Burl Ives Grave in Mound Cemetery
E. 1200th Ave, Newton, IL 62448
Historic Sites
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.