St. Adalbert Cemetery Explained

St. Adalbert Cemetery
Country:United States
Location:6800 North Milwaukee Avenue, Niles, Illinois
Owner:Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago
Interments:>90,000
Findagraveid:107817

St Adalbert Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery located in Niles, Illinois. It is bordered by Milwaukee Avenue on the east, Albion and Hayes Streets on the south, and Harlem Avenue on the west. Various non-cemetery properties separate it from Touhy Avenue on the north. It is intersected at its center from north to south by Newark Avenue. Its main entrance is on Milwaukee Avenue, approximately midway between Devon and Touhy.

History

The cemetery is named for Saint Adalbert, the patron saint of Poland.The Mary, Mother of God Garden Crypt Complex was opened in 1990 in the northwest corner of the cemetery.[1] It contains approximately 6,000 crypts.

Notable burials

Chronologically ordered by year of death.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: St. Adalbert Catholic Cemetery. Catholic Cemeteries. 27 December 2014.