Elmwood Cemetery and Mausoleum is located at 2905 Thatcher Avenue, in River Grove, Illinois, United States.Graveyards of Chicago It features a cenotaph of comedian John Belushi, although his body is buried somewhere else. However, his mother, Agnes Belushi, is buried in the same location.
Notable burials Johann Otto Hoch – (1862–1906) John Siomos – (1947–2004) Ron Sobie – (1934–2009) Jazep Varonka – (1891–1952) Victims of the Iroquois Theatre Fire (1903) Victims of the Eastland Disaster (1915)
War memorials The cemetery is home to numerous war memorials.
The memorial to U.S. Grant Post 28 of the Grand Army of the Republic, whose members included Union Gen. John A. Logan, is a tall column shaft with five soldier statues. Nearby, Washington Post 573 of the G.A.R. erected a memorial; it is surrounded by the graves of some of its members. A memorial by the Woman's Relief Corps was erected in 1904 honor of Union soldiers' widows. The Chicago Typographical Union erected a memorial in honor of 15 of its members who died in World War I. Memorials are also erected to Hellenic American veterans and Assyrian American veterans.
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External links Official website