About Jewish Waldheim Cemeteries
Jewish Waldheim Cemeteries is a jewish cemetery in Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois. It is operated by Waldheim Cemetery Co.;Silverman&Weiss inc.. Wikidata records 23 notable people buried here, including Mike Todd, Samuel H. Shapiro and Ulysses Davis. The nearest other listed cemetery is Free Sons of Israel Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Woodlawn Funeral Home & Memorial Park in Forest Park, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 187 cemeteries we list in Cook County, and 69 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 Jewish Waldheim Cemeteries
Among them: 3 writers, 2 business leaders, 2 physicians, 1 actor, 1 governor, 1 journalist, 1 World War II veteran.
- Mike Todd1909-1958American theatre and film producer
- Samuel H. Shapiro1907-1987American politician
- Ulysses Davis1872-1924American film director
- Barney Balaban1887-1971American film studio executive
- Jacob Bolotin1888-1924American physician
- Frances Horwich1907-2001American television executive
- Clara Peller1902-1987Russian-American character actress
- William J. Small1926-2020American television journalist and executive
- Ed Schwartz1946-2009American radio host
- Mike Heitlerdied 1931American gangster
- Elmer Balaban1909-2001American media magnate
- Irving Branman1899-1954
Show all 23 notable burials
- Jacob Branman1869-1931
- Leo Koretz1879-1925American lawyer, stockbroker, and swindler
- Louis Reingold1874-1944Yiddish theater playwright, writer, editor, and labor organizer
- Mary Wolf1864-1952
- Sam Katz1892-1961Film studio executive
- Simon D. Zivin1918-2002
- Albert Weinshenker1893-1929American gangster
- Harry Balaban1903-1985
- Isaac Bear Chones1840-1929
- Jacob Nicholas Pritzker1831-18961831 - 28 Jan 1896
- Zev Wolf Schur1844-1910Hebrew writer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Jewish Waldheim Cemeteries 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
41.85810, -87.81522
What Jewish Waldheim Cemeteries 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
- Free Sons of Israel CemeteryNorth Riverside, ILJewish cemetery0.2 mi
- Woodlawn Funeral Home and Memorial Park Cemetery7600 Cermak Road, Forest Park, ILMemorial park0.4 mi
- Waldheim CemeteryForest Park, ILCemetery0.5 mi
- Forest Home Cemetery863 Des Plaines Avenue, Forest Park, IL · est. 1873Cemetery0.8 mi
- Chevra Shomer Hadas #1Forest Park, ILJewish cemetery0.9 mi
- Altenheim Cemetery7824 Madison Street, Forest Park, ILCemetery1.2 mi
- Concordia Cemetery7900 Madison Street, Forest Park, ILCemetery1.4 mi
- Menorah GardensBroadview, ILJewish cemetery2.1 mi
- Mount Auburn Memorial Cemetery4101 Oak Park Avenue, Stickney, ILCemetery3.3 mi
- Parkholm Cemetery2501 North La Grange Road, La Grange Park, ILCemetery3.4 mi
Funeral homes near Jewish Waldheim Cemeteries
- Woodlawn Funeral Home & Memorial Park0.5 miFuneral home · Forest Park · (708) 442-8500
- Kuratko-Nosek Funeral Home and Cremation Services1.0 miFuneral home · North Riverside · (708) 447-2500
- Chicagoland Funeral Care1.0 miFuneral home · North Riverside · (872) 356-6424
- Parkwyn Funeral Home and Crematory1.1 miCremation provider · Berwyn · (708) 788-0904
- Berwyn Cicero Cremation Society1.1 miCremation provider · Berwyn · (708) 788-7776
- Linhart Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · Berwyn · (708) 749-2255
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Frequently asked questions
Where is Jewish Waldheim Cemeteries located?
Jewish Waldheim Cemeteries is at 1400 Des Plaines Avenue, Forest Park, IL 60130 in Cook County. GPS coordinates: 41.85810, -87.81522.
Is Jewish Waldheim Cemeteries 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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