About
Care that endures,
season after season.
Riverview is owned by the families it serves. Our board, staff, and volunteers tend these grounds with one purpose: that they remain a sunlit, dignified place of rest for generations to come.
Our Mission
Care that does not end with the service.
Riverview Cemetery exists to provide a place of permanence — a piece of ground that will be cared for whether or not anyone is left to remember. Every interment fee contributes to our perpetual-care endowment, which funds the mowing, monument repair, road maintenance, and record-keeping that keeps the cemetery whole.
We are governed by a volunteer board drawn from the Streator community and operated by a small full-time staff. We are not a funeral home and we are not affiliated with any religious denomination — families of every faith and tradition are welcome here.
A community resource
Records and local history.
The Streatorland Historical Society — (815) 673-3558 — maintains local records and a published cemetery tour booklet, and is an excellent resource for genealogical research and the history of the families remembered here.
Stewardship
What perpetual care means here.
Endowment funds are held in trust and never used for day-to-day operations. The interest alone funds the long-term care of the grounds — a structure that has kept Riverview whole for more than 150 years.
Grounds & Landscape
Regular mowing, seasonal plantings, leaf removal, snow clearing on roadways, and care of our heritage oaks.
Monuments & Markers
Cleaning, resetting of leaning stones, and consultation on new monument design and placement.
Records & History
Burial records for the cemetery are indexed on Find a Grave; for original ledgers, contact the Streatorland Historical Society.
Roads & Infrastructure
The cemetery's roads, fences, gates, and chapel are maintained from endowment income.