The Cemetery Project

 Y Waldheim Cemetery Y

Listed below is a list of societies (alphabetized by country) that own burial plots at Waldheim Cemetery in Forest Park, Illinois. Half of these societies are associated with a town and/or country in Eastern Europe, and these associations are listen when known, to the best of our ability. If you have corrections or additions to such identifications, please contact the Museum at postmaster@museumoffamilyhistory.com . You can also view the sectional maps to the grounds of the cemetery by visiting www.museumoffamilyhistory.com/cp-maps-fl-ca-il-oh.htm . On this page you can also see the list of these societies and the society plot gate numbers.

Currently, all sexton duties, supervision of the cemetery sections are being conducted by Waldheim Cemetery itself (marked "W" below), except for those marked SW, which fall under the supervision of Silverman & Weiss, phone: 708-366-0125. The far northwest section of this cemetery that was affected by flooding was in the far northwest section of the cemetery (the Silverman & Weiss section.)

Below the Waldheim Cemetery list you will find information on what entrance to use to get to any of the listed plots, per gate number.
You will also find a listing of the societies who own plots at Menorah Gardens and Jewish Oakridge Cemeteries.


 

TOWN COUNTRY SOCIETY PLOT NAME GATE SEXTON
none Austria INDEPENDENT AUSTRIAN AID SOCIETY 266 W
none Austria/Galicia AUSTRO-GALICIA CONG. 14 W
none Austria/Hungary AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN (CHICAGO COVENANT AID) 22 SW
none Austria/Hungary
CHICAGO COVENANT AID SOC. (AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN)
22 SW
Antopol Belarus
ANTIPOLER AID
72 SW
Antopol Belarus ANTIPOLIE CONG. 122 W
Brest Belarus BREST-LITOVSK AND PROVINCE AID SOCIETY 256 W
Drogichin Belarus DROHITCHEN 48 W
Drogichin Belarus DROHITCHEN VEREIN 47B W
Drogichin Belarus KEHILATH JACOB ANSHE DROHITCHEN (SEE DROHITCHEN)    
Khomsk Belarus CHOMSKER 112 SW
Kletsk Belarus CHICAGO KLETSKER AID SOCIETY 261 W
Mazyr ? Belarus MAZIR 121 W
Minsk Belarus INDEPENDENT MINSKER AID SOCIETY 260 W
Mogilev Belarus AMERICAN BROTHERHOOD OF MOGHILEFF 98 W
Mogilev Belarus MOGHILEFF (SEE AMER. BRO. OF MOGHILEFF)    
Motol Belarus ANSHE MOTOLA 40 W
Pinsk Belarus ANSHE PINSK CONG. 240 W
Pinsk Belarus PINSK, CONG. ANSHE 129 W
Pinsk Belarus PINSKER IND. SOCIETY 238 W
Rechytsa Belarus RETCHITZER PROVINCE AID SOCIETY 65 SW
Slutzk Belarus SLUTZKER AND VICINITY ASS'N 268 W
Stolin Belarus STOLONER 104 W
Telekhany Belarus LAHISHINER VEREIN 117 W
Telekhany ? Belarus LAGHISHONER CONG. 7 W
Telekhany ? Belarus LOGHISHINER CEMETERY ASS'N 239 W
Nowy Dwor Belarus or Poland NOVYDWORER UNT. VEREIN 208 W
Domachėvo?/Slawatycze Belarus/Poland SLAVATICHER-DOMACHEVER VEREIN 287 W
none Galicia FIRST GALICIAN AID SOCIETY 201 W
none Hungary CHICAGO COVENANT AID SOC. (NEW HUNGARIAN) 62 SW
none Hungary NEW HUNGARIAN (CHICAGO CONVENANT AID SOC.) 62 SW
Daugavpils Latvia DVINSKER 74 SW
Kurland Latvia KURLANDER 127 W
Kalvarija Lithuania KALVARIA ANSHE SHOLOM 20 W
Kaunas Lithuania KOVNER   45 W
Kaunas Lithuania KOVNER VEREIN 221 W
Kaunas Lithuania KROZER NO. 1 7 W
Kaunas Lithuania KROZER NO. 2 68 SW
Kedainiai ? Lithuania KADANER UNT. VEREIN 233 W
Luoke Lithuania LUKNIK 57 W
Siauliai Lithuania SHAVLER PROGRESSIVE SOCIETY 232 W
Siauliai/Janow ? Lithuania SHAVEL-YANOVER 39 SW
Telsiai Lithuania TELZER UNT. VEREIN 217 SW
Vilnius Lithuania WILNER NO. 1 52 SW
Vilnius Lithuania WILNER NO. 2 (BACK) 103 SW
Vilnius Lithuania WILNER NO. 2 (FRONT) 92 SW
Bălţi Moldova INDEPENDENT BELDZER BESSARABIER SOCIETY 273 W
Chişinău Moldova KISHINOVER-BESSARABIER AID SOCIETY 200 SW
Soroca Moldova SAROKA BESSARABIER BENEVOLENT SOCIETY 289 W
none none  MACHZICKI HADAS 49 SW
none none ADATH B'NAI ISRAEL TOMCHE SHABBOS, CONG. 223 W
none none AGUDAS ACHIM NORTH SHORE CONG. 61 W
none none AGUDAS B'NAI ERETZ ISRAEL 80 SW
none none AGUDATH JACOB 116 W
none none AHAVAS ACHIM 84 W
none none AHAVAS ACHIM CONG. (CLAREMONT AVE.) 106A SW
none none AHAVAS ISRAEL CONG. 248 W
none none AMERICAN PROGRESSIVE SOCIETY 118 SW
none none ANSHE DOROM BETH HAMEDROSH HAGODOL (SEE RODFEI SHALOM)    
none none ANSHE EMET   248A W
none none ANSHE EMET OF ENGLEWOOD CONG. 264 W
none none ANSHE EMET SYNAGOGUE 27 W
none none ANSHE KANESSES ISRAEL NO. 1 25 W
none none ANSHE KANESSES ISRAEL NO. 2 16 W
none none ANSHE KANESSES ISRAEL NO. 3 1 W
none none ANSHE MAARIV 9 W
none none ANSHE MIZRACH (SEE M.S. CEMETERY ASS'N DIV. F)    
none none ANSHE ZEDECK CONG. 207 W
none none ATERETH ISRAEL CONG. (BELL AVE.) 105 W
none none ATERETH ZION CONG. 226 W
none none BETH AARON CONG. 66 SW
none none BETH ABRAHAM CONG. 205 W
none none BETH HAMEDRASH HACHODASH 26 W
none none