Mount Olive Cemetery

Mount Olive Cemetery
The front arch of Mount Olive Cemetery
Details
Established 1889 (1889)
Location Chicago, Illinois
Country United States
Coordinates 41°56′58″N 87°47′29″W / 41.94944°N 87.79139°W / 41.94944; -87.79139[1]Coordinates: 41°56′58″N 87°47′29″W / 41.94944°N 87.79139°W / 41.94944; -87.79139[2]
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Mount Olive Cemetery is located at 3800 North Narragansett Avenue, in Chicago.[3]

Mount Olive Cemetery was established in 1889.[4] The cemetery was founded for Chicago's Scandinavian population.[3]

Notable burials

  • Sybil Bauer – (September 18, 1903 – January 31, 1927)
  • Herold Juul – (May 21, 1893 – January 4, 1942)
  • Niels Juul – (April 27, 1859 – December 4, 1929)
  • Barney Ross – (December 23, 1909 – January 17, 1967)

References

  1. ↑ "Mount Olive Cemetery". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ "Mount Olive Cemetery". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  3. 1 2 Hucke, Matt; Bielski, Ursula (1 January 1999). "Graveyards of Chicago: The People, History, Art, and Lore of Cook County Cemeteries". Lake Claremont Press. Retrieved 13 December 2016 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "- Mount Olive Cemetery". Retrieved 13 December 2016.
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