Lena Burial Park in Lena, Illinois - Find a Grave Cemetery

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Coordinates: 42.37228, -89.82099
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Samuel Dodds, one of Lena's first settlers designated the area and the plans for a town cemetery in 1854. In 1866, the cemetery was officially transferred to village ownership when the Village of Lena was incorporated. After land additions to the north and east, it became the 27-acre cemetery that is now known as Lena Burial Park. The cemetery is under the jurisdiction of a Board of Managers that is appointed by the governing board of the Village of Lena.

Lena Burial Park hosts the American Legion Veterans Memorial honoring those who served in World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and the Persian Gulf. The cemetery also honors those who served in the Civil War in a separate memorial. The most recent addition to Lena Burial Park is a 72-niche columbarium for the inurnment of cremations that was opened in 2020, the first columbarium in a public cemetery in the are

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Cemetery office is located at 312 Church Street (at the intersection of Provost and Church Streets)

PO Box 383

Lena, IL 61048

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Cemetery office is located at 312 Church Street (at the intersection of Provost and Church Streets)

PO Box 383

Lena, IL 61048