Washington Memory Gardens Cemetery in Thornton, Illinois

Washington Memory Gardens Cemetery is a cemetery in Thornton, Cook County, Illinois. The grounds sit at about 630 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 9 notable people buried here, including Bernie Mac, Koko Taylor and Luther Allison. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 426626. The nearest other listed cemetery is Homewood Memorial Gardens, about 0.4 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Illinois Cemetery And Funeral Home Assocation in Homewood, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 187 cemeteries we list in Cook County, and 64 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: 4 musicians, 2 writers, 1 actor, 1 journalist, 1 US representative.

• Bernie Mac1957-2008
  American actor
• Koko Taylor1928-2009
  American Chicago blues musician
• Luther Allison1939-1997
  American blues guitarist
• Katie Hall1938-2012
  American congresswoman for Indiana
• Major Lance1939-1994
  American singer
• Amanda Smith1837-1915
  African-American evangelist
• Washboard Sam1910-1966
  American blues singer and musician
• William Massingale1897-1988
  Missouri politician
• William Farley1950-2016
  American lawyer

People whose Wikidata entry gives Washington 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.

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.

• Homewood Memorial Gardens

  600 Ridge Road, Homewood, IL
  Memorial park

  0.4 mi
• Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens Cemetery South

  18301 South Glenwood Thornton Road, Glenwood, IL
  Cemetery

  1.2 mi
• Mount Forest Cemetery

  Thornton, IL
  Cemetery

  1.6 mi
• Assumption Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum

  19500 Cottage Grove Avenue, Glenwood, IL
  Catholic cemetery

  2.9 mi
• Saint Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery

  Flossmoor, IL
  Lutheran cemetery

  2.9 mi
• Oak Ridge Cemetery

  Lansing, IL
  Cemetery

  3.3 mi
• Oak Glen Lutheran Cemetery

  Lansing, IL
  Lutheran cemetery

  3.8 mi
• Coopers Grove Cemetery

  Country Club Hills, IL
  Cemetery

  4.4 mi
• Bloom Presbyterian Cemetery

  Chicago Heights, IL
  Presbyterian cemetery

  4.6 mi
• Berger Cemetery

  Dolton, IL
  Cemetery

  4.8 mi

• Illinois Cemetery And Funeral Home Assocation

  Funeral home · Homewood · (708) 960-4840
  0.2 mi
• Mcfarland Funeral Services

  Funeral home · Homewood · (708) 996-7893
  0.2 mi
• Cremation Society Of Illinois

  Cremation provider · Homewood · (708) 206-2000
  0.3 mi
• Nabors Family Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Thornton · (708) 825-1038
  1.5 mi
• Tews-Ryan Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Homewood · (708) 798-5300
  1.7 mi
• Just Cremations Inc.

  Cremation provider · Glenwood · (888) 688-5878
  2.0 mi

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