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St. Adalbert Cemetery

Coordinates: 42°00′21″N 87°48′03″W / 42.0057461°N 87.8007592°W / 42.0057461; -87.8007592
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St. Adalbert Cemetery
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Established1872 (1872)
Location
6800 North Milwaukee Avenue, Niles, Illinois
CountryUnited States
Coordinates42°00′21″N 87°48′03″W / 42.0057461°N 87.8007592°W / 42.0057461; -87.8007592
Owned byRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago
No. of interments>90,000
Websitewebsite
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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

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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

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Chronologically ordered by year of death.

References

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  1. ^ "St. Adalbert Catholic Cemetery". Catholic Cemeteries. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
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