| Loved ones can be laid to rest in style at Memorial Park Cemetery |
2014-07-03 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, July 3, 2014 , p. 27 |
Memorial Park Cemetery,
Cemeteries |
| Books, other artifacts buried in sacred Jewish ceremony |
2012-08-30 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, August 30, 2012 , p. 29 |
Memorial Park Cemetery,
Weill, Rabbi Jeffrey,
Kayman, Marshall,
Religion - Judaism,
Congregation Ezra Habonim-The Niles Township Jewish Congregation (NTJC),
Weinstein Funeral Home |
| Veterans Day ceremony honors fallen soldiers |
2011-11-17 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, November 17, 2011 , p. 7 |
Bitton, Silvia,
Bitton, Elie,
Memorial Park Cemetery,
Holidays and celebrations - Veterans Day,
Bitton, Albert,
Memorials, tributes, and remembrances |
| Cemetery, parent reach accord on son's gravesite |
2010-08-05 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, August 5, 2010 , p. 10 |
Bitton, Silvia,
Bitton, Elie,
Memorial Park Cemetery,
Cemeteries,
Bitton, Albert,
Dignity Memorial |
| County seeks leads in cemetery burglaries |
2009-05-07 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, May 7, 2009, p. 5 |
Memorial Park Cemetery,
Cemeteries,
Cook County Sheriff,
Crime and criminals - Burglaries |
| Sheriff's police charge three men in cemetery thefts |
2008-06-26 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, June 26, 2008, p. 5 |
Cook County Sheriff's Department,
Memorial Park Cemetery,
Crime and criminals - Theft,
Gurneau, David,
Soliveras, Alexander,
Huffman, Eric |
| Changes, sad and glad mark century's last year |
1999-12-30 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, December 30, 1999, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Skokie - History,
Andrews, Ralph Raymond,
Van Dusen, George,
Business,
Miller, William,
Cafe Joyce Circa 54,
Jewel/Osco,
Memorial Park Cemetery,
Byrdsong, Ricky,
Crime and criminals,
Schools,
Keaton, Westley N. |
| Cemetery shops OK'd once again |
1999-06-24 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, June 24, 1999, p. 3 |
Memorial Park Cemetery,
Zoning,
Skokie Board of Trustees,
King, Terry,
Kosterka, Marcia,
SCI Illinois Services Inc.,
Storck, Berel,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Village OKs shopping among the graves |
1999-06-10 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, June 10, 1999, p. 3 |
Memorial Park Cemetery,
ORIX TMK Old Orchard Venture,
SCI Illinois Services Inc.,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Funeral home plan put into suspended animation |
1998-11-05 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, November 5, 1998, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Memorial Park Cemetery,
Business - Funeral homes,
Cemeteries,
SCI Illinois Services Inc.,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Cemetery cases on hold |
1998-10-22 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, October 22, 1998, p. 4 |
Centrum Properties,
Memorial Park Cemetery,
Business - Funeral homes,
Cemeteries,
SCI Illinois Services Inc.,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Panel to review shopping center plan |
1998-10-01 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, October 1, 1998, p. 4 |
Memorial Park Cemetery,
Centrum Properties,
Service Corporation International,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Panel nixes cemetery funeral home |
1998-09-24 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, September 24, 1998, p. 3 |
Business - Funeral homes,
Memorial Park Cemetery,
Cemeteries,
Skokie Plan Commission,
SCI Illinois Services Inc. |
| Funeral home plan at cemetery denied |
1998-09-24 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, September 24, 1998, Sec. 1, p. 4 |
Memorial Park Cemetery,
Business - Funeral homes,
Cemeteries,
SCI Illinois Services Inc. |
| Retail center pitched near Old Orchard |
1998-08-27 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, August 27, 1998, p. 3 |
Centrum Properties,
Memorial Park Cemetery,
Zoning,
Skokie Plan Commission,
Service Corporation International,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Strike hits local cemeteries |
1991-12-26 |
A strike and lockout by members of the Service Employees International Union has affected 24 cemeteries in the area, including Memorial Cemetery in Skokie. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, December 26, 1991, p. 3 |
Memorial Park Cemetery,
Unions - Service Employees International Union (SEIU),
Cemeteries,
Strikes |
| Cemetery strike end brings relief |
1985-12-19 |
Skokie's Memorial Park Cemetery was one of 28 metropolitan cemeteries reopened after a strike by cemetery workers. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, December 19, 1985, p. 5 |
Memorial Park Cemetery,
Cemeteries,
Strikes |
| Cemetery strike leaves many dead unburied |
1985-12-05 |
A strike by workers at 29 Chicago-area cemeteries has closed Skokie's Memorial Park Cemetery. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, December 5, 1985, p. 3 |
Memorial Park Cemetery,
Cemeteries,
Strikes |
