CEMETERY

Official Website:
http://www.rosehillcemetery.com/

Location:
Chicago, IL

Founding Date:
1864

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Wallace Calvin Abbott	Doctor	12-Oct-1857	4-Jul-1921	Founder of Abbott Laboratories
Avery Brundage	Sports Figure	28-Sep-1887	8-May-1975	International Olympic Committee Chair, 1952-72
Leo Burnett	Business	21-Oct-1891	7-Jun-1971	American advertising pioneer
Charles G. Dawes	Politician	27-Aug-1865	23-Apr-1951	US Vice President, 1925-29
Jim Dooley	Football	8-Feb-1930	8-Jan-2008	Chicago Bears Head Coach, 1968-71
Lyman J. Gage	Business	28-Jun-1836	26-Jan-1927	US Treasury Secretary, 1897-1902
Dwight H. Green	Politician	9-Jan-1897	20-Feb-1958	Governor of Illinois, 1941-49
Oscar Mayer	Business	29-Mar-1859	11-Mar-1955	Oscar Mayer Meats, Inc.
Martha O'Driscoll	Actor	4-Mar-1922	3-Nov-1998	Li'l Abner
Richard B. Ogilvie	Politician	22-Feb-1923	10-May-1988	Governor of Illinois, 1969-73
Julius Rosenwald	Business	12-Aug-1862	6-Jan-1932	Sears executive and Good Samaritan
Richard W. Sears	Business	7-Dec-1863	28-Sep-1914	Sears, Roebuck founder
Milton Sills	Actor	12-Jan-1882	15-Sep-1930	The Sea Hawk
William G. Stratton	Politician	26-Feb-1914	2-Mar-2001	Governor of Illinois, 1953-61
Burr Tillstrom	Performance Artist	13-Oct-1917	6-Dec-1985	Puppeteer, Kukla, Fran and Ollie
Aaron Montgomery Ward	Business	17-Feb-1844	7-Dec-1913	Founded Montgomery Ward company
Roy Owen West	Attorney	27-Oct-1868	29-Nov-1958	US Secretary of the Interior, 1928-29

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