Montrose Cemetery
Montrose Cemetery is located at 5400 North Pulaski Road, in Chicago, Illinois.
Montrose Cemetery was founded by Andrew Kircher in 1902. Five years after the 1903 Iroquois Theatre fire, Kircher erected a memorial at Montrose Cemetery to memorialize the tragedy.
The cemetery has been dubbed “gypsy row.” due to many Romani Americans being congregated in the area.
Notable burials
- Kathleen Burke (1913–1980), actress
- Iva Toguri D'Aquino (1916–2006), known as Tokyo Rose)
- Bugs Raymond (1882–1912), MLB player
- Herbert Sobel (1912–1987), WWII US Army officer
References
- ^ Hucke, Matt; Bielski, Ursula (1999). Graveyards of Chicago: The People, History, Art, and Lore of Cook County Cemeteries. Lake Claremont Press. pp. 51–52. ISBN 978-0-9642-4264-7. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
- ^ "History". Montrose Cemetery and Crematorium. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
- ^ "The Gypsy Trail: The history and legacy of Rom culture in Chicago".
- ^ "Bugs Raymond". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
