Irving Park Cemetery Explained

Irving Park Cemetery
Country:	United States
Location:	Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates:	41.9497°N -87.8231°W
Owner:	Dignity Memorial
Findagraveid:	106325

Irving Park Cemetery is located at 7777 West Irving Park Road, in Chicago.^[1]

Irving Park Cemetery performed its first interment in July 1918.^[2] Some of the victims of the 1929 Saint Valentine's Day Massacre are buried at Irving Park Cemetery.^[1]

Notable burials

• Kay Armen – (1915–2011), singer and actress
• Carmel Henry Carfora – (1878–1958), bishop of the Old Catholic church
• Fred Goetz – (1897–1934), organized crime figure
• Frank Gusenberg – (1893–1929), organized crime figure
• Peter Gusenberg – (1888–1929), organized crime figure
• Albert Kachellek – (1890–1929), organized crime figure

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=i2WOQcBx0SwC&dq=irving+park+cemetery&pg=PA94 Graveyards of Chicago
2. Web site: History – Irving Park Cemetery. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130122051133/http://www.dignitymemorial.com/irving-park-cemetery/en-us/history.page. 2013-01-22.