Cemeteries in Mount Vernon, Illinois

Private Cemeteries in Mount Vernon, Illinois often have specific restrictions, such as religious affiliation or family connections. Military Cemeteries in Mount Vernon, Illinois are primarily for veterans and individuals who have served in the armed forces, and in some cases, their family members. Public Cemeteries in Mount Vernon, Illinois are open to the general public without any particular restrictions.

We offer detailed information for cemeteries in Mount Vernon, Illinois , including the names of deceased individuals, their birth and death dates, data about relatives, and cemetery locations. Additionally, you can obtain historical records and conduct searches for ancestors interred in Mount Vernon, Illinois .

Our database contains records of burials from 17 cemeteries.

The Illinois Office of the State Comptroller administers this act for cemeteries registered with the office's Cemetery Care and Burial Trust Division. This law makes it illegal to vandalize, obliterate, or desecrate a burial ground (cemetery), park, memorial, grave marker, vegetation, or surround (fences, curbs, etc.)

(b-5) Any person who acts without proper legal authority and who willfully and knowingly defaces, vandalizes, injures, or removes a gravestone or other memorial, monument, or marker commemorating a deceased person or group of persons, whether located within or outside of a recognized cemetery, memorial park, or ...

Pursuant to its Constitutional mandate, the General Assembly enacted Section 15- 45 of the Property Tax Code (35 ILCS 200/1-1 et seq), wherein "[a]ll property used exclusively as graveyards or grounds for burying the dead" is exempted from real estate taxation.

Illinois law states that you may store cremation ashes in a grave, crypt, or niche. If you wish to scatter ashes, you may do so in a legally established scattering area—for example, a scattering garden in a cemetery—or "in any manner whatever on the private property of a consenting owner." (410 ILCS 18/40.)

7. Embalming Required? Embalming is not required in Illinois; however, if the body is not buried or cremated within a certain time, embalming or refrigeration may be desirable to preserve the remains.

The Illinois State Comptroller's Office licenses certain private cemeteries that accept care funds, along with businesses, such as cemeteries and funeral homes, that sell pre-need funeral goods and services to consumers.

The medical institution, mortuary, or permitted scientific place cannot transfer or sell the remains once it has finished using them. The institution will then cremate the remains. It will try to give the cremated remains to a family member. The place will bury the remains in a cemetery if no one picks up the remains.

The Illinois State Comptroller's Office licenses certain private cemeteries that accept care funds, along with businesses, such as cemeteries and funeral homes, that sell pre-need funeral goods and services to consumers.

7. Embalming Required? Embalming is not required in Illinois; however, if the body is not buried or cremated within a certain time, embalming or refrigeration may be desirable to preserve the remains.

The medical institution, mortuary, or permitted scientific place cannot transfer or sell the remains once it has finished using them. The institution will then cremate the remains. It will try to give the cremated remains to a family member. The place will bury the remains in a cemetery if no one picks up the remains.