About Waldheim Cemetery
Waldheim Cemetery is a cemetery near Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois. It lies about 1.2 mi north of Forest Park. The grounds sit at about 620 feet above sea level. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 420389. The nearest other listed cemetery is Free Sons of Israel Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Woodlawn Funeral Home & Memorial Park in Forest Park, about 0.9 mi away. It is one of 187 cemeteries we list in Cook County, and 71 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, Forest Park. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Map
41.86270, -87.82183
What Waldheim 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
- Free Sons of Israel CemeteryNorth Riverside, ILJewish cemetery0.4 mi
- Forest Home Cemetery863 Des Plaines Avenue, Forest Park, IL · est. 1873Cemetery0.4 mi
- Jewish Waldheim Cemeteries1400 Des Plaines Avenue, Forest Park, ILJewish cemetery0.5 mi
- Chevra Shomer Hadas #1Forest Park, ILJewish cemetery0.5 mi
- Woodlawn Funeral Home and Memorial Park Cemetery7600 Cermak Road, Forest Park, ILMemorial park0.8 mi
- Altenheim Cemetery7824 Madison Street, Forest Park, ILCemetery0.9 mi
- Concordia Cemetery7900 Madison Street, Forest Park, ILCemetery1.1 mi
- Menorah GardensBroadview, ILJewish cemetery1.8 mi
- Parkholm Cemetery2501 North La Grange Road, La Grange Park, ILCemetery3.2 mi
- Glen Oak Cemetery4301 Roosevelt Road, Hillside, ILCemetery3.3 mi
Funeral homes near Waldheim Cemetery
- Woodlawn Funeral Home & Memorial Park0.9 miFuneral home · Forest Park · (708) 442-8500
- Chicagoland Funeral Care1.2 miFuneral home · North Riverside · (872) 356-6424
- Kuratko-Nosek Funeral Home and Cremation Services1.2 miFuneral home · North Riverside · (708) 447-2500
- Parkwyn Funeral Home and Crematory1.3 miCremation provider · Berwyn · (708) 788-0904
- Berwyn Cicero Cremation Society1.3 miCremation provider · Berwyn · (708) 788-7776
- Zimmerman-Harnett Funeral Home1.4 miFuneral home · Forest Park · (708) 366-2200
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