Montrose Cemetery is located at 5400 North Pulaski Road, in
Chicago, Illinois
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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Montrose Cemetery was founded by Andrew Kircher in 1902.
Five years after the
Iroquois Theatre fire
The Iroquois Theatre fire occurred on December 30, 1903, at the Iroquois Theatre in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is the deadliest theater fire and the deadliest single-building fire in U.S. history, resulting in at least 602 deaths.
Thea ...
, Kircher erected a memorial at Montrose Cemetery to memorialize the tragedy.
Notable burials
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Kathleen Burke
Kathleen B. Burke (September 5, 1913 – April 9, 1980) was an American movie actress of the 1930s and former model.
Early years
Born in Hammond, Indiana, in 1913, Burke was a graduate of Hammond High School. She moved with her parents t ...
(1913–1980), actress
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Iva Toguri D'Aquino
Iva Ikuko Toguri D'Aquino ( ja, 戸栗郁子 アイバ; July 4, 1916 – September 26, 2006) was a Japanese-American disc jockey and radio personality who participated in English-language radio broadcasts transmitted by Radio Tokyo to Allied t ...
(1916–2006), known as
Tokyo Rose
Tokyo Rose (alternative spelling Tokio Rose) was a name given by Allied troops in the South Pacific during World War II to all female English-speaking radio broadcasters of Japanese propaganda. The programs were broadcast in the South Pacific ...
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Bugs Raymond
Arthur Lawrence "Bugs" Raymond (February 24, 1882 – September 7, 1912) was a Major League Baseball pitcher from 1904 to 1911. He played for the Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Cardinals, and New York Giants.
Biography
Raymond was born in Chicago. He ...
(1882–1912), MLB player
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Herbert Sobel
Herbert Maxwell Sobel Sr. (26 January 1912 – 30 September 1987) was an American commissioned officer with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division during World War II. Sobel was portraye ...
(1912–1987), WWII US Army officer
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* {{GNIS, 413755, Montrose Cemetery
1902 establishments in Illinois
Cemeteries in Chicago