Forest Home Cemetery Overview
  • Home
  • Map
  • History of Forest Home Cemetery
    • Native Americans
    • Chapel
    • Bridge over the Des Plaines River
    • Eisenhower Expressway
  • Gravestones and Monuments
    • Gravestone Symbols
    • Unique Gravestone Monuments >
      • White Bronze
      • Rustic Gravestones
      • Photo-ceramic
      • Tiffany Designed Monuments
      • Druids
      • International Organization of Odd Fellows (IOOF)
    • Mausoleum
    • Ashes Scattered and Interred
    • Degradation and Theft
    • Original Deeds and Bookkeeping
  • Labor Activists
    • Haymarket Monument >
      • The Haymarket Affair
      • Haymarket Time Capsule
      • George Engel
      • Samuel Fielden
      • Louis Lingg
      • Adolph Fischer
      • Albert Parsons
      • Michael Schwab
      • August Spies
      • Oscar Neebe
    • Radical Row >
      • Eddie Balchowsky
      • Voltarine de Cleyre
      • Eugene Dennis
      • Raya Dunayevskaya
      • Joseph Dietzgen
      • William Z. Foster
      • Emma Goldmen
      • Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
      • Ben Reitman
      • Lucy Parsons
      • Franklin Rosemont
      • Ann Sosnovsky Winokur
    • Labor and Political Burials >
      • Joe Mariani
      • Cigar Makers' International
      • International Alliance of Bill Posters and Billers of America
  • People of Interest Buried in Cemetery
    • Ashbel Steele
    • Austin Family
    • Philander Barclay
    • Edwin Oscar Gale
    • Sophy and Charles Drechsler
    • Fedinand Haase
    • Doris Humphrey
    • Flora Gill
    • Dr. Clarence and Grace Hemingway
    • Dr. Frank and Phyllis Oreland
    • Augustin and Elizabeth Porter
    • Edward Hand and Lillie Morey Pitkin
    • Martha Louise Rayne
    • Origen White Herrick
    • Dr Thomas Roberts Hurlbut
    • Joseph and Betty Kettlestrings
    • Roos Family
    • James Fletcher Skinner
    • Billy Sunday
    • Adolph Westphal
  • Ethnic and Other Groupings
    • African American
    • Dutch
    • Hispanic
    • Roma (Gypsy)
    • Children
    • Military
  • Disaster Victims
    • Eastland ship disaster
    • Iroquois Theatre Fire
    • Smallpox Epidemic
    • St. Valentine's Day Massacre
  • Cemetery Tours
  • Addtional Resources
    • Forest Park Review articles
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The cemetery office has print outs of this map available in their lobby or you can download and print your own here.
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Section C
• International Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF)
Section DL
• Cigar Maker's International

Section E
• Druids
Section M
• Chapel
Section N
• Haymarket Monument
• Radical Row

• Emma Goldman
Section O
• The Lehmann Mausoleum





Section HM, HS
• Dutch
Section 1
• Richardson Monuments
designed by Tiffany & Co
Section 11
• Cummings Monument - designed by Tiffany & Co
Section 13
• Hillside Vaults
Section 20
• Field of Honor

Section 24
• Grunow Mausoleum
Section 25
• Children

Section 27
• Indian Burial Mound

Section 31
• Hispanic
Section 38
• Indian Head Trail Marker
Section 43
• Columbia Post #706
Section 55
• International Alliance of Bill Posters and Billers of America Local #1

Section 75, 76
• Dutch



The cemetery consists of many sections that divide the area from the Eisenhower Expressway south to Roosevelt Road and from First Avenue east to DesPlanes Avenue. Each section is divided into a vast number of "lots" which are sold to individuals or organizations. The sale of each lot is recorded in a deed, and the deed records remain the possession of the cemetery management. Lots can be subdivided and sold to another "party." To learn more about the original deeds and book keeping click here.

Directions to the Cemetery

Driving West on the Eisenhower Exp: Exit at Harlem, turn left on Harlem and right at Harrison St, Turn left at S. Des Plaines Ave, follow to cemetery entrance.

Driving East on the Eisenhower Exp: Exit South or right onto Des Plaines Ave, follow to cemetery entrance.

By Train: Take the CTA Blue Line West to the end of the line, Forest Park. Exit the CTA station and walk South or right on Des Plaines Ave. Continue over the bridge (Eisenhower Exp) and walk to the cemetery entrance.


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