Find A Grave - River Grove

Balasic, Alfred Joseph b. June 13, 1896 d. October 6, 1967
Cirus Performer. Vaudeville star with the Balasic Family acrobats. (Bio by: Mark Balasi)
Saint Joseph Cemetery, River Grove, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Lot 59 Block 14 Section FF
Balasic, Maria Katherina b. August 5, 1896 d. October 5, 1963
Circus Performer. She was a member of the Royal Vienna Ballet and member of the Balasic Family Acrobats. (Bio by: Mark Balasi)
Saint Joseph Cemetery, River Grove, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Lot 59 Block 14 Section FF
Balasic, Paula b. January 6, 1874 d. April 22, 1956
Cirus Performer. Vaudeville star with the Balasic Family acrobats. (Bio by: Mark Balasi)
Saint Joseph Cemetery, River Grove, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Lot 188 Block 2 Section LL
Belushi, John [cenotaph] b. January 24, 1949 d. March 5, 1982
Actor. Comedian. Born John Adam Belushi in Chicago to Albanian immigrant parents. As a boy, his family moved to Wheaton, where John played on the high school football team and was homecoming king. He attended the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater where he co-founded an acting troupe. Belushi then auditioned for and won a spot with Chicago's famous Second City ensemble. In 1973 John moved to New York City and landed a role off-Broadway in National Lampoon's "Lemmings". The part led to a job...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Cause of death: Overdose of cocaine and heroin
Elmwood Cemetery and Mausoleum, River Grove, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Gillis, Helen b. 1911 d. July, 1987
Gangster. The wife of Lester “Baby Face Nelson” Gillis. An active member of her husband’s criminal activity,. She was arrested on April 22, 1934, at Little Bohemia Lodge in northern Wisconsin. Shortly thereafter, she was released on parole and rejoined her husband. After gang leader John Dillinger was shot down on July 22, 1934, Lester Gillis was all alone with his wife Helen and John Paul Chase. They were making plans to start a new gang. but on November 27, 1934 two FBI agents, Sam Cowley and...[Read More] (Bio by: Graveaddiction)
Saint Joseph Cemetery, River Grove, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Hoch, Johann b. 1862 d. February 23, 1906
Serial Murderer. Known as "Chicago's Bluebeard." Aliases included Jacob Schmidt, Johann Hoch, Albert Huschberg, Count Otto von Kein, Jacob Erdorf, Henry Martels, Dr. L. G. Hart, Martin Dotz, Jacob Duss, C. A. Meyer, H. Frick, Dr. James, C. A. Calford, Jacob Huit, DcWitt C. Cuduey, Henry F. Hartman, John C. O. Schulze, Heinrich Valtzand, and many others besides. He traveled the country marrying, often, wealthy widows. It is believed he may have married as many as 44 women, and murdered as...[Read More] (Bio by: David M. Habben)
Elmwood Cemetery and Mausoleum, River Grove, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Hughes, Thomas James 'Long Tom' b. November 29, 1878 d. February 8, 1956
Major League Baseball Player. He was a right-handed pitcher for five teams in thirteen years in the majors. He played with the Chicago Orphans (1900 to 1901), Baltimore Orioles (1902), Boston Americans (1902 to 1903), New York Highlanders (1904), and finished with the Washington Senators (1904 to 1909 and 1911 to 1913). In 410 games, he was a starting pitcher in 313. He had a won-loss record of 131-175 with an earned run average of 3.09, and struck out 1,368 batters. Hughes pitched in the very...[Read More] (Bio by: Mel Bashore)
Saint Joseph Cemetery, River Grove, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Kush, Emil b. November 4, 1916 d. November 26, 1969
Major league Baseball Player. The right-hander pitched his entire career with the Chicago Cubs from 1941-42 and 1946-49 with three years in the military during World War II. He pitched mostly in relief, compiling a 19-8 record with 12 saves out of the bullpen. He made just eight starts in his career, six coming in 1946, when he enjoyed his best season at 9-2 with a 3.05 earned run average in 129 innings. The following year he was 8-3 with a 3.36 ERA. His lifetime totals were 21-12 and a 3.48...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Coons)
Saint Joseph Cemetery, River Grove, Cook County, Illinois, USA
May, Robert L. b. 1905 d. 1976
Animator and creator of 'Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer.' He came up with the idea of Rudolph while working as an advertising copywriter for the Montgomery Wards department store chain. A few animated films were made of the reindeer with the red nose. They include, "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reinder" (1944), "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" (1964 - the well-known television puppet animation), "Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas" (1997), and "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer: the Movie" (...[Read More]
Saint Joseph Cemetery, River Grove, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Nelson (Gillis), Lester (Lester Joseph) 'Baby Face' b. December 6, 1908 d. November 27, 1934
Gangster. Also known as George Nelson.
As a youngster, he was in and out of reform school. As an adult, he went to adult prison for bank robbery and escaped, joining John Dillinger's mob. With them he pulled a series of bank robberies - often shooting down bank guards and bystanders for the pleasure of it (he killed three F.B.I. agents before his own demise). He met his end near Barrington, Illinois in a shootout with two Federal men, Sam Cowley and Herman Hollis, both of whom had been at...[Read More] (Bio by: Graveaddiction)
Saint Joseph Cemetery, River Grove, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Lot 18- Block 8- Section C
Pucinski, Roman Conrad b. May 13, 1919 d. September 24, 2002
United States Army Air Corps Veteran of World War II. United States Congressman from Illinois 1959 - 1973.
Saint Joseph Cemetery, River Grove, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Rieffenach, Maria b. January 6, 1876 d. March 2, 1956
Circus Performer. She was a member of Rieffenach Bareback Riding Act with Ringling-Barnum Circus from 1922 to 1938 and prior with Enders Circus, Hungary. (Bio by: Mark Balasi)
Saint Joseph Cemetery, River Grove, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Lot 15 Block 14 Section FF
Siomos, John b. 1948 d. January 16, 2004
Rock Musician. He was a drummer who can be heard on such recordings as "Hello It's Me" by Todd Rundgren and "That's The Way I've Always Heard It Could Be" by Carly Simon, but who is best known as the drummer for Peter Frampton from 1972 to 1978 on the "Frampton Comes Alive" and subsequent albums, and who co-wrote Frampton's big hit "Do You Feel Like We Do." (Bio by: Butterfly)
Elmwood Cemetery and Mausoleum, River Grove, Cook County, Illinois, USA

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