Burl Ives Grave in Mound Cemetery
E. 1200th Ave, Newton, IL 62448
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The legendary entertainer, Burl Ives, is buried in Mound Cemetery in Newton, near where he was born.
A beautifully carved granite monument is erected to mark his grave. Ives will always be remembered for voicing Sam the Snowman on the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Christmas special.