Oakwoods Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois

Oakwoods Cemetery is a cemetery near Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. It lies about 6.2 mi northwest of Chicago. The grounds sit at about 591 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 212 notable people buried here, including Enrico Fermi, Jesse Owens and James Franck. The nearest funeral home we know of is Progressive Funeral Parlor in Chicago, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 187 cemeteries we list in Cook County, and 17 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.

This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Chicago. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 23 musicians, 20 writers, 16 business leaders, 12 physicians, 11 scientists, 10 baseball players, 10 journalists, 7 artists.

• Enrico Fermi1901-1954
  Italian, American physicist
• Jesse Owens1913-1980
  American track and field athlete
• James Franck1882-1964
  German-American physicist
• Jesse Jackson1941-2026
  American Baptist minister, activist, civil rights leader, politician, and founder of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition
• Mircea Eliade1907-1986
  Romanian-American historian, writer, philosopher and professor at the University of Chicago
• Gary S. Becker1930-2014
  American economist
• Ida B. Wells1862-1931
  American journalist and civil rights activist
• George Ellery Hale1868-1938
  American astronomer
• Mary Alice1936-2022
  American actress
• Junior Wells1934-1998
  American Chicago blues vocalist, harmonica player, and recording artist
• Dorothy Hansine Andersen1901-1963
  American physician
• Willye White1939-2007
  American athlete, long jumper and sprinter

People whose Wikidata entry gives Oakwoods 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.

• Oak Woods Cemetery

  Chicago, IL
  Cemetery

  0.1 mi
• Columbarium

  Chicago, IL
  Lutheran cemetery

  1.8 mi
• Evergreen Cemetery

  3401 West 87th Street, Evergreen Park, IL
  Cemetery

  6.1 mi
• Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleums

  West 87th Street, Evergreen Park, IL
  Catholic cemetery

  6.6 mi
• Mount Greenwood Cemetery

  2900 West 111th Street, Chicago, IL
  Cemetery

  7.1 mi
• Mount Olivet Cemetery

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

  7.4 mi
• Cedar Park Cemetery

  12540 South Halsted Street, Calumet Park, IL
  Cemetery

  7.6 mi
• Mount Hope Cemetery

  11500 South Fairfield Avenue, Chicago, IL
  Cemetery

  7.7 mi
• Ever Rest Cemetery (historical)

  Merrionette Park, IL
  Cemetery

  8.2 mi
• Beverly Cemetery

  12000 South Kedzie Avenue, Blue Island, IL
  Cemetery

  8.4 mi

• Progressive Funeral Parlor

  Funeral home · Chicago · (773) 288-7110
  0.8 mi
• McCullough Funeral & Cremation Services

  Cremation provider · Chicago · (773) 488-8900
  0.8 mi
• A.A. Rayner & Sons Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Chicago · (773) 846-6133
  1.0 mi
• Leak and Sons Funeral Homes

  Funeral home · Chicago · (773) 846-6567
  1.3 mi
• Leak & Sons Funeral Hall

  Funeral home · Chicago · (773) 966-5784
  1.3 mi
• Walker's Monument and Stone

  Monument dealer · Chicago · (773) 651-4874
  1.3 mi

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