All Saints Cemetery

All Saints Catholic Cemetery & Mausoleum

The front gates of All Saints Cemetery

Details
Established| 1923
Location|

Des Plaines, Illinois

Country| United States
Coordinates| 42°03′44″N 87°53′35″W﻿ / ﻿42.062222°N 87.893056°W﻿ / 42.062222; -87.893056
Type| Catholic
Website| Official website
Find a Grave| All Saints Catholic Cemetery & Mausoleum

All Saints Cemetery is a cemetery of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, and is located at 700 North River Road, in Des Plaines, Illinois.[1]

The original 1923 East cemetery was expanded in 1954 to include All Saints West.[2] The cemetery includes a three-story community mausoleum containing space for thousands of above-ground interments.

## Notable burials

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* Michael R. Blanchfield – (January 4, 1950 – July 3, 1969) Medal of Honor for his actions in the Vietnam War
* James Bowler – (February 5, 1875 – July 18, 1957) 3-term congressman from IL., the second oldest person to win his first election to Congress, at age 78, after William Lewis of Kentucky
* Charles A. Boyle – (August 13, 1907 – November 4, 1959)
* John Cadwell – (July 15, 1961 – July 10, 2004)
* Harry Caray – (March 1, 1914 – February 18, 1998)
* Paul Christman – (March 5, 1918 – March 2, 1970)
* George "Moose" Connor – (January 21, 1925 – March 31, 2003)
* Henry Darger – (c. April 12, 1892 – April 13, 1973)
* Albert "Cozy" Dolan – (December 23, 1889 – December 10, 1958)
* John "Paddy" Driscoll – (January 11, 1895 – June 29, 1968)
* Matthew Eappen – (died February 9, 1997, age 8 months)
* Edward Rowan Finnegan – (June 5, 1905 – February 2, 1971)
* Lew Fonseca – (January 21, 1899 – November 26, 1989)
* Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I. – (January 16, 1937 – April 17, 2015)
* John J. Gorman – (June 2, 1883 – February 24, 1949)
* Carl Grubert – (September 11, 1911 – September 26, 1979)
* George Halas, Jr. – (September 4, 1925 – December 16, 1979)
* Charlie Hallstrom – (January 22, 1863 – May 6, 1949)
* Gabby Hartnett – (December 20, 1900 – December 20, 1972)
* James T. Igoe – (October 23, 1883 – December 2, 1971)
* Michael L. Igoe – (April 16, 1885 – August 21, 1967)
* John J. Kelly – (June 24, 1898 – November 20, 1957)
* Edward Lanctot – (January 27, 1919 – October 30, 2003)
* Freddie Lindstrom – (November 21, 1905 – October 4, 1981)
* Phil Masi – (January 6, 1916 – March 29, 1990)
* Michele McBride – (April 5, 1945 – July 4, 2001)
* Ed McCaskey – (April 27, 1919 – April 8, 2003)
* James T. McDermott – (February 13, 1872 – February 7, 1938)
* Ray Meyer – (December 18, 1913 – March 17, 2006)
* Morgan F. Murphy – (April 16, 1932 – March 4, 2016)
* Thomas L. Owens – (December 21, 1897 – June 7, 1948)
* Walter Palmer – (April 25, 1912 – July 10, 1998)
* Robert Piest – (March 16, 1963 – December 11, 1978)
* Robert Edward Ringling – (August 16, 1897 – January 3, 1950)
* Annette Rogers – (October 22, 1913 – November 8, 2006)
* Henry Schmitz – (December 26, 1871 – April 17, 1939)
* Sherman J. Sexton – (September 12, 1892 – March 13, 1956)
* Owen Patrick Smith – (July 12, 1867 – January 15, 1927)

## Gallery

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* Chapel stained glass showing the Resurrection of Jesus, All Saints Cemetery Community Mausoleum

* Thérèse of Lisieux, Community Mausoleum of All Saints Cemetery

* Community Mausoleum of All Saints Cemetery

* Stained glass commemorating the war dead, Community Mausoleum of All Saints Cemetery

* Paul the Apostle, Community Mausoleum of All Saints Cemetery

## References

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1. ^ Graveyards of Chicago
2. ^ "Official Website".

## External links

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* All Saints Cemetery at Find a Grave