Irving Park Cemetery

Irving Park Cemetery
The front gates of Irving Park Cemetery
Details
Established	1918 (1918)
Location	Chicago, Illinois
Country	United States
Coordinates	41°56′59″N87°49′23″W / 41.94972°N 87.82306°W / 41.94972; -87.82306 [1]
Owned by	Dignity Memorial
Website	https://www.dignitymemorial.com/funeral-homes/illinois/chicago/irving-park-cemetery/6238
Find a Grave	Irving Park Cemetery

Irving Park Cemetery is a landscaped cemetery located at 7777 West Irving Park Road in Chicago, Illinois. Its first interment was in July 1918. Situated at the edge of Chicago, this landscaped cemetery is one of three adjacent cemeteries established near Irving Park Road in the early twentieth century. It is notable for being the burial place of the Gusenberg brothers, Frank and Peter, who were killed in the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre on February 14, 1929. ^[3]

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

1. "Irving Park Cemetery". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
3. Hucke, Matt; Bielski, Ursula (2013). Graveyards of Chicago: The People, History, Art and Lore of Cook County Cemeteries. Lake Claremont Press. p. 118. ISBN   978-0964242647.