I have over 300 family members buried here. It is a beautiful place. I'm a professional genealogist and I enjoyed researching cemeteries until Covid changed the world. Now use find a grave.
February 2025
Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery in Hillside, Illinois, is a place I visit often not just because my best friend rests here, but because it feels like a quiet, sacred corner where memories and peace linger in the air. There’s something about the way the sunlight filters through the old oak trees or how the wind rustles the leaves around the headstones that makes grief feel a little softer here.
This cemetery isn’t flashy, and that’s what I love about it. It’s simple, well kept, and honest. The older sections, with their worn in stone markers and statues of angels, have this quiet nostalgia, like they’ve been holding stories for decades. I always... read full review
July 2024
Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery was established in 1901. It has many exquisite and beautiful tombs, grave markers, and grand obelisks. Of note of the famous people buried here are actor Dennis Farina, Al Capone and family, Frank 'the enforcer ' Nitti, Sam Giancana, Dean O'Banion, and Hymie Weiss.
I have over 300 family members buried here. It is a beautiful place. I'm a professional genealogist and I enjoyed researching cemeteries until Covid changed the world. Now use find a grave.
Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery in Hillside, Illinois, is a place I visit often not just because my best friend rests here, but because it feels like a quiet, sacred corner where memories and peace linger in the air. There’s something about the way the sunlight filters through the old oak trees or how the wind rustles the leaves around the headstones that makes grief feel a little softer here.
This cemetery isn’t flashy, and that’s what I love about it. It’s simple, well kept, and honest. The older sections, with their worn in stone markers and statues of angels, have this quiet nostalgia, like they’ve been holding stories for decades. I always... read full review
Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery was established in 1901. It has many exquisite and beautiful tombs, grave markers, and grand obelisks. Of note of the famous people buried here are actor Dennis Farina, Al Capone and family, Frank 'the enforcer ' Nitti, Sam Giancana, Dean O'Banion, and Hymie Weiss.