Date: April 25, 2001
Cemetery: Altenheim Old People's Home Cemetery
Established: 1885
Street: 7824 Madison Avenue
City: Forest Park
Township: Proviso
County: Cook
State: Illinois
Nation: USA
Zip: 60130
Nearby:
Reached by: Road-public
Location: Suburban-undeveloped
Land: Flat
Water: No
Features: Trees and Overgrowth
Sign: No
Land Type: Private
Access: Open
Enclosure: Fence-Broken
Gate: None
Status: Inactive
Size: Small
Unmarked graves: Yes
Gravestones: 300-400
Broken gravestones: Yes
Toppled gravestones: Yes
Buried gravestones: Yes
Removed Gravestones: No
Weather problems: Yes
Pollution problems: No
Oldest grave: 1895
Newest grave: 1987
Association: No
Records: Yes
Inventory: Yes
Records location: Chicago Genealogist///// The Historical Society
of Forest Park Illinois
Condition: Cemetery neglected
Vandalized: No
Overgrowth: Graves-Disturbing
Overgrowth: Gravestones-Disturbing
Overgrowth: Gravestones-Damaging
Vegetation: Trees
Vegetation: Ground-Cover
Drainage: Good
Problem: Encroachment
Work Status: Planning stages
Owner: Business
Use: Recreational
Bordering: Commercial
Change: Same
Reason:
Visited: Unknown
Archeology: No
Contacted: Altenheim Old People's Home//// Village of Forest Park
Illinois///Concordia Cemetery
Other Information
The cemetery has fallen on hard times due to the home not being able
to afford the upkeep of the home and the cemetery. Years ago the
Cemetery Grounds Keepers Union handled it but when the funding got tight
they stopped.
Support
Richard Vitton President The Historical Society of Forest Park
Illinois 7555 Jackson Blvd. Forest Park Illinois 60130 Phone
(708)771-2751 RICKS_PLACE@prodigy.net
Update
On June 23, and 24, The Historical Society of
Forest Park with the help of Dan Hynes State Comptroller and his staff,
The Cook County Sheriff Police Swap Team, The Village of Forest Park's
Mayor Anthony T. Calderone, the Forest Park Public Works Dept, Fox
Television for doing the News Broadcast of the Cleanup. And Volunteers
from Chicago, Berwyn, Oak Park, River Forest, Maywood, and Forest Park
Illinois. all the headstones were set upright and the overgrowth of The
Altenheim Old People's Home Cemetery was cut back and removed all trash
was removed and the place was cleaned. now comes the task of recording
all the dates of the headstones and the names of the people buried
within. I would like to thank all the people involved in this project
and it will continue until completion. Richard Vitton President The
Historical Society of Forest Park Illinois.
Submitted By:
name: Richard Vitton
Email: ricks_place@prodigy.net
