7812 S. Route 31, Richmond, Illinois 60071
Monday - Friday 7:30am - 2:30pm
815-678-0077
Cemeteries
Richmond Township Cemeteries
The Cemetery Board oversees four cemeteries:
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Richmond Cemetery
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Cedarvale Cemetery
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North Solon Cemetery
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Washington Cemetery​
Cemetery Rules
Contact
Ron Kay, Supervisor @ 815-678-0077
Township Cemetery Duties in Illinois
Our township is committed to preserving and maintaining cemeteries under our care. Duties include mowing grass, clearing brush, repairing fences, and ensuring safe, respectful conditions. We may allocate funds for restoration, oversee operations, and ensure public access for family members, as allowed under Illinois laws like the Township Code (60 ILCS 1/) and the Public Graveyards Act (50 ILCS 610).
Richmond Township Cemetery Board
Members: Ron Kay-Treasurer/Secretary
Richmond Township Cemetery Board is comprised of three board members. The Cemetery Board oversees four cemeteries: Richmond, Cedarvale, North Solon, and Washington.Â
Cemetery Board Members
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General:
Cemetery Board Member is a part-time position that helps in all aspects of the operation of the township cemeteries. The cemetery board meets monthly to transact business.
A board member needs to learn the cemetery office, record keeping and maps. A board member will learn how to handle public inquiries about grave availability and placing orders for grave openings. Board members will have contact with funeral directors, monument companies, the public and Professional Cemetery Services.
Contact: Ron Kay, Supervisor @ (815) 678-0077
From Facebook
Richmond, Our Village of Yesteryear
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Thanks to Scott Freund and the Richmond Township Board for stepping up to repair the elegant mausoleum of Charles DeWitt McConnell in Richmond Cemetery. McConnell had no direct descendants to pay for a repair because he died in his twenties of appendicitis. However, he left money to build Richmond’s Memorial Hall, the lovely stained glass window in the Community Church (in memory of his father John and grandfather William Alexander), gifts for two elderly widows, and $2000 for this granite and marble mausoleum. He helped this town. His is the fanciest memorial in the Cemetery by far, and it’s great to know it will continue to stand here for a long time to come.
