Welcome to Mt. Glenwood Memory Gardens

18301 S Glenwood Thornton Rd. Glenwood, IL 60425

Gates close at 4pm but subject to change at cemetery's discretion. 

Our office is open Monday through Friday from 9am to 4pm and Saturday we are open from 9am to 3pm.

Please send an email to office@mtglenwood.com - It is required that you include the name of deceased, date of passing, and the name of the cemetery they are located in. 

Please send inquiries to office@mtglenwood.com or call (708) 758-5663.

Please send inquiries to office@mtglenwood.com or call (708) 758-5663.

Please send inquiries to office@mtglenwood.com or call (708) 758-5663.

We do accept Insurance Assignments via verified Life Insurance Policies for At-Need burial arrangements. However, we may need 3-5 business days to verify an assignment prior to any service.

 We offer either a personal escort or grave survey of a burial site for up to one year after the burial, allowing you time to familiarize yourself with your loved one’s resting site at Mt. Glenwood Memory Gardens, as well as ample time to order and install your memorial headstone. Without a memorial headstone, it may be challenging to locate the exact burial site on your own.

Please understand that it is impossible for our grounds staff to continually survey unmarked burial sites. Our staff is focused on maintaining the cemetery and providing burial services. It is the responsibility of the family or lot owner to provide a headstone for locating the grave during visits. Escorts for burials less than one year old are provided at the discretion of the cemetery before 2:00 pm Monday to Friday, provided there are no services and staff availability. Escorts are not available during winter months or inclement weather.

If you do not have a memorial placed for locating the burial site at Mt. Glenwood Cemetery Illinois, please feel free to inquire with our customer service staff about memorial headstones. Interest-free financing is available on most memorial selections, and you are welcome to purchase your memorial from any monument company of your choosing.

No glass, clay, plastic or stone jars/vases or any containers of such construction; or any other hazardous material, including any decoration which could result in a projectile manner is prohibited and will be removed and discarded. 

Absolutely no solar lighting of any kind, fencing, rocks, gravel or any material constructing any type of border on or around the burial sites. No balloons are permitted in the cemetery as they are not environmentally friendly. Flowers are encouraged in cemetery approved vases. Flower arrangements or any item placed at the gravesite will be removed when they become unsightly, scattered, or interfere with cemetery operations. 

In order for proper maintenance of the cemetery, the cemetery will periodically sweep and discard all decorations from the cemetery grounds without prior notice. Any unsightly or distasteful decorations and/or items placed on burial sites will be removed and discarded from the cemetery at the direction of the maintenance manager without giving notice. 

The cemetery, its employees, managers or any personnel are not responsible for theft, removal or vandalism of any decorations visitors place on the cemetery grounds and will not notify any person(s) if such an event should occur.  

 Permits and setting fees must be submitted two weeks prior to delivery and are accepted as of May 1st. Memorial delivery is only allowed from May 15th to October 1st. A sketch or rendering of the monument must be included. The delivery of memorials WILL NOT be accepted if no permit AND setting fee has been received and APPROVED.

Memorials must be flush level made up of granite or bronze on top of granite, and must be a MINIMUM size of 24 x 12 x 4 for an individual adult and 36 x 14 x 4 for a companion. Any vases must invert and any picture must be laser etched. Absolutely no ceramic or lockets are allowed on flush markers.

All markers and monuments are subject to the rules and regulations of the Cemetery. No application will be accepted without the proper signatures and information.

Memorials are considered personal property of the purchaser and therefore we recommend that you add it to your homeowner’s insurance to protect against theft, vandalism, or any type of damage.

While we do allow for burial, mausoleum and inurnment services - we do not offer cremation or funeral director services (as we are a cemetery only). 

Please reach out to your licensed Funeral Director for more information.