In honor of the visit to one of my favorite cities in the US of A, a city I consider a second home. I’ve decided to publish the list of gravesites I’m going to attempt to track down while I’m visiting Chicago next week.

The list is laid out starting with cemetery name, then the respective personages buried in that cemetery underneath. For the time being I’m going to leave out the gravesite locations of the personages. Keep in mind many of the people on the list have gravesite photos already on the internet and in some cases locations to go with the photograph. Lets get started shall we.

Evergreen Cemetery

Michael “de Pike” Heitler d. April 30^th 1931 Capone gang member and pimp

Wunders Cemetery

Herbert Henry Rice (Actor) d. July 1938

Acacia Park Cemetery

Johannes Anderson (WWI Medal of Honor) d. April 15^th 1950

Ralph Stewart Donner (singer, musician) d. Apr. 6, 1984

Audre Joan Knecht (Actress) d. Dec. 1, 1989

Memorial Park Cemetery & Crematorium Skokie

Egbert Van Alstyne (Film composer and lyricist)d. 1951

Eddie Ballantine (musician) d. Nov. 14, 1995

Karyn “Cookie” Kupcinet (actress) d. Nov. 28, 1963

Byrne Piven (actor, director, teacher) d. Feb. 18, 2002

Robert Reed (Actor) d. May 12, 1992

Mt. Olivet Cemetery

Walter & Tommy O’Donnell d. June 9^th 1925 Southside O’Donnell gang member brother of “Spike” brother

George Meegan d. September 17^th 1923 Southside O’Donnell gang member

Charles Kelly d. October 4^th 1925 first “Tommy-Gun” fatality

Henry “Hoop-a-Daisy” Connors d. September 2^nd 1929 Chicago Gangster

Maurice “Morrie” Keane d. December 1^st 1923 beer runner for the Spike O’Donnell gang

Oakwood Cemetery

Jake Guzik d. February 21^st 1956

Charles Simons (Civil War Medal of Honor) d. June 18^th 1914

Rosemont Park Cemetery

Edward Vogel d. June 12^th 1977 known as the “King of the Slots” ran coin operating racket for Capone gang.

Burton C. Kaiser (Actor) d. May 16, 2004

Holy Sepulcher Cemetery

Michael Quinlan (gangster) d. 1934

Richard Cain (gangster) d. December 20^th 1973

Helen Morgan (actress) d. October 8^th 1941

St. Adalbert

Joseph Bergl d. September 26^th 1950

St. Mary’s Cemetery

John Edward “Spike” O’Donnell d. August 20^th 1962 Southside O’Donnell’s leader

James “Daffy” Quigley d. October 12^th 1931 member of Spike O’Donnell Gang

George Bucher d. September 17^th 1923 Southside O’Donnell gang member

Rosehill Cemetery

Dr. Reinhart Schwimmer d. February 14^th 1929

Marie G. Armstrong aka Mimi Forsythe (actress)  d. August 17^th 1952

Martha O’Driscoll (actress) d. November 3^rd 1998

Milton Sills (silent screen actor) d. September 15^th 1930 Plot: Section 111 Lot 38

Burr Tillstrom d. December 6^th 1985

Forest Park Cemetery

John Snyder aka Adam Heyer d. February 14^th 1929

Waldheim Cemetery

Albert Weinshank d. February 14^th 1929

Irving Park Cemetery

Frank & Peter Gusenberg d. February 14^th 1929

James Clark aka Albert Kallachek d. February 14^th 1929

Edward “Teddy” Newberry d. January 7th 1933

St. Joseph cemetery

Steve “Big Steve” Wisniewski d. July 18^th 1921

Chicago bootlegger murdered possibly by the Druggan-Lake mob

Lester Joseph Gillis d. November 27^th 1934

John Phillips d. August 27^th 1924 Northside Chicago gangster

Mt. Carmel Cemetery

Charles “Cherry Nose” Gioe d. August 18^th 1954

Patrick “Paddy the Bear” Ryan d. June 17^th 1920

Rocco Belcastro d. May 15^th 1933

Angelo DeMora d. 1923 Jack McGurns step father

Vincent Gebardi d. 1936

Anthony DeMora d. March 3^rd 1936 Jack McGurns step-brother

John May d February 14^th 1929

Joseph “Diamond Joe” Esposito d. March 21^st 1928

Giuseppe Maggio d. December 8^th 1922 Chicago Black Hand gangster nicknamed “King of the Black Hand”

Joseph Granata d. July 18^th 1925 Chicago gangster

Thomas Somnerio d June 1^st 1930 Capone gang member

Angelo Spano aka Jack Costa d. September 14^th 1930 murdered in Fernwood Apartments 4056 Sheridan Road. Joe Aiello’s bodyguard.

Pasquale “Patsy” Tardi d. January 1^st 1931 notorious “42” gang leader.

Vito Bascone d. February 24^th 1926 Genna gang member

Alphonse Fiori d. March 14^th 1927 Genna gang member

Carmen Ferro d. November 29^th 1927 wire wholesaler and alleged bootlegger

John Rito d. March 16^th 1930 Northside bootlegger

Calvary Cemetery

William “Gunner” McPadden d. December 31^st 1928 Danny Stanton gang

Graceland Cemetery

Granville Bates (Actor) d. Jul. 8, 1940

Bob Fitzsimmons (Boxer) d. Oct. 22, 1917

Harold Ernest Goettler (WWI Medal of Honor) d. Oct. 6, 1918

Jack Johnson (Boxer) d. Jun. 10, 1946

Bohemian National Cemetery

Eddie Tancl d. November 23^rd 1924 popular saloon owner

Frank “Lefty” Koncil d. March 11^th 1927

St. Casimir Cemetery

Leo Klimas d November 23^rd 1924

All Saints Catholic Cemetery

John Joseph Kelly d. November 20^th 1957 WWI Double Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient

So as you can see going by the list I just showed you I’m going to have one hell of a smashing good time. I have my doubts that I’ll find all those gravesites during this trip. But then again I’ve been known to go to more than two cemeteries in one day. If I don’t find all these guys during the visit next week. I’m planning on going back in September or October.