1 November 1890 – 24 July 1915 The Eastland, one of five chartered excursion boats meant to ferry employees, their families and friends from Chicago over to the Michigan City shore for the annual Western Electric Company picnic, keeled over into the Chicago River while still at dock, trapping hundreds inside its hull and leading […]
Three generations are interred in this mausoleum, following the maternal line. There is space for two more but the top two niches are currently uninscribed, and with the most recent interment dating only to 2014, if another generation is destined to join their ancestors, it may be many, many years before they do. The oldest […]
5 March 1897 – 24 July 1915 The Eastland, one of five chartered excursion boats meant to ferry employees, their families and friends from Chicago over to the Michigan City shore for the annual Western Electric Company picnic, keeled over into the Chicago River while still at dock, trapping hundreds inside its hull and leading […]
12 April 1879 – 27 October 1925 This is such an unusual little headstone, with just the name and then this little metal handle with her etiquette-book married name inscribed on it. I have no idea of the significance of the handle, if any, but it struck me as quite curious and interesting. Jessie was […]
Carl Raths 28 Mar 1842 (Germany) – 16 Apr 1927 Augusta Staatz Raths 10 May 1856 – 6 Dec 1918 Frieda Aff 10 Sep 1876 – 15 Aug 1962 Charles Aff 11 Feb 1870 – 25 Dec 1945 Clara Schmidtke 8 Mar 1898 – 13 Feb 1950 William Schmidtke, Sr. 27 Feb 1897 – 13 […]
Lars Schmidt 1886 – 14 September 1890 Eddie Schmidt 28 April 1888 – 28 August 1890 Rudolph Schmidt 19 September 1891 – before 1900 Baby Schmidt 1890s This little headstone is quite famous, mentioned in guide books and identified on the Forest Home tourist handouts as a destination to visit. The two little brothers, Eddie […]
Elizabeth “Betty” Rakow 12 November 1906 – 24 July 1915 Maria Auguste Louise “Augusta” Schwahn Wiese 21 January 1850 – 24 July 1915 The Eastland, one of five chartered excursion boats meant to ferry employees, their families and friends from Chicago over to the Michigan City shore for the annual Western Electric Company picnic, keeled […]
Inez Margretta “Zeni” Lenz Mueller 8 December 1911 – 8 August 1992 I don’t usually do more recent burials, but I was so charmed by this headstone I wanted to research it a bit. And also, even though it doesn’t seem long ago to me, Zeni did pass away almost thirty years ago! Zeni was […]
James C. Justin, Jr. 4 November 1894 – 24 July 1915 Emily Mary Manthey 15 October 1892 – 24 July 1915 The Eastland, one of five chartered excursion boats meant to ferry employees, their families and friends from Chicago over to the Michigan City shore for the annual Western Electric Company picnic, keeled over into […]
Irwin Nagel May 1895 – 24 July 1915 (aged 20) Margaret Nagel December 1897 – 24 July 1915 (aged 17) The Eastland, one of five chartered excursion boats meant to ferry employees, their families and friends from Chicago over to the Michigan City shore for the annual Western Electric Company picnic, keeled over into the […]