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.
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| Established | 1872 |
| Location | 6800 North Milwaukee Avenue, Niles, Illinois |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 42°00′21″N 87°48′03″W / 42.0057461°N 87.8007592°W |
| Owned by | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago |
| No. of interments | >90,000 |
| Website | website |
| Find a Grave | St. Adalbert Cemetery |
History edit
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 edit
Chronologically ordered by year of death.
- Anthony Michalek (1878–1916) US Congressman
- Stanley Henry Kunz (1864–1946) US Congressman
- William Walter Link (1884–1950) US Congressman
- Leo Paul Kocialkowski (1882–1958) US Congressman
- Thomas S. Gordon (1893–1959) US Congressman
- William Lelivelt (1884–1968) Major League Baseball pitcher
- Fredrak Fraske (1872–1973) Last surviving veteran of the Indian Wars
- George Halas (1895–1983) Owner, founder, coach of the Chicago Bears
- Stanisław Błaszczak (1901–1983) Lieutenant colonel of the Polish Army, Warsaw Uprising insurgent
- Chester A. Chesney (1916–1986) US Congressman
- Dan Rostenkowski (1928–2010) US Congressman
- Steven F. Kordek (1911–2012) pinball game designer
References edit
- ^ "St. Adalbert Catholic Cemetery". Catholic Cemeteries. Retrieved December 27, 2014.