The response from the cemetery is both disappointing and revealing. They know the location of my great-uncle’s grave, yet they have no surviving records regarding his headstone and are offering to sell me a new one for approximately $1,700.
I do not blame the current administration. The staff today can only work with the records that have been preserved, and they have been honest in admitting that most of the information is simply too old to be available. However, the absence of any record of the original monument raises questions.
My great-uncle was not an ordinary citizen. He was a prominent figure in Chicago Heights, serving as an Alderman from 1915 to 1920. When he was murdered in 1924, his funeral was one of the largest the community had seen. Contemporary newspaper accounts describe a procession of approximately 250 automobiles accompanying him to his final resting place. In an era when automobile ownership was far less common than today, a funeral procession of that size represented an extraordinary display of respect, influence, and public recognition.
Given his status, it is difficult to imagine that he was buried beneath a modest marker. More likely, a substantial and expensive headstone or monument was erected by his family and supporters.
After his death, however, his widow and children returned to Italy. With no close relatives remaining in Chicago Heights to visit and maintain the grave, it is possible that the monument gradually deteriorated, was damaged, or was removed at some point decades later. If this occurred, it may have happened during the 1940s or another period when cemetery management practices were less rigorously documented than they are today.
The truth may never be known. What remains is the irony that a man whose funeral drew hundreds of mourners and one of the largest motor processions of his era now rests in a grave whose marker has disappeared from memory. The location survives, but the monument that once testified to his place in the history of Chicago Heights appears to have been lost.
FREDRICK neal
Jun 2026
Great place to be
Antiwon Davis
Nov 2025
Came to visit my grandmother i arrived at 1:30 pm only to be told by the rude lady that they were on break until 2:30 which is kinda crazy when they close at 4 pm, plus I would think that if you work as a graveyard receptionist, you're probably on break all day unless our loved ones are having parties to die for when the lights go out.i don't know maybe
Marilyn Smith
Oct 2023
Employees were friendly and helpful with all my sister arrangements from start to finish couldn't have asked for more or any less.
Lux
Oct 2023
Wish i could give more stars but. RIP JUICE :( WE MISS U!!!
Yolanda Falcon
Jun 2023
The most crappiest cemetery a loved one can ever be laid to rest in. No kind of communication! They just come & destroy/tear your stuff down. They Want u to purchase their fake flowers so they can resell them to u when they remove them..selling you recycled flowers that you at first purchased unbelievable! A MESS IS WHAT THEY LEFT!!!
Skittle man 69
Jun 2023
Wish i could give more stars but. RIP JUICE :( WE MISS U!!!
d.shay
May 2023
Wish i could give more stars but. RIP JUICE :( WE MISS U!!!
An_ Idiot
Apr 2023
LOVE YOU JUICIII MISS YOU SOO MUCH BROOOOOO
Landon Shehee
Apr 2023
??? I miss him ohhhh my juice wrld you’ll always be in my heart Rest in peace to are OG freestyler (Jarad Anthony Higgins) he da best a true legend? ?♾️
Enrico
The response from the cemetery is both disappointing and revealing. They know the location of my great-uncle’s grave, yet they have no surviving records regarding his headstone and are offering to sell me a new one for approximately $1,700.
I do not blame the current administration. The staff today can only work with the records that have been preserved, and they have been honest in admitting that most of the information is simply too old to be available. However, the absence of any record of the original monument raises questions.
My great-uncle was not an ordinary citizen. He was a prominent figure in Chicago Heights, serving as an Alderman from 1915 to 1920. When he was murdered in 1924, his funeral was one of the largest the community had seen. Contemporary newspaper accounts describe a procession of approximately 250 automobiles accompanying him to his final resting place. In an era when automobile ownership was far less common than today, a funeral procession of that size represented an extraordinary display of respect, influence, and public recognition.
Given his status, it is difficult to imagine that he was buried beneath a modest marker. More likely, a substantial and expensive headstone or monument was erected by his family and supporters.
After his death, however, his widow and children returned to Italy. With no close relatives remaining in Chicago Heights to visit and maintain the grave, it is possible that the monument gradually deteriorated, was damaged, or was removed at some point decades later. If this occurred, it may have happened during the 1940s or another period when cemetery management practices were less rigorously documented than they are today.
The truth may never be known. What remains is the irony that a man whose funeral drew hundreds of mourners and one of the largest motor processions of his era now rests in a grave whose marker has disappeared from memory. The location survives, but the monument that once testified to his place in the history of Chicago Heights appears to have been lost.
FREDRICK neal
Great place to be
Antiwon Davis
Came to visit my grandmother i arrived at 1:30 pm only to be told by the rude lady that they were on break until 2:30 which is kinda crazy when they close at 4 pm, plus I would think that if you work as a graveyard receptionist, you're probably on break all day unless our loved ones are having parties to die for when the lights go out.i don't know maybe
Marilyn Smith
Employees were friendly and helpful with all my sister arrangements from start to finish couldn't have asked for more or any less.
Lux
Wish i could give more stars but. RIP JUICE :( WE MISS U!!!
Yolanda Falcon
The most crappiest cemetery a loved one can ever be laid to rest in. No kind of communication! They just come & destroy/tear your stuff down. They Want u to purchase their fake flowers so they can resell them to u when they remove them..selling you recycled flowers that you at first purchased unbelievable! A MESS IS WHAT THEY LEFT!!!
Skittle man 69
Wish i could give more stars but. RIP JUICE :( WE MISS U!!!
d.shay
Wish i could give more stars but. RIP JUICE :( WE MISS U!!!
An_ Idiot
LOVE YOU JUICIII MISS YOU SOO MUCH BROOOOOO
Landon Shehee
??? I miss him ohhhh my juice wrld you’ll always be in my heart Rest in peace to are OG freestyler (Jarad Anthony Higgins) he da best a true legend? ?♾️