About Rosemont Park Cemetery
Rosemont Park Cemetery is a jewish cemetery in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. The grounds sit at about 643 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 18 notable people buried here, including Saul Alinsky, Dankmar Adler and Barney Ross. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 416964. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Isaiah Israel Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Rago Brothers Funeral Homes in Chicago, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 187 cemeteries we list in Cook County, and 81 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.
Notable people buried at Rosemont Park Cemetery
Among them: 2 World War II veterans, 1 architect, 1 artist, 1 boxer, 1 business leader, 1 governor, 1 inventor or engineer, 1 musician.
- Saul Alinsky1909-1972American community organizer and writer
- Dankmar Adler1844-1900Architect
- Barney Ross1909-1967United States Marine
- Abner Mikva1926-2016American politician, jurist and law professor
- Henry Horner1878-1940American politician and judge
- Morris Fishbein1889-1976American physician
- Sherwin Rosen1938-2001American economist
- Max Janowski1912-1991German composer
- Benjamin Lindauer1839-1922
- Liebman Adler1812-1892Rabbi in the United States
- Maurice Goldblatt1889-1984American retailer
- Arnold H. Maremont1904-1978Chicago industrialist and art collector
Show all 18 notable burials
- Augusta Anne Swawite1891-1967American educator and visual artist
- David Abraham Kohn1833-1903Millionaire co-owner of Kohn Brothers
- Herman Eliassof1851-1918Teacher of Hebrew and German
- Ike Van Ronkel1868-1939
- Joseph A. Kohn1829-1903Millionaire co-owner of Kohn Brothers
- Nathan Goldblatt1895-1944American retailer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Rosemont Park 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.
Map
41.94642, -87.79506
What Rosemont Park Cemetery offers
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.
Nearby cemeteries
- Mount Isaiah Israel CemeteryHarwood Heights, ILCemetery0.1 mi
- B'Nai Abraham CemeteryHarwood Heights, ILJewish cemetery0.2 mi
- Mount Olive Cemetery3800 North Narragansett Avenue, Chicago, ILCemetery0.3 mi
- Zion Gardens CemeteryHarwood Heights, ILCemetery0.3 mi
- Read Dunning Memorial ParkWest Belle Plaine Avenue, Chicago, ILMemorial park0.7 mi
- Irving Park Cemetery7777 West Irving Park Road, Chicago, ILCemetery1.4 mi
- Acacia Park Cemetery and Mausoleum7800 West Irving Park Road, Norridge, ILCemetery1.7 mi
- Westlawn Cemetery and Mausoleum7801 West Montrose Avenue, Norridge, ILJewish cemetery1.8 mi
- Elmwood Cemetery and Mausoleum2905 North Thatcher Avenue, River Grove, ILCemetery2.1 mi
- Union Ridge Cemetery6700 West Higgins Avenue, Chicago, ILCemetery2.3 mi
Funeral homes near Rosemont Park Cemetery
- Rago Brothers Funeral Homes0.6 miFuneral home · Chicago · (773) 276-7800
- Montclair-Lucania Funeral Home0.6 miFuneral home · Chicago · (773) 622-9300
- Belmont Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Chicago · (773) 286-2500
- Gibbons Family Funeral Home1.1 miFuneral home · Chicago · (773) 777-3944
- Sheldon-goglin-kaminski Funeral Home & Cremation Services1.2 miFuneral home · Chicago · (773) 237-4404
- Schielka Addison Street Funeral Home1.3 miFuneral home · Chicago · (773) 625-3444
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Frequently asked questions
Where is Rosemont Park Cemetery located?
Rosemont Park Cemetery is at 6758 West Addison Street, Chicago, IL 60634 in Cook County. GPS coordinates: 41.94642, -87.79506.
Is Rosemont Park Cemetery a Jewish cemetery?
Our records list a Jewish affiliation, based on the recorded religion of the cemetery. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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