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He founded and owned Casey Laskowski and Sons Funeral Home [2] [6] in the Kelvyn Park neighborhood. [1] He and his family lived above the funeral home. [1] He and his wife, Virginia, had three children. [1] He served as the president of the Polish American Businessmen's Club. He also served on the John Barry School Board.
In addition to being a home for several different owners, the house has also served as a funeral home and as the headquarters of the Chicago Urban League. [2] The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 9, 1978. [1] On December 3, 2023, the building was severely damaged in a fire. [3] [4]
Forest Home Cemetery is a cemetery located at 863 S. DesPlaines Ave, Forest Park, Illinois, adjacent to the Eisenhower Expressway, straddling the Des Plaines River in Cook County, just west of Chicago. [1] The cemetery traces its history to two adjacent cemeteries, German Waldheim (1873) and Forest Home (1876), which merged in 1969.
Andrew J McGann (August 3, 1925 – February 5, 2008) was an American politician, businessman, and funeral director who served as a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1983 to 1993.
The Haymarket Martyrs' Monument is a funeral monument and sculpture located at Forest Home Cemetery in Forest Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.Dedicated in 1893, it commemorates the defendants involved in labor unrest who were blamed, convicted, and executed for the still unsolved bombing during the Haymarket Affair (1886).
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 30 January 2025. American football executive (born 1923) Virginia Halas McCaskey Born Virginia Marion Halas (1923-01-05) January 5, 1923 (age 102) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Alma mater Drexel University Spouse Ed McCaskey (m. 1943; died 2003) Children 11, including Michael and George McCaskey Parent George ...
Lester Crown, son of Chicago financier Henry Crown and controls family holdings [5] John Donahoe, president and CEO of eBay, born in Evanston [6] Bob Galvin, former CEO of Motorola [7] Hecky Powell, restaurateur [8] Robert Sampson, disability rights activist born in Evanston [9] Gordon Segal, founder and CEO of Crate & Barrel [10]
Frank Calabrese Sr. was born in Chicago, Illinois on March 17, 1937, to James and Sophie Calabrese. [3] Calabrese grew up on the West Side of Chicago, dropped out of school in the fourth grade and sold newspapers on Grand Avenue, he told jurors during a trial in 2007. [4]