Peace in the Heart of the City

Caring for loved ones,
Serving families,
Remembering the departed,
Since 1859.

Visit us -

Wunder’s grounds are open for visitation every day from 8 AM to 4:30 PM.
Please note: Office hours are Wednesday from Noon until 3PM and Friday from 9 AM until Noon,
or by previously arranged appointment.

Views and Seasons

Beautiful views of Wunder’s Cemetery grounds through the seasons,
featuring large shade trees, beautiful monuments and numerous plantings.

Lilac bushes in full bloom with Wunder's Cemetery sign

Entry gate lilacs in Spring

Greeting visitors to Wunder's Cemetery at our Clark St. gate, there is a profusion of scented lilacs.

Beautiful sculpture monument to Raithel Sisters

Beautiful monuments

A variety of sculptures and monuments throughout the cemetery are evidence of each family's love and honor for those who have gone before.

Cross theme monument seen through red and green foliage

Colors and vistas

Walking through the grounds of Wunder's Cemetery affords the visitor a variety of views through and around the features there and the changes of the seasons.

Spring tulip flowers in Wunder's Cemetery

Spring tulips

Many beautiful seasonal plantings are featured around the cemetery grounds

DONATE

Wunder’s Cemetery welcomes donations, which are essential to maintenance and keeping its grounds attractive.

Wunder’s Cemetery Association
is a 501(c)(3) organization.
Donations are tax deductible
as the law provides.

Click on the $ button above
to access our secure online link
for donations by credit card (a 3.5% convenience fee will be added to your total) or
send your check by mail
made payable to
Wunder’s Cemetery.

Wunder's Cemetery Services

Caring For Loved Ones • Serving Families • Remembering the Departed

Immediate Need Interment

In the most difficult time for families, suffering the loss of a loved one, we will work closely with the funeral director, providing a place of beauty, peace, and rest.

Pre-need Grave Sales

When you want to plan ahead, making the choices that will both please you and provide relief for those you love, we offer pre-need sale of lots.

Monument Placement

We work with monument providers to give your loved ones a lasting memorial, reflecting a life well lived. A monument displays not only names and dates, but also meaningful words for the living.

Basic rules for all visitors to keep in mind while at Wunder's Cemetery

Important to remember: all visitors must plan to exit the cemetery before the gates are closed and locked – daily at 4:30 PM.

  • Visitors are to be respectful of all others in the cemetery to maintain the serenity of  the grounds.
  • All children must be accompanied by an adult.
  • Drive with caution – limit is 10 mph.
  • Park only aside the paved roadway while visiting.
  • No alcohol consumption or drug use permitted.
  • Dog walking is not allowed in the cemetery.
  • Recreational jogging only on the roadway.
  • Decorations may be placed only within 12 inches of the front face side of the gravesite marker.
  • Wunder’s reserves the right to remove plantings and decorations deemed to be disrespectful or that detract from the serenity of the grounds.
  • Entry to grounds permitted only when gates are open – 8 AM to 4:30 PM  daily.
  • Any other entry without prior notice, arrangement, and approval of the cemetery office will be considered trespassing and is subject to arrest and prosecution to the full extent of the law.

Conveniently located in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood

The gates of Wunder’s Cemetery are located on Clark Street just south of Irving Park Road. Our 14.5 wooded acres are also accessible on public transportaion via buses running along both Clark Street (#22) and Irving Park Road (#80) as well as the nearby Red Line stop at Sheridan Road.