Stoker Cemetery, Randolph County, Illinois
Unless otherwise noted all photographs were taken by Gary Soper in 2000.  He kindly provided them to me for this website.
Special thanks to Ken Soper who told me about the photos and has helped in identifying various graves pictured..

Stoker Cemetery in 1994
(photo by Joel S. Russell)
 The entrance to Stoker Cemetery in 2000.
It is one of Percy's oldest cemeterys.
 Click the above to see where
Stoker Cemetery is.located

The above photographs show the state of the cemetery in 2000.

This cemetery has struggled to survive for many years.  In 1976 Mr. Willis wrote
"....it is completely overgrown, with several stones broken and others covered with brush...... if
someone does not begin an effort to restore it, the cemetery will soon be lost forever."

I read in the paper a few years ago that the cemetery had been vandalized.


The cemetery is overgrown and contains many broken and fallen stones as are shown above and below.



The photographs below show the creek that runs beside Stoker Cemetery.
In 1908 or 1909 the creek flooded the cemetery leaving some graves
exposed, several graves were moved to be a safer distance from the creek..


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 Compiled by Joel S. Russell