Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois

Burr Oak Cemetery is a cemetery in Alsip, Cook County, Illinois. The grounds sit at about 623 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 40 notable people buried here, including Dinah Washington, Emmett Till and King Von. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 405258. The nearest other listed cemetery is First Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Becvar & Son Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Crestwood, about 1.2 mi away. It is one of 187 cemeteries we list in Cook County, and 46 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Cook County dates to 1834. 23 of the 187 listings in Cook County have a phone number or website on record.

Among them: 19 musicians, 7 baseball players, 3 writers, 2 basketball players, 2 boxers, 2 business leaders, 2 inventors and engineers, 2 journalists.

• Dinah Washington1924-1963
  American singer
• Emmett Till1941-1955
  African-American lynching victim
• King Von1994-2020
  American rapper
• Willie Dixon1915-1992
  American blues musician
• Ezzard Charles1921-1975
  American boxer
• Otis Spann1930-1970
  American Chicago blues pianist
• Barbara Acklin1943-1998
  American singer-songwriter
• Mamie Till1921-2003
  African American schoolteacher
• Jimmy Dawkins1936-2013
  American blues musician
• Kokomo Arnold1901-1968
  American blues musician
• Sid Catlett1910-1951
  American musician
• Annie Malone1869-1957
  American businesswoman

People whose Wikidata entry gives Burr Oak Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.

Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.

• First Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery

  4135 West 127th Street, Alsip, IL
  Lutheran cemetery

  0.5 mi
• Saint Benedict Catholic Cemetery

  Crestwood, IL
  Catholic cemetery

  1.1 mi
• Restvale Cemetery

  11700 South Laramie Avenue, Alsip, IL
  Cemetery

  1.4 mi
• Hazelgreen Cemetery

  5200 West 115th Street, Alsip, IL
  Church cemetery

  1.5 mi
• Lincoln Cemetery

  12300 South Kedzie Avenue, Blue Island, IL
  Christian cemetery

  1.6 mi
• Oak Hill Cemetery

  11900 South Kedzie Avenue, Blue Island, IL
  Cemetery

  1.7 mi
• Saint Casimir Catholic Cemetery

  4401 West 111th Street, Chicago, IL
  Catholic cemetery

  1.8 mi
• Ever Rest Cemetery (historical)

  Merrionette Park, IL
  Cemetery

  1.9 mi
• Beverly Cemetery

  12000 South Kedzie Avenue, Blue Island, IL
  Cemetery

  1.9 mi
• Chapel Hill Gardens South Cemetery

  11333 South Central Avenue, Oak Lawn, IL
  Church cemetery

  2.0 mi

• Becvar & Son Funeral Home & Cremation Services

  Funeral home · Crestwood · (708) 824-9000
  1.2 mi
• Chapel Hill Gardens South Funeral Home and Cemetery

  Funeral home · Oak Lawn · (708) 636-1200
  2.0 mi
• Memorial Cremation

  Cremation provider · Chicago · (773) 980-1808
  2.4 mi
• Holy Sepulchre Monuments

  Monument dealer · Chicago Ridge · (708) 424-2454
  2.4 mi
• Andrew J. Mcgann & Son Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Chicago · (773) 783-7700
  2.4 mi
• Krueger Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Blue Island · (708) 388-1300
  2.7 mi

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