Lithuanian Cemetery - West Frankfort, IL

06/02/2025

Reminder: Please remove any flowers or decorations that would impede mowing by Friday, June 6th. Thank you!

05/26/2024

Here is the American Legion Memorial Day schedule for this year 🇺🇸

05/24/2024

Our president, Andrea James Jent, and her son, Deacon, along with Treasurer, Theresa Renik, and her daughter, Kathryn Renik, placed flags at the graves of all of our veterans to honor them for their service 🇺🇸

05/23/2024

Our beautiful new American and Lithuanian flags 🇺🇸 🇱🇹 donated by Susan Mayo!

04/24/2024

The GoFundMe link that went out in our donation letter this year has changed. Please use this link to donate online for 2024:

Dear Friends of the Lithuanian Cemetery: Once again, spring is here and we a… Andrea Jent needs your support for Lithuanian Cemetery of West Frankfort, IL

04/24/2024

Dear Friends of the Lithuanian Cemetery:

Once again, spring is here and we are asking for donations to help maintain the Lithuanian Cemetery. We rely solely on private donations to accomplish our mission. We have budgeted $4,225 for mowing and w**d eating this year, which is $325 per mowing. We also have additional expenses every year, such as driveway maintenance, w**d control, grave preservation, and debris removal. These additional expenses vary every year, but we must try to budget for them in our annual budget.

We are happy to report that in 2023 we completed a grave mapping project with Lazarus Cemetery Mapping. They have completed a full survey of the cemetery. On the website you can look up gravesites, including photos, and get exact GPS coordinates to them. You can also check plot availability and see other pictures of the cemetery. If you see anything that needs corrected or have any issues with the website, please reach out to us. This website can be found at https://www.cemify.com/cem/lithuanian.

In 2024 we are pursuing a project to restore many gravestones that are in need of maintenance. This will be an incredible expense to the Association, but we feel it is the right thing to do to honor our ancestors.

The trustees and I are happy to donate our time and services to oversee the upkeep of the cemetery and can continue to do so as long as funds are made available by donations. All of your past support is greatly appreciated. We hope that you will again consider giving generously to this worthy association to allow our dedicated team to continue their work maintaining our cemetery to honor and respect our deceased family members and friends. 100% of all donations go to upkeep and maintenance of the cemetery. No trustees are compensated in any fashion.

Please make your donations to LITHUANIAN CEMETERY ASSOCIATION OF WEST FRANKFORT, IL and mail them to ANDREA JENT, 801 W. LINDELL, WEST FRANKFORT, IL 62896.

We also have an online payment option through GoFundMe using the following link: https://gofund.me/a9a9239f

Also, please follow our page at: https://www.facebook.com/lithuaniancemetery/

In addition, if you have any friends or family you think would be willing to donate to the upkeep of our cemetery, please forward this letter to them or contact us with their information so that we may reach out to them.

If you have further questions or comments, please feel free to contact us.

Sincerely,

Andrea James Jent

President/Secretary, Lithuanian Cemetery Association of West Frankfort

Cemetery

05/29/2023

Thank you to American Legion Post 1961 for the moving tribute this morning to our Vetetans at the Lithuanian Cemetery 🇺🇸

05/23/2023

The local American Legion will be at our cemetery at 10:15 on Memorial Day to commemorate our veterans ❤️

05/04/2023

Dear Friends of the Lithuanian Cemetery:

Once again, spring is here and we are asking for donations to help maintain the Lithuanian Cemetery. We rely solely on private donations to accomplish our mission.

We have budgeted $3,720 for mowing and w**d eating this year, which is $310 per mowing. We also have additional expenses every year, such as driveway maintenance, w**d control, grave preservation, and debris removal. These additional expenses vary every year, but we must try to budget for them in our annual budget.

This year we are planning a cemetery mapping project. All historical cemetery records were lost in a fire many years ago; so we are undertaking this project so that we can have accurate and up-to-date records of gravesites. Once this project is completed, we will provide you with a website where you can see this information and pictures of the cemetery and gravestones. The cost for this project is high, but we feel that its value to the cemetery and to families of those buried there is immeasurable.

We have also created a page so we can keep you updated and post pictures of the cemetery. This also provides you with another way to keep in contact with us. You can find uson Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/lithuaniancemetery/

The trustees and I are happy to donate our time and services to oversee the upkeep of the cemetery and can continue to do so as long as funds are made available by donations. All of your past support is greatly appreciated. We hope that you will again consider giving generously to this worthy association to allow our dedicated team to continue their work maintaining our cemetery to honor and respect our deceased family members and friends.

Please make your donations to LITHUANIAN CEMETERY ASSOCIATION OF WESTFRANKFORT, IL and mail them to ANDREA JENT, 801 W. LINDELL, WEST FRANKFORT, IL 62896.

We also have an online payment option through GoFundMe using the following link: https://gofund.me/42c69cb0

In addition, if you have any friends or family you think would be willing to donate to the upkeep of our cemetery, please forward this letter to them or contact us with their information so that we may reach out to them.

If you have further questions or comments, please feel free to call or text me at(618) 889-7185.

Sincerely,Andrea James JentPresident/Secretary, Lithuanian Cemetery Association of West Frankfort