Mount Olive Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois

Mount Olive Cemetery is a cemetery in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. The grounds sit at about 640 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 21 notable people buried here, including Sybil Bauer, Alfred Paulsen and Niels Juul. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 414009. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Isaiah Israel Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Rago Brothers Funeral Homes in Chicago, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 187 cemeteries we list in Cook County, and 82 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: 2 musicians, 2 World War I veterans, 1 football player, 1 artist, 1 baseball player, 1 basketball player, 1 US representative, 1 writer.

• Sybil Bauer1903-1927
  American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder
• Alfred Paulsen1849-1936
  Norwegian-American conductor and composer
• Niels Juul1859-1929
  American politician
• Andrew Havig Jensen1861-1930
  (1861-1930) Norwegian-American pipefitter, musician
• Harry Juul1893-1942
  American baseball player
• Lena Olson1860-1938
  (1860-1938) wife of Andrew Havig Jensen
• Otto Olson1858-1921
  (1858-1921) Norwegian-American barber
• Anna Marie Gabrielsdatter1823-1888
  (1819-1888) wife of Jens Jacob Hansen
• Anne Marie Jensen1854-1896
  (1854-1896) wife of Peder Matthias Olsen
• Charles R. Childs1875-1960
  American photographer and postcard publisher
• George Nathaniel Malstrom1879-1939
  American author
• Hannah Amundsen1864-1936
  Wife of Otto Olson

People whose Wikidata entry gives Mount Olive 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.

• Mount Isaiah Israel Cemetery

  Harwood Heights, IL
  Cemetery

  0.2 mi
• Zion Gardens Cemetery

  Harwood Heights, IL
  Cemetery

  0.2 mi
• B'Nai Abraham Cemetery

  Harwood Heights, IL
  Jewish cemetery

  0.3 mi
• Rosemont Park Cemetery

  6758 West Addison Street, Chicago, IL
  Jewish cemetery

  0.3 mi
• Read Dunning Memorial Park

  West Belle Plaine Avenue, Chicago, IL
  Memorial park

  0.4 mi
• Irving Park Cemetery

  7777 West Irving Park Road, Chicago, IL
  Cemetery

  1.6 mi
• Acacia Park Cemetery and Mausoleum

  7800 West Irving Park Road, Norridge, IL
  Cemetery

  1.9 mi
• Westlawn Cemetery and Mausoleum

  7801 West Montrose Avenue, Norridge, IL
  Jewish cemetery

  1.9 mi
• Union Ridge Cemetery

  6700 West Higgins Avenue, Chicago, IL
  Cemetery

  2.1 mi
• Elmwood Cemetery and Mausoleum

  2905 North Thatcher Avenue, River Grove, IL
  Cemetery

  2.3 mi

• Rago Brothers Funeral Homes

  Funeral home · Chicago · (773) 276-7800
  0.8 mi
• Gibbons Family Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Chicago · (773) 777-3944
  0.9 mi
• Montclair-Lucania Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Chicago · (773) 622-9300
  0.9 mi
• Belmont Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Chicago · (773) 286-2500
  1.1 mi
• Sheldon-goglin-kaminski Funeral Home & Cremation Services

  Funeral home · Chicago · (773) 237-4404
  1.1 mi
• Meiszner Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Chicago · (773) 736-9000
  1.2 mi

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