Privately owned Irving Park Cemetery is nestled between West Irving Park Road and West Montrose Avenue in a quiet area of northside Chicago. Surrounded by nearby golf courses and the Chippewa and Schiller Woods Preserves, Irving Park Cemetery is less than ten minutes from downtown Chicago and the shores of Lake Michigan.

Irving Park, located on Chicago's northwest side is a historic part of old Chicago, came into existence in 1917. Incorporating 88 acres of land, Irving Park offers a range of monuments, memorials, grave spaces and mausoleum crypts. The area surrounding the park is filled with graceful and stately Victorian homes and bungalows reminiscent of a more peaceful era. The area began as a farm in 1843 and eventually grew to contain a nearby train station, which continues to serve residents to this day.

Irving Park Cemetery is the final resting place of several of Chicago's illustrious gangland figures involved in the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre of 1929. Another infamous resident, Chicago gangster Shotgun George Ziegler, rests beneath quiet shade trees and manicured lawns that spread over the cemetery.

The conveniently accessed yet secluded atmosphere of Irving Park Cemetery offers visiting loved ones a sense of peace and seclusion, a barrier against the traffic and noise of downtown Chicago. Though smaller than other memorial parks and cemeteries in and around Chicago, Irving Park's staff members provide immaculate grounds keeping services and assistance to visitors. Offering services to all ethic backgrounds and religious beliefs, Irving Park members are dedicated, compassionate and willing to provide help and support for all client needs.