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The Sexton's House is a Gothic Revival farmhouse that predates the cemetery. It continues to serve as the home of the cemetery superintendent. There are more than 25,000 people buried at Chippiannock Cemetery. [3] The preservation of the cemetery is the responsibility of the Chippiannock Cemetery Heritage Foundation as well as other interested ...
Forest Home Cemetery is a cemetery located at 863 S. DesPlaines Ave, Forest Park, Illinois, adjacent to the Eisenhower Expressway, straddling the Des Plaines River in Cook County, just west of Chicago. [1] The cemetery traces its history to two adjacent cemeteries, German Waldheim (1873) and Forest Home (1876), which merged in 1969.
This list of cemeteries in Illinois includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable.
This list of cemeteries in Vermilion County, Illinois includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable.
Montrose Cemetery was founded by Andrew Kircher in 1902. [2] At the turn of the century, Kircher had purchased a funeral home in the heart of Chicago's German community, but by 1903, had chosen to enter the funeral business. [2] Kircher bought and developed the cemetery on prairie land, and soon after, entrusted landscaping to O.C. Simonds.
This list of cemeteries in Ogle County, Illinois includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), ... Cemetery in Marion Township, Illinois.
For the Amish people, Rumspringa means something completely different than what you often see in popular media. Amish youth experience a rite of passage called Rumspringa. It’s not what you ...
Bachelor's Grove Cemetery is just northwest of Midlothian and Oak Forest in the southwest Chicago suburbs. The cemetery is a roughly trapezoid-shaped area enclosed by the Rubio Woods forest preserve. One side is bordered by the remains of the Midlothian Turnpike, an early toll road that leads from Blue Island to points southwest. [1] [2] [3]