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.
- Vincent Barzynski (1838–1899) Roman Catholic priest and organizer of the Polish-American community in Chicago
- Peter Kiolbassa (1837–1905) Chicago Treasurer and Commissioner of Public Works
- Anthony Michalek (1878–1916) US Congressman
- Wladyslaw (Wladislaus) Dyniewicz (1843–1928) founder of Gazeta Polska, the first Polish newspaper in Chicago
- John Smulski (1867–1928) Treasurer of Illinois, founder and president of NorthWestern Trust & Savings Bank, the first Polish bank in the United States
- Stanley Henry Kunz (1864–1946) US Congressman
- Miecislaus Haiman (1888-1949) Polish-American historian, first Curator of the Polish Museum of America
- William Walter Link (1884–1950) US Congressman
- Leo Paul Kocialkowski (1882–1958) US Congressman
- Thomas S. Gordon (1893–1959) US Congressman
- William Lelivelt (1884–1968) Major League Baseball pitcher
- Fredrak Fraske (1872–1973) Last surviving veteran of the Indian Wars
- George Halas (1895–1983) Owner, founder, coach of the Chicago Bears
- Stanisław Błaszczak (1901–1983) Lieutenant colonel of the Polish Army, Warsaw Uprising insurgent
- Chester A. Chesney (1916–1986) US Congressman
- Dan Rostenkowski (1928–2010) US Congressman
- Steven F. Kordek (1911–2012) pinball game designer
Notes and References
- Web site: St. Adalbert Catholic Cemetery. Catholic Cemeteries. 27 December 2014.
