St. Adalbert Cemetery () is a Roman Catholic cemetery located in

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. It is bordered by Milwaukee Avenue on the east, Albion and Hayes Streets on the south, and Harlem Avenue on the west. Various non-cemetery properties separate it from Touhy Avenue on the north. It is intersected at its center from north to south by Newark Avenue. Its main entrance is on Milwaukee Avenue, approximately midway between Devon and Touhy.

History

The cemetery is named for Saint Adalbert, the patron saint of Poland. The Mary, Mother of God Garden Crypt Complex was opened in 1990 in the northwest corner of the cemetery. It contains approximately 6,000 crypts. On May 17, 2009, at the cemetery was unveiled the Katyń Memorial, dedicated to the victims of

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, a series of mass executions of nearly 22,000

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military and police officers, border guards, and intelligentsia

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carried out in 1940 by the

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of the

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. The sculpture was designed by

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Notable burials

Chronologically ordered by year of death. *

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(1838–1899) Roman Catholic priest and organizer of the Polish-American community in Chicago * Peter Kiolbassa (1837–1905) Chicago Treasurer and Commissioner of Public Works * Anthony Michalek (1878–1916) US Congressman * Wladyslaw (Wladislaus) Dyniewicz (1843–1928) founder of ''Gazeta Polska'', the first Polish newspaper in Chicago * John Smulski (1867–1928) Treasurer of Illinois, founder and president of NorthWestern Trust & Savings Bank, the first Polish bank in the United States *

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(1864–1946) US Congressman * Miecislaus Haiman (1888-1949) Polish-American historian, first Curator of the Polish Museum of America * William Walter Link (1884–1950) US Congressman * Leo Paul Kocialkowski (1882–1958) US Congressman *

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(1893–1959) US Congressman * William Lelivelt (1884–1968) Major League Baseball pitcher * Fredrak Fraske (1872–1973) Last surviving veteran of the

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(1901–1983) Lieutenant colonel of the Polish Army,

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insurgent * Chester A. Chesney (1916–1986) US Congressman *

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(1928–2010) US Congressman * Steven F. Kordek (1911–2012)

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game designer

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Adalbert Cemetery Cemeteries in Cook County, Illinois Roman Catholic cemeteries in Illinois 1872 establishments in Illinois Cemeteries established in the 1870s Buildings and structures completed in 1872 Niles, Illinois Polish-American culture in Illinois