Immediate Need Purchase
People may not have given a lot of thought to what happens when we lose a loved one. If a family hasn’t already made the necessary arrangements with a cemetery, we can help with this "immediate need". We will assist you with grave site selection and the necessary interment documents for your loved one. Contact our office so that we can assist you. We offer both full casket burial as well as cremation urn burial. Your time of grief and loss is our time to be closely attentive to your needs.
Pre-Need Purchase
We carefully make plans for the important events in our lives: special birthdays, weddings, a big move, our retirement. So we should also plan for a place of lasting rest where loved ones can gather to remember a life. Pre-arranging a final resting place allows you to take advantage of today's pricing of lots. If necessary, pre-need arrangements can be financed over a specific time at Wunder's Cemetery. Schedule a consultation to discuss available sites and pricing by contacting our office.
Monument Placement
An appropriate monument to identify the gravesite of a loved one is a way not only to state the name with dates of birth and death, but to honor the memory and give future visitors a glimpse of the loved one’s legacy. Wunder’s works with local monument vendors such as Gast Monuments to fulfill your desired placement.
Please contact our office to discuss the type of marker that will be a fitting memorial and also be appropriate to our cemetery grounds.
Genealogy
Are you trying to find someone who may have been buried at Wunder’s?
You may access a brief history of Wunder’s, as well as a searchable database of over 3,000 interments at Find-A-Grave.
Another information source, derived from a Chicago Genealogy Society (CGS) book which lists the headstones (but not their locations within Wunder’s Cemetery) may be viewed at Ancestry.com.
Also, many of Wunder’s and First Saint Paul’s records are available on microfilm at the Newberry Library, 60 W Walton St, Chicago IL 60610.
For further information regarding grave or genealogy related searches, please contact our office by phone or e-mail.
Please be aware that the information may not be immediately or easily available. The amount of time involved for searching may be significant and our resources are limited for this type of inquiry. Therefore,your patience is requested. Donations are welcome to help fund our time spent on these searches.
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Volunteer work days
Through the Spring to Fall seasons we welcome volunteers to come out for work days. This is a great opportunity to get outdoors and do some clean-up, gardening, and beautification on our grounds. Often scheduled for select Saturday mornings, please check our Facebook page for announcements about the next scheduled work day. We hope you can join us!
Audio Tour - coming soon
Take a walk through the cemetery with an audio tourgide highlighting some of the notable people who are buried here at Wunder’s. Listen while you walk and look, taking in a historic perspective on Chicago’s history through the stories of our people.
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