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Oak Woods Cemetery was chartered on February 12, 1853. [1] It was designed by landscape architect Adolph Strauch who created a ‘landscape-lawn cemetery’ on the 183 acres emphasizing grade changes with curving streets and well-planned drainage creating a uniform composition which was free of fences.
Montrose Cemetery is an American cemetery located in Cook County, Illinois. The cemetery is located at 5400 North Pulaski Road, in Chicago, and was first opened in 1902. [1] The cemetery has been family-owned since its' initial opening.
9201 West Higgins, Chicago: 1895 Altenheim 7824 Madison, Forest Park [1] Alton Cemetery American Progressive Cemetery Forest Park Waldheim Gate #126 1918 Jewish Andreas von Zirngibl grave 93rd and Ewing, Midwest Metal Mgmt, Chicago: 1855 Anshe Luknik Cemetery Forest Park Waldheim Gate #57 1908 Jewish Archer Woods Cemetery (Mt. Glenwood West)
The logo of Find a Grave used from 1995 to 2018 [2] Find a Grave was created in 1995 by Salt Lake City, Utah, resident Jim Tipton to support his hobby of visiting the burial sites of famous celebrities. [3] Tipton classified his early childhood as being a nerdy kid who had somewhat of a fascination with graves and some love for learning HTML. [4]
A group of dedicated parishioners banded together as the St. James Preservation Society to repair the damage and restore their church. [2] [4] St. James at Sag Bridge Catholic Church continues today in its historic role as the center of the Sag Bridge community. It is the only country parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.
Acacia Park Cemetery is located in Norwood Park Township, Cook County, Illinois, just outside Chicago. To its south, across Irving Park Road, is Irving Park Cemetery. On the north side, Acacia Park adjoins Westlawn Cemetery; the gates in the fence dividing Acacia Park and Westlawn are usually open, allowing visitors to pass freely between them. [2]
Irving Park Cemetery is located at 7777 West Irving Park Road, in Chicago. [2] Irving Park Cemetery performed its first interment in July 1918. [3] Some of the victims of the 1929 Saint Valentine's Day Massacre are buried at Irving Park Cemetery. [2]
St Adalbert Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery located in Niles, Illinois. It is bordered by Milwaukee Avenue on the east, Albion and Hayes Streets on the south, and Harlem Avenue on the west. Various non-cemetery properties separate it from Touhy Avenue on the north. It is intersected at its center from north to south by Newark Avenue.