Mount Carmel Cemetery (Hillside)
Mount Carmel Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery in Hillside, Illinois , a suburb of Chicago , and, like some other American cemeteries, is named after Mount Carmel in present-day Israel .
location
The cemetery is located between the Eisenhower Expressway ( Interstate 290 ) to the north, Wolf Road to the west, and Roosevelt Road to the south. It borders the Queen of Heaven Cemetery , which is on the other side of Roosevelt Road ; and the Oakridge Glen Oaks Cemetery ; which is on the other side of Wolf Road, next to the Queen of Heaven .
Mount Carmel Cemetery covers an area of 214 acres (865,844 m²) and over 225,000 people were buried here. Around 800 funerals take place there every year.
history
The cemetery was opened in 1901. In 1965 the cemetery received its own administration in cooperation with the other two cemeteries.
The Bishop's Mausoleum is also located in Mount Carmel Cemetery and was created by William J. Brinkmann . It serves as the burial place for the Archbishops of Chicago. In addition, there are over 400 family graves and mausoleums of well-known bullies in the cemetery.
Buried persons (selection)
Religious personalities
- Cardinal Samuel Stritch (1887-1958); Archbishop of Chicago; Cardinal of the Curia in Rome
- Cardinal John Patrick Cody ; (1907-1982); Archbishop of Chicago
- Cardinal Joseph Bernardin (1928-1996); Archbishop of Cincinnati and Chicago
Mobster
- Giuseppe Aiello , (1891-1930); Opponent of Al Capone
- Dean O'Banion (1892-1924), North Side Gang
- Al Capone (1899-1947), Chicago Outfit
- Frank Capone (1895-1924); older brother of Al Capone
- Vincent "The Schemer" Drucci (1901–1927)
- Genna family ; Sam, Vincenzo, Pete, "Bloody" Angelo, Antonio, and Mike "The Devil"
- Joseph Giunta (1887-1929); President of the Unione Siciliana
- Sam "Momo" Giancana (1908–1975), Chicago outfit
- Antonio "The Scourge" Lombardo
- Jack "Machine Gun" McGurn (1903-1936)
- Frank Nitti (1888-1943); Chicago outfit
- Frank Rio (1895-1935), Al Capone's bodyguard
- Roger Toughy (1898-1957); "Beer Baron" from Chicago
- Earl "Hymie" Weiss (1898–1926), North Side Gang
Politician
- Mike Merlo (1880–1924, Chicago), Italian-American politician, President of the Unione Siciliana
Web links
- Catholic burial sites in Chicago at www.cathcemchgo.org (English)
- Mount Carmel page on Graveyards of Chicago
Coordinates: 41 ° 51 ′ 51 ″ N , 87 ° 54 ′ 27 ″ W.