Find A Grave - Mount Carmel Cemetery

Arimondi, Vittorio b. June 3, 1861 d. April 15, 1928
Opera Singer. A respected bass over a long career, he is possibly best remembered as Mephistopheles in Charles Gounod's "Faust" and as the first Pistol of Giuseppe Verdi's "Falstaff". Raised in the northwestern Italian city of Saluzzo, he studied music while training for a career in business; after making his 1883 operatic bow at Varese in Carlos Gomes' "Il Guarany" he spent the next decade refining his art in provincial theatres. Arimondi made his 1893 La Scala Milano debut in as the hired...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Mount Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section G, Block 12, Lot 149, 20 feet north of the Ceccarini Mausoleum
Bernardin, Joseph Louis b. April 2, 1928 d. November 14, 1996
Roman Catholic Cardinal. The 7th Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, he was the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his endeavors to promote racial equality and arms control. Born in Columbia, South Carolina. To Italian immigrants, he was ordained to the priesthood in 1952, and rose swiftly up the chain of church hierarchy. He became auxiliary bishop of Atlanta, making him the youngest bishop in the country which led to his appointment as archbishop of the diocese of Cincinnati...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
Cause of death: Pancreatic cancer
Mount Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Bishop Mausoleum, Lot BTM Left, West Wall
GPS coordinates: 41.8664284, -87.9071808 (hddd.dddd)
Capone, Alphonse 'Al' b. January 17, 1899 d. January 25, 1947
Organized Crime Figure, Chicago Gangster. Probably the best known of the 1920s gangsters, he controlled Chicago until brought down by FBI Agent Elliott Ness. Ness later wrote a book "The Untouchables" which detailed his efforts to jail Capone. Capone was the largest of the racketeers, and captured the American public's imagination as few ever did. Born Alphonse Capone in Brooklyn, New York, of Italian immigrant parents, Gabriele and Teresina Capone, the fourth of nine children. Raised in a...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Cause of death: Syphillis
Mount Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section 35. At the Roosevelt entrance go right approx 6 markers and there is a large gray marker with the name Capone on it.
GPS coordinates: 41.8629112, -87.9064026 (hddd.dddd)
Capone, Ralph James b. January 12, 1894 d. November 22, 1974
Organized Crime Figure. Known as "Bottles" Capone, he was the older brother of Al Capone, the infamous Chicago racketeer. Linked to the activities of his younger brother, he never became a top Chicago mobster or racketeer. Once he was imprisoned for income tax evasion, he was said to have been involved in the national syndicate's gambling and vice rackets, but it was never proven. He was given the nickname "Bottles" because he operated a legitimate business distributing bottled water in Chicago...[Read More] (Bio by: Anonymous)
Mount Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section 35
Capone, Salvatore b. 1895 d. April 2, 1924
Organized Crime Figure. Known familiarly as "Frank," he was like his younger brother a member of the Torrio-Capone organization. On April 2, 1924, election day in Cicero, Illinois, he was killed by police officers Phillip J. McGlynn and Lyle Grogan near a polling place where he had been intimidating voters opposed to the ticket backed by the Torrio-Capone mob. (Bio by: Steve Dunn)
Mount Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section 35
Cody, Rev. John Patrick b. December 24, 1907 d. April 25, 1982
American religious leader. Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Eleventh bishop and sixth archbishop of Chicago. A native of St. Louis (Missouri), he studied first at the St. Louis Preparatory Seminary, in St. Louis, then went to Rome at the Pontifical Urbanian Athenaeum "De Propaganda Fide,"and at the Pontifical Roman Athenaeum San Apollinare. He was ordained priest in the Eternal City, on December 8, 1931 and stayed there until 1938 to serve on the Staff of the North American College, while...[Read More] (Bio by: Guy Gagnon)
Mount Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Bishops' Mausoleum
GPS coordinates: 41.8664284, -87.9071808 (hddd.dddd)
DeMora, Angelo b. 1885 d. January 8, 1923
Father of Chicago gangster Machine Gun Jack. His murder prompted his son to enter into his life of crime with Al Capone.
Cause of death: Assassinated in an apparent mob hit
Mount Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section O, Block 31, Lot 63
Drucci (D'Ambrosio), Vincent (Victor) b. 1898 d. April 4, 1927
Mafia figure. He was a hated sicilian gangster who was in the West Side Irish gang under Dion O'Bannion of Chicago. He was killed in a police car by Detective Danny Healy. Four bullets struck and killed him. He was buried in typical gangland fashion. His silver casket cost $10,000 and more than $30,000 in flowers adorned the funeral rooms.
Mount Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section 12
Farris, Suzanne Bridgit b. 1944 d. July 14, 1966
Murder Victim. One of the 8 Chicago nurses murdered by Richard Speck on July 13-14, 1966.
Cause of death: Murdered
Mount Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Feehan, Patrick Augustine b. August 29, 1829 d. July 12, 1902
Religious Figure. He served as the sixth Roman Catholic Bishop and first Archbishop of the Chicago, Illinois diocese. A native of Killenaule, Ireland, he was ordained priest on November 1, 1852 and served in Saint Louis, Missouri until his appointment as Bishop of Nashville, Tennesse, on June 7, 1865. On September 10, 1880, he was promoted to the metropolitan See of Chicago, Illinois, becoming its first Archbishop. (Bio by: Guy Gagnon)
Mount Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Bishops' Mausoleum, West Wall, Center Row
GPS coordinates: 41.8664284, -87.9071808 (hddd.dddd)
Genna, Angelo 'Bloody Angelo' d. May 25, 1925
Chicago Gangster. Killed by Vincent Drucci, Earl Weiss and Bugs Moran, of Chicago's West Side Gang. Became head of Union Sicilian after Merlo's death.
Cause of death: murdered
Mount Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section 17, near road
Genna, Mike 'Mike the Devil' d. June 13, 1925
Gangster. He was fatally wounded in a gunfight with Chicago Police detectives on - he took a bullet to the leg which severed an artery; he bled to death in an ambulance on the way to the hospital, but not before delivering a kick to the face (and some verbal abuse) to one of the officers. (Bio by: Peter W. Many, Jr.)
Cause of death: gunshot
Mount Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section 17, near road
Genna, Peter 'Pete' d. May 13, 1948
Gangster. Fled to Sicily with Jim and Sam after their brothers' murders. They returned to Chicago, and divorced themselves from the rackets to run an olive oil importing firm.
Mount Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section 17, near road
Genna, Sam d. December 20, 1951
Gangster. Fled to Sicily with Jim and Peter after their brothers' murders. They returned to Chicago, and divorced themselves from the rackets to run an olive oil importing firm.
Mount Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section 17, near road
Genna, Tony (Antonio) 'Tony the Gentleman' d. July 8, 1925
Gangster. Killed by Chicago's West Side Gang
Cause of death: murdered
Mount Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section 17, near road
Genna, Vincenzo 'Jim'
Gangster. Fled to Sicily with Peter and Sam after their brothers' murders. They returned to Chicago, and divorced themselves from the rackets to run an olive oil importing firm.
Mount Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section 17, near road
Giancana, Sam (Salvatore) b. June 15, 1908 d. June 19, 1975
Gangster. Boss of the Chicago outfit. He was murdered in his kitchen while cooking Italian sausages.
Cause of death: Mob Hit
Mount Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section 38
Giunta, Joseph (Giuseppe) b. 1887 d. May 8, 1929
Organized Crime Figure. He was a high ranking member of the Capone gang who formed a secret alliance with Al Capone enemy Joe Aiello. Giunta planned to kill Capone and take over his operations, and enlisted the help of Capone triggermen John Scalise and Albert Anselmi with the promise of higher positions when Giunta was in power. Capone found out about the plan and invited Giunta, Scalise and Anselmi to a dinner party. During dinner Capone brought out an Indian club he'd received as a gift and...[Read More] (Bio by: Bobby Hart)
Mount Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section 26 - east of the water tower
Heartery, Richard b. 1847 d. June 7, 1912
Indian Campaigns Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served during the Wars with the Plains Indians as a Private in Company D, 6th United States Cavalry. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on August 30, 1881 Cibicu, Arizona. His citation reads "Bravery in action." (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Mount Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section V, Block 6, Lot 11
Lingle, Jake b. July 2, 1891 d. June 9, 1930
Journalist, Mob Figure. A reporter for the Chicago Tribune, he covered the city's organized crime beat during the bloody reign of Al Capone. He was not a writer but a "leg man", someone who gathered information and phoned it in to the editor's desk. On June 9, 1930, he was shot dead at close range in a crowded pedestrian tunnel beneath the Illinois Central train station. The murder shocked the nation because it appeared to violate the mob's traditional "hands off" policy towards journalists...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Mount Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section B

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