St. Adalbert Cemetery

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St. Adalbert Cemetery
Details
Established1872 (1872)
Location
6800 North Milwaukee Avenue, Niles, Illinois
CountryUnited States
Coordinates42°00′21″N 87°48′03″W / 42.0057461°N 87.8007592°W / 42.0057461; -87.8007592Coordinates: 42°00′21″N 87°48′03″W / 42.0057461°N 87.8007592°W / 42.0057461; -87.8007592
Owned byRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago
No. of interments>90,000
Websitewebsite
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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. Its main entrance is on Milwaukee Avenue, approximately midway between Devon and Touhy.

History[]

The cemetery is named for Saint Adalbert, the patron saint of Poland. The Mary, Mother of God Garden Crypt Complex was opened in 1990 in the northwest corner of the cemetery.[1] It contains approximately 6,000 crypts.

Notable burials[]

  • Chester A. Chesney (1916–1986) US Congressman
  • Fredrak Fraske (1872–1973) Last surviving veteran of the Indian Wars
  • Thomas S. Gordon (1893–1959) US Congressman
  • George Halas (1895–1983) Owner, founder, coach of the Chicago Bears
  • Leo Paul Kocialkowski (1882–1958) US Congressman
  • Steven F. Kordek (1911–2012) Pinball game designer
  • Stanley Henry Kunz (1864–1946) US Congressman
  • William Lelivelt (1884–1968) Major League Baseball pitcher
  • William Walter Link (1884–1950) US Congressman
  • Anthony Michalek (1878–1916) US Congressman
  • Dan Rostenkowski (1928–2010) US Congressman
  • Stanisław Błaszczak (1901-1983) Lieutenant colonel of the Polish Army, Warsaw Uprising insurgent

References[]

  1. ^ "St. Adalbert Catholic Cemetery". Catholic Cemeteries. Retrieved 27 December 2014.

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