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5736 N. Pulaski Rd., Chicago: 1895 Jewish [3] Ridgewood Cemetery Glenview: Robinson Family Burial Ground Norridge: Rosehill Cemetery: 5800 N. Ravenswood Ave., Chicago: 1859 Rosemont Park Cemetery (now Zion Gardens Cemetery) 3600 N. Narragansett Ave., Chicago: 1933 Jewish Sacred Heart Cemetery 101st. St. and Kean Ave., Palos Hills: 1872 Catholic
Westlawn Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery located in Norridge, a suburb of Chicago in Illinois. The cemetery covers 72 acres (29 ha) and roughly 46,000 people are buried there. The cemetery covers 72 acres (29 ha) and roughly 46,000 people are buried there.
The German Waldheim Cemetery was organized by a group of German Masonic Lodges in 1873 with the first interment on May 9, 1873. The Waldheim Cemetery was established as a non-religion-specific cemetery, where Freemasons, Romani, and German-speaking immigrants to Chicago could be buried without regard for religious affiliation.
Burials at Westlawn Cemetery (10 P) Pages in category "Jewish cemeteries in Illinois" This category contains only the following page.
Graceland Cemetery is a large historic garden cemetery located in the north side community area of Uptown, in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Established in 1860, its main entrance is at the intersection of Clark Street and Irving Park Road. Among the cemetery's 121 acres (49 ha) are the burial sites of several well-known Chicagoans. [3]
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Starting after World War II, wide-scale suburbanization of the Chicago-area Jewish community began, influenced by white flight, the availability of affordable vacant land, and the opening of the interstate highways. [9] The percentage of Chicago-area Jews residing within the city limits declined from 95% in 1950 to 60% by the early 1960s.
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