ehorn-Adams Funeral Home6.3 miFuneral home · Hebron · (815) 648-2054
- Colonial Funeral Home and Crematory6.8 miCremation provider · McHenry · (815) 385-0063
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