Forest Home Cemetery Forest Park Il
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Forest home cemetery forest park il. Waldheim it was originally an indian burial ground in 1835. Our locations can be easily reached via interstate 290 illinois route 43 and u s. Forest home cemetery was the site of a potawatomi village and burial ground until 1835.
Forest home is a very large cemetery. From headstones to monuments we have everything right in one convenient location. Forest home cemetery forest park cook county illinois.
The world s largest gravesite collection. Cemeteries in forest park illinois a find a grave. Lay your loved ones to rest in our historical and naturally beautiful cemetery.
Forest home cemetery main entrance circa 1900. Forest home cemetery overview is a website dedicated to the history of forest home cemetery in forest park illinois. And desplaines on the west and east and the eisenhower and roosevelt rd.
As the final resting place for native americans early settlers evangelists gypsies labor activists and noted leaders in medicine the arts business and transportation forest home cemetery in forest park illinois is one of chicagoland s most picturesque and historic cemeteries. At forest home cemetery we understand your needs and we do everything we can to assist you with all burial arrangements. The cemetery was first organized by a group of german masonic lodges in 1873.
On the north and south forest home is a fascinating place for those interested in local immigrant ethnic history architecture and the history of the american labor movement. In 1969 it merged with the adjacent forest home cemetery also founded in 1873 with the combined cemetery being called forest home waldheim means forest home in german. 863 des plaines avenue forest park il 60130 2013.