Irving Park Cemetery
41°56′59″N 87°49′23″W / 41.94972°N 87.82306°W / 41.94972; -87.82306[1]Owned by Dignity Memorial Find a Grave Irving Park Cemetery
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]
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.
- ^ a b 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