Elmwood Cemetery (River Grove, Illinois)

Elmwood Cemetery and Mausoleum is located at 2905 Thatcher Avenue, in River Grove, Illinois, United States. 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.

References

External links

• Official website