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″N 87°49′23″W[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

1. "Irving Park Cemetery". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. Graveyards of Chicago
3. "History – Irving Park Cemetery". Archived from the original on 2013-01-22.

External links

• Official website Archived 2014-03-08 at the Wayback Machine