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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
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. It contains approximately 6,000 crypts.
Notable burials
Chronologically ordered by year of death.
Peter Kiolbassa (1837–1905) Chicago Treasurer and Commissioner of Public Works
Anthony Michalek (1878–1916) US Congressman
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
References
External links
Official website
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Saint Adalbert Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleums
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