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Fardy, Corp. John Peter b. August 8, 1922 d. May 7, 1945
World War II Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. John Peter Fardy served as a Corporal and squad leader with Company C, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese forces on Okinawa Shima in the Ryukyu Islands. It was on May 6, 1945 when Company C was advancing against a strongly fortified defended Japanese position that Corporal Fardy's squad was suddenly brought under heavy small-arms fire. Corporal Fardy temporarily deployed his men along a...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Favors, Malachi b. August 22, 1937 d. January 30, 2004
Jazz Musician. A bassist, he played with the avant-garde Art Ensemble of Chicago. He studied with bassists including Wilbur Ware and played with be-bop leader trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie. He later became interested in the free-jazz movement and played with saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell on his influential 1966 album "Sound.". His most notable albums are "A Jackson in Your House" and "Urban Bushmen”. (Bio by: Butterfly)
Burr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Hickey, Kevin b. February 25, 1956 d. May 16, 2012
Major League Baseball Player. Remembered for the unorthodox manner in which he found his way to the Major Leagues. For six seasons (1981 to 1983, 1989 to 1991), he was a left-handed pitcher with the Chicago White Sox and Baltimore Orioles. Hickey attended Kelly High School in Chicago, Illinois, however he did not participate in baseball. He had experience as a 16-inch softball pitcher followed by time in a semipro baseball league, prior to being discovered by the White Sox at a tryout camp in...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Hooker, Earl Zebedee b. 1929 d. 1970
Blue Musician. Born in Clarksdale, Mississippi, he was a self-taught guitarist and began his itinerant career as a teenager. He toured America's southern states in the company of Robert Nighthawk, Ike Turner and many others. He made his first recordings in 1952, followed a sporadic performing schedule throughout the 1950s and settled in Chicago where he began a more consistent home base. His early work was spread over several of the city's independent labels with success in contemporary blues...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Restvale Cemetery, Alsip, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Sec. K, Lot 33, Gr. 4
Horton, Walter 'Shakey' b. April 6, 1918 d. December 8, 1981
Walter "Shakey" Horton, blues harmonica player also know as "Big Walter" so he would not be confused with "Little Walter" Jacobs. He served a long tenure as a session player for Chess Records during the 1950s appearing on recordings of Otis Rush, Muddy Waters, Jimmie Rogers and many others. During the 1960s he backed such artists a Tampa Red and "Big Mama" Thornton before finishing his career as a member of Willie Dixon's Blues All Stars.
Restvale Cemetery, Alsip, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section J-1, Lot 39, Gr. 5
Jackson, Inman b. March 7, 1907 d. April, 1973
Harlem Globetrotter. Jackson was a high school star at Chicago's Wendal Phillips High. During his career as a player with the Globetrotters, 1929-43, he played center and was a member of the 1940 World Champion unit. He was an early innovator of the "Magic Circle" & the pivot in the weave. After his playing days, Jackson continued to work with the Globetrotter organization in some capacity until his death. (Bio by: Warrick L. Barrett)
Burr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Jones, Johnny b. 1924 d. 1964
Blues Musician. Born in Jackson, Mississippi, he was a pianist known as "Little Johnny Jones". In 1946, he went to Chicago, entering the Blues scene playing for Tampa Red and Muddy Waters. From 1952 to 1956 he played, toured and recorded with Elmore James. His solo recordings included the classics "Worried Life Blues", "One Room Country Shack", "I Have Got to Go" and "Love Her With a Feeling". (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Restvale Cemetery, Alsip, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Sec. SS, Row 11, Gr. 32
Krotiak, Anton L. b. August 15, 1915 d. May 8, 1945
World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He was killed in action. He served as a Private First Class in the United States Army in Company I, 148th Infantry, 37th Infantry Division. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on May 8, 1945 at Balete Pass, Luzon, Philippine Islands. His citation reads in part "A grenade thrown from above landed in the center of the group. Instantly pushing his comrades aside and jamming the grenade into the earth with his rifle butt, he threw...[Read More] (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section 23, Block 14, Lot 8
Maghett, Samuel 'Magic Sam' b. February 14, 1936 d. December 1, 1969
Blues musician. In 1950 he relocated from his birth place Mississippi Delta, Grenada, Mississippi to Chicago, Illinois. His singles from 1957 to 1959: "All Your Love", "Easy Baby" and "She Belongs to Me". In 1963 he recorded and gained national attention for his recording "Fellin' Good (We're Gonna Boogie) ". He recorded and produced "West Side Soul" and "Black Magic" in 1967. He performed with such greats as: B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Big Mama Thornton, Big Joe Williams, Otis Rush and Freddy...[Read More] (Bio by: Babe)
Cause of death: Heart attack
Restvale Cemetery, Alsip, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section D, Lot 106, Grave 3, Look for the 'Graham' marker nearby
McCoy, Joe 'Kansas' b. 1905 d. 1950
Blues Musician. Born in Raymond, Mississippi, he was a guitar player best known as "Kansas Joe" on the music scene in Memphis, Tennessee, in the 1920s. In 1929, he teamed up with his wife Lizzie Douglas, recorded the song "Bumble Bee" for Columbia Records which became a hit. He moved to the Chicago blues scene in 1930, where he performed, wrote and recorded his most classics pieces. His many songs included "When the Levee Break", "The Weed Smoker's Dream" and "Why Don't You Do Right?" which...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Restvale Cemetery, Alsip, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Sec. 1-E, Row 10, Gr. 91
McErlane, Frank b. 1894 d. October 8, 1932
Organized Crime Figure. Chicago gangster of the bootlegging 1920s. Credited with being the first to use a submachine gun in gang warfare. He was thought to be one of the machine gunners in the St. Valentines Day massacre of 1929, Chicago, Illinois.
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Metcalfe, Hon.. Ralph Harold b. May 30, 1910 d. October 10, 1978
US Congressman, Olympic Athlete. Fondly and honorably remembered, along with his fellow countryman, Jesse Owens, for championship performances at the Berlin Olympic Games of 1936. Mr. Metcalfe and Mr. Owens stood proud together- two great Americans - as they accepted their Gold (Owens) and Silver (Metcalfe) medals, much to the racist chagrin of the infamous Adolph Hitler. Mr. Metcalfe also earned a Bronze medal in the 1932 Games, and a Gold in the
1936 Games for the 4x100 relay.
Born in...[Read More] (Bio by: Deacon Big Bird)
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Morgan, Helen b. August 2, 1900 d. October 8, 1941
Entertainer. Real name Helen Riggins. The original "Torch Singer," Morgan was a farmer's daughter who rose through Chicago speakeasies to national fame as a popular vocalist. Her urban, blues-tinged voice, wrapped around songs of loneliness and heartache, and trademark draped-over-the-piano pose made her an icon of the Jazz Age. Morgan was born in rural Danville, Illinois. She worked as a biscuit packer, shop girl, and manicurist before taking vocal lessons and performing in local...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cause of death: Liver ailment
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Mullane, Anthony John 'Tony' b. January 30, 1859 d. April 25, 1944
Major League Baseball Player. Born in County Cock, Ireland, he was a left-handed and right-handed pitcher nicknamed ‘The Count' making his debut for the Detroit Wolverines on August 27, 1881, with a 9-1 win. For thirteen seasons, he played with the Detroit Wolverines (1881), Louisville Eclipse (1882), St. Louis Browns (1883), Toledo Blue Stockings (1884), Cincinnati Reds (1886-93), Baltimore Orioles (1893-94) and Cleveland Spiders (1894). He was the first pitcher to throw left-handed and right-...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section 58, Lot 48, Block 5, Grave 2. His unmarked grave is six feet (two spaces) to the east of Anthony Duffy, who is in Grave 4. [unmarked]
Murray, James Cunningham b. May 16, 1917 d. October 19, 1999
US Congressman. Served in the United States Air Force during World War II. Elected to represent Illinois's 3rd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1955 to 1957. He was defeated in 1956. Also served as a Circuit Judge from 1970 to 1984, Judge of the Illinois Appellate Court from 1986 to 1994.
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Olivi, Fred John b. 1922 d. April 8, 2004
United States Army-Air Corps Veteran of World War II. He was the Co-pilot on the B-29 bomber named Bock's Car that dropped the second Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki, Japan on August 9, 1945. (Bio by: Erik Lander)
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Panozzo, John b. September 20, 1948 d. July 16, 1996
Musician. He was a talented and gifted drummer. He and his twin brother were part of the founding members of Styx. (Bio by: Ron Moody)
Cause of death: Complications of alcoholism
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Quinn, Mary Alice b. December 28, 1920 d. November 8, 1936
Chicago's 'Miracle Child'. Her spirit has reportedly been seen by many people. Her spirit is also credited with healings. Even in the dead of winter, people have reported smelling roses,her favorite flower, by her grave.
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Rowan, William A. b. November 24, 1882 d. May 31, 1961
US Congressman. He attended the University of Chicago and worked in a steel plant before beginning a career in the newspaper business, serving as City Editor and Editor of Chicago's "Daily Calumet" from 1907 to 1927. In 1927 Rowan was elected to the Chicago Board of Aldermen, where he served from 1927 to 1942. In 1942 Rowan was the successful Democratic candidate for a seat in the US House of Representatives and served two terms, 1943 to 1947. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Rowland, Clarence 'Pants' b. February 12, 1879 d. May 17, 1969
Major League Baseball Manager. He was the manager of the Chicago White Sox from 1915 to 1918. He guided them to the World Series Title in 1917 with a 100 win, 54 loss season. His career managerial record is 339 wins and 247 loses. (Bio by: C.S.)
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, Cook County, Illinois, USA

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