Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois

Rosehill Cemetery is a cemetery in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. The grounds sit at about 614 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 433 notable people buried here, including Charles G. Dawes, Avery Brundage and Elisha Gray. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 423604. The nearest other listed cemetery is Rosehill Mausoleum, about 0.4 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Drake & Son Funeral Home in Chicago, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 187 cemeteries we list in Cook County, and 45 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: 54 business leaders, 28 writers, 19 journalists, 18 US representatives, 16 physicians, 13 actors, 12 architects, 11 baseball players.

• Charles G. Dawes1865-1951
  Vice president of the United States from 1925 to 1929
• Avery Brundage1887-1975
  President of the International Olympic Committee from 1952 to 1972
• Elisha Gray1835-1901
  American electrical engineer
• Frances Willard1839-1898
  American temperance activist and suffragist
• Leo Burnett1891-1971
  American advertising executive
• Milton Sills1882-1930
  American stage and film actor
• Mary Agnes Chase1869-1963
  U.S. botanist, botanical collector and scientific illustrator
• June Travis1914-2008
  American actress
• Victor Potel1889-1947
  Actor
• Frederick Stock1872-1942
  German composer
• Julius Rosenwald1862-1932
  American businessman
• Lyman J. Gage1836-1927
  American financier and 42nd Secretary of the Treasury

People whose Wikidata entry gives Rosehill 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.

• Rosehill Mausoleum

  5800 North Ravenswood Avenue, Lincolnwood, IL
  Cemetery

  0.4 mi
• Saint Henry Catholic Cemetery

  1929 West Devon Avenue, Chicago, IL
  Catholic cemetery

  0.8 mi
• Saint Boniface Catholic Cemetery

  Lincolnwood, IL
  Catholic cemetery

  1.5 mi
• Getty Tomb

  Lincolnwood, IL
  Cemetery

  2.1 mi
• Bohemian National Cemetery of Chicago

  5255 North Pulaski Road, Chicago, IL
  National cemetery

  2.2 mi
• Graceland Cemetery

  4001 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL
  Church cemetery

  2.3 mi
• Bethel Cemetery

  5736 North Pulaski Road, Chicago, IL
  Jewish cemetery

  2.5 mi
• Wunders Lutheran Cemetery

  Chicago, IL
  Lutheran cemetery

  2.5 mi
• New Light Cemetery

  6807 East Prairie Road, Lincolnwood, IL
  Jewish cemetery

  2.5 mi
• Ridge Lawn Cemetery

  5736 North Pulaski Road, Chicago, IL
  Jewish cemetery

  2.6 mi

• Drake & Son Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Chicago · (773) 561-6874
  0.7 mi
• Nelson Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Chicago · (773) 561-5147
  1.0 mi
• Barr Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Chicago · (773) 743-4034
  1.3 mi
• Inclusive Funeral Care LLC

  Funeral home · Chicago · (773) 318-1305
  1.3 mi
• Furth Chapels

  Funeral home · Chicago · (773) 784-4300
  1.4 mi
• Kornick & Berliner Monument Co.

  Monument dealer · Chicago · (773) 764-7600
  1.4 mi

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