About Memory Gardens Cemetery
Memory Gardens Cemetery is a cemetery near Prospect Heights, Cook County, Illinois. It lies about 1.0 mi northeast of Prospect Heights. The grounds sit at about 673 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 4 notable people buried here, including Arthur W. Bates, Roy Brown and Norman Otto Olson I. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 413395. The nearest other listed cemetery is Wheeling Township Arlington Heights Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the northwest. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Oakwood Cremations in Arlington Heights, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 187 cemeteries we list in Cook County, and 65 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, Prospect Heights. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Memory Gardens Cemetery
Among them: 1 actor.
- Arthur W. Bates1892-1972American actor
- Roy Brown1932-2001American television personality and artist
- Norman Otto Olson I1895-1977American worker
- Richard A. Mugalian1922-1995American lawyer and politician
People whose Wikidata entry gives Memory Gardens 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
42.08704, -87.95240
What Memory Gardens 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
- Wheeling Township Arlington Heights CemeteryProspect Heights, ILCemetery0.2 mi
- Saint Paul Lutheran CemeteryMount Prospect, ILLutheran cemetery1.4 mi
- St. John Lutheran Church CemeteryMount Prospect, ILLutheran cemetery3.0 mi
- Saint Marys CemeteryMount Prospect, ILCemetery3.2 mi
- All Saints Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum700 North River Road, Des Plaines, ILCatholic cemetery3.5 mi
- Elk Grove CemeteryElk Grove Village, ILCemetery3.7 mi
- Randhill Park CemeteryPalatine, ILCemetery3.8 mi
- Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery1212 Rand Road, Des Plaines, ILLutheran cemetery3.8 mi
- Northfield Oakwood Cemetery3200 Milwaukee Avenue, Northbrook, ILCemetery3.8 mi
- Shalom Memorial Park1700 West Rand Road, Arlington Heights, ILMemorial park3.9 mi
Funeral homes near Memory Gardens Cemetery
- Oakwood Cremations0.7 miCremation provider · Arlington Heights · (847) 881-0460
- Lauterburg - Oehler Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Arlington Heights · (847) 253-5423
- Matz Mt. Prospect Funeral Chapel1.4 miFuneral chapel · Mt Prospect · (847) 394-2336
- Friedrichs Funeral Home1.5 miFuneral home · Mt Prospect · (847) 255-7800
- Glueckert Funeral Home1.9 miFuneral home · Arlington Heights · (847) 253-0168
- Giancola Funeral & Cremation2.0 miCremation provider · Arlington Heights · (800) 975-4321
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