Acacia Park Cemetery is located in

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, just outside

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. To its south, across Irving Park Road, is Irving Park Cemetery. On the north side, Acacia Park adjoins

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; the gates in the fence dividing Acacia Park and Westlawn are usually open, allowing visitors to pass freely between them.

Notable burials

* Johannes Anderson (1887–1950), World War I

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recipient *

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(1943–1984), singer *

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(1864–1948), co-founder of

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. *

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(1932–1997), columnist * Mae Doelling Schmidt (1888–1965), pianist, composer, music educator

References

{{reflist Cemeteries in Chicago Cemeteries established in the 1920s 1922 establishments in Illinois