Lincoln Cemetery in Blue Island, Illinois

Lincoln Cemetery is a christian cemetery in Blue Island, Cook County, Illinois. The grounds sit at about 610 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 45 notable people buried here, including Bessie Coleman, Gwendolyn Brooks and Jimmy Reed. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 412113. The nearest other listed cemetery is Beverly Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is Hickey Memorial Chapel in Blue Island, about 1.2 mi away. It is one of 187 cemeteries we list in Cook County, and 47 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: 17 musicians, 6 baseball players, 3 physicians, 2 aviators and astronauts, 1 actor, 1 football player, 1 artist, 1 basketball player.

• Bessie Coleman1892-1926
  American aviator
• Gwendolyn Brooks1917-2000
  American writer
• Jimmy Reed1925-1976
  American blues musician and songwriter
• Big Bill Broonzy1893-1958
  American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist
• Florence Price1887-1953
  American composer
• Lil Hardin Armstrong1898-1971
  American jazz musician
• Baby Dodds1898-1959
  American musician
• Gene Ammons1925-1974
  American tenor saxophonist
• Johnny Dodds1892-1940
  American jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonist
• Albert Ammons1907-1949
  American jazz pianist, recording artist
• George Poage1880-1962
  American hurdler and sprinter
• Jimmy Yancey1894-1951
  African American boogie-woogie pianist, composer and lyricist

People whose Wikidata entry gives Lincoln 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.

• Beverly Cemetery

  12000 South Kedzie Avenue, Blue Island, IL
  Cemetery

  0.3 mi
• Oak Hill Cemetery

  11900 South Kedzie Avenue, Blue Island, IL
  Cemetery

  0.4 mi
• Ever Rest Cemetery (historical)

  Merrionette Park, IL
  Cemetery

  0.7 mi
• Mount Hope Cemetery

  11500 South Fairfield Avenue, Chicago, IL
  Cemetery

  1.0 mi
• First Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery

  4135 West 127th Street, Alsip, IL
  Lutheran cemetery

  1.3 mi
• Mount Olivet Cemetery

  2755 West 111th Street, Chicago, IL · est. 1855
  Catholic cemetery

  1.3 mi
• Burr Oak Cemetery

  4400 West 127th Street, Alsip, IL
  Cemetery

  1.6 mi
• Saint Casimir Catholic Cemetery

  4401 West 111th Street, Chicago, IL
  Catholic cemetery

  1.8 mi
• Mount Greenwood Cemetery

  2900 West 111th Street, Chicago, IL
  Cemetery

  1.8 mi
• Saint Benedict Catholic Cemetery

  Crestwood, IL
  Catholic cemetery

  2.1 mi

• Hickey Memorial Chapel

  Funeral chapel · Blue Island · (708) 388-1636
  1.2 mi
• Krueger Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Blue Island · (708) 388-1300
  1.4 mi
• Memorial Cremation

  Cremation provider · Chicago · (773) 980-1808
  1.5 mi
• Andrew J. Mcgann & Son Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Chicago · (773) 783-7700
  2.1 mi
• Beverly Ridge Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Chicago · (773) 779-4411
  2.3 mi
• Donnellan Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Chicago
  2.5 mi

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