Oakridge Cemetery is a cemetery located in the village of
Hillside, near
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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. It is the largest non-sectarian
mausoleum in
Cook County
Cook County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Illinois and the second-most-populous county in the United States, after Los Angeles County, California. More than 40% of all residents of Illinois live within Cook County. As of 20 ...
,
Illinois
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The cemetery is located at 4301 West Roosevelt Road, Hillside, IL 60162.
Notable burials
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Beverly Blossom
Beverly Schmidt Blossom (August 28, 1926 – November 1, 2014) was an American modern dancer, choreographer, and teacher. She was an original member and soloist with the Alwin Nikolais Dance Theater, a modern dance choreographer for Illinois Danc ...
– (1926–2014)
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Milton R. Brunson, gospel singer (1929–1997)
* Chester Burnett, aka
Howlin' Wolf
Chester Arthur Burnett (June 10, 1910January 10, 1976), better known by his stage name Howlin' Wolf, was an American blues singer and guitarist. He is regarded as one of the most influential blues musicians of all time. Over a four-decade care ...
– (1910–1976)
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Colonel Daniel Cameron – (1828–1879)
* James Carter of
James Carter and the Prisoners
James Carter (December 18, 1925 – November 26, 2003) was an American singer. He was born a Mississippi sharecropper and as a young man was several times an inmate of the Mississippi prison system. He was paid $20,000, and credited, for a four- ...
– (1926–2003)
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Tyrone Davis
Tyrone Davis (born Tyrone D. Fettson or Tyrone D. Branch, October 3, 1937 – February 9, 2005) was an American blues and soul singer with a long list of hit records over more than 20 years. Davis had three number 1 hits on the ''Billboard'' R ...
– (1938–2005)
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Harold Gray
Harold Lincoln Gray (January 20, 1894 – May 9, 1968) was an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the newspaper comic strip ''Little Orphan Annie''.
Early life
Harold Gray was born in Kankakee, Illinois on January 20, 1894, to Este ...
– (1894–1968)
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Erv Lange
Erwin Henry Lange (August 12, 1887 – April 24, 1971) was a pitcher for the Chicago Whales professional baseball team in 1914.
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1887 births
1971 deaths
Chicago Whales players
Major League Baseball pitchers
Baseball players f ...
– (1887–1971)
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Bob Reynolds, American football player – (1939–1996)
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Jimmy Slagle
James Franklin Slagle (July 11, 1873 – May 10, 1956), nicknamed both "Rabbit" and "Shorty", was a professional baseball player who played as an outfielder in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1899 to 1908. In his 10 MLB seasons, he played for fou ...
– (1873–1956)
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Tuffy Stewart – (1883–1934)
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Darryl Stingley
Darryl Floyd Stingley (September 18, 1951April 5, 2007) was an American professional football player, a wide receiver whose career was ended at age 26 by an on-field spinal cord injury. He played his entire five-year career with the New England ...
– (1951–2007)
References
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External links
Official site
Cemeteries in Cook County, Illinois