Irving Park Cemetery | |
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The front gates of Irving Park Cemetery | |
Details | |
Established | 1918 (1918) |
Location | Chicago, Illinois |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 41°56′59″N 87°49′23″W / 41.94972°N 87.82306°W / 41.94972; -87.82306 |
Owned by | Dignity Memorial |
Find a Grave | Irving Park Cemetery |
Irving Park Cemetery is located at 7777 West Irving Park Road, in Chicago.
Irving Park Cemetery performed its first interment in July 1918. Some of the victims of the 1929 Saint Valentine's Day Massacre are buried at Irving Park Cemetery.
Notable burials
- Kay Armen – (1915–2011), singer and actress
- Carmel Henry Carfora – (1878–1958), bishop of the Old Catholic church
- Fred Goetz – (1897–1934), organized crime figure
- Frank Gusenberg – (1893–1929), organized crime figure
- Peter Gusenberg – (1888–1929), organized crime figure
- Albert Kachellek – (1890–1929), organized crime figure
References
- "Irving Park Cemetery". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Graveyards of Chicago
- "History – Irving Park Cemetery". Archived from the original on 2013-01-22.
External links
- Official website Archived 2014-03-08 at the Wayback Machine