Glen Oak Cemetery in Hillside, Illinois

Glen Oak Cemetery is a cemetery in Hillside, Cook County, Illinois. The grounds sit at about 636 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 27 notable people buried here, including Howlin' Wolf, Vera Pless and Dee Clark. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 409058. The nearest other listed cemetery is Oakridge - Glen Oak Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the west. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Hursen Funeral Home & Crematory in Hillside, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 187 cemeteries we list in Cook County, and 77 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: 6 musicians, 3 baseball players, 2 football players, 2 physicians, 1 architect, 1 artist, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 journalist.

• Howlin' Wolf1910-1976
  American blues musician
• Vera Pless1931-2020
  American mathematician
• Dee Clark1938-1990
  American musician
• Harold Gray1894-1968
  American cartoonist
• Mighty Joe Young1927-1999
  American Chicago blues guitarist
• Darryl Stingley1951-2007
  American football player
• Harold R. Collier1915-2006
  American politician
• Karl Albert Buehr1866-1952
  German artist
• Beverly Schmidt Blossom1926-2014
  American dancer, choreographer, teacher
• Grover Gilmore1888-1919
  Major League Baseball player
• Milton Brunson1929-1997
  American gospel musician
• Robert Elem1928-1997
  American musician

People whose Wikidata entry gives Glen Oak 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.

• Oakridge - Glen Oak Cemetery

  4301 Roosevelt Road, Hillside, IL
  Cemetery

  0.2 mi
• Immanuel Cemetery

  Westchester, IL
  Christian cemetery

  1.2 mi
• Mount Carmel Cemetery

  1400 South Wolf Road, Hillside, IL
  Catholic cemetery

  1.3 mi
• Queen of Heaven Cemetery

  1400 South Wolf Road, Hillside, IL
  Catholic cemetery

  1.3 mi
• Parkholm Cemetery

  2501 North La Grange Road, La Grange Park, IL
  Cemetery

  1.5 mi
• Menorah Gardens

  Broadview, IL
  Jewish cemetery

  1.6 mi
• Old Settlers Cemetery

  Berkeley, IL
  Cemetery

  2.5 mi
• Glos Cemetery

  Elmhurst, IL
  Cemetery

  3.0 mi
• Chevra Shomer Hadas #1

  Forest Park, IL
  Jewish cemetery

  3.2 mi
• Waldheim Cemetery

  Forest Park, IL
  Cemetery

  3.3 mi

• Hursen Funeral Home & Crematory

  Cremation provider · Hillside · (708) 547-8200
  0.2 mi
• Peter Troost Monument Company - Hillside

  Monument dealer · Hillside · (708) 544-0916
  0.4 mi
• Russo's Hillside Chapels

  Funeral home · Hillside · (708) 449-5300
  0.6 mi
• Riverside Funeral Directors

  Funeral home · Westchester · (708) 609-5585
  0.6 mi
• Marik-Baken Funeral Services

  Funeral home · Westchester · (773) 910-3400
  0.8 mi
• Conboy-Westchester Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Westchester · (708) 562-5900
  0.8 mi

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