Acacia Park Cemetery, Chicago
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Acacia Park Cemetery is located in the Chicago area at 7800 West Irving Park Road, Norridge, IL 60706-2189.
Notable burials
- Johannes Anderson (1887-1950), World War I Congressional Medal of Honor recipient
- Ral DonnerRal DonnerRal Donner was an early American rock and roll musician. He scored several pop hits in the US in the early 1960s, and had a voice similar to Elvis Presley's. His best known song is his 1961 top ten hit, "You Don't Know What You've Got ".-Biography:Ralph Stuart Donner was born in Chicago, and sang...
(1943-1984), singer - Red FaberRed FaberUrban Clarence "Red" Faber was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from through , playing his entire career for the Chicago White Sox. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964....
(1888-1976), baseball player - Audre Knecht (1930-1989), actress
- Osborne Theomun OlsenOsborne Theomun OlsenOsborne Theomun Olsen was the owner of Osborne Art Studios in Chicago, Illinois, which existed from 1910 to 1973. -Biography:...
, china decorator - Irna PhillipsIrna PhillipsIrna Phillips was an American actress and most notably writer who created and scripted many of the first American soap operas.Phillips created radio and TV soap operas including:...
(1901-1973), television producer - Alvah Curtis Roebuck (1864-1948), founder of SearsSears, Roebuck and CompanySears, officially named Sears, Roebuck and Co., is an American chain of department stores which was founded by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck in the late 19th century...
- Mike RoykoMike RoykoMichael "Mike" Royko was a newspaper columnist in Chicago, who won the 1972 Pulitzer Prize for commentary...
(1932-1997), columnist