Mount Auburn Funeral Home & Cemetery

My visit here was a little bitter sweet. Someone in my family had passed and so I attended a funeral service here. I had never visited his cemetery before so I didn't pick up on the connection to...

Many Chicagoland Cantonese Chinese are buried here and the Chinese section is a large part of the cemetery but by no means the only one.   Most of the Chinese are here because the Chinese...

There were no cemeteries that permitted burials of Chinese decedents many years ago until the sisters that owned Mount Auburn decided to sell a large section of their cemetery to the Chinese. It...

I am very grateful to Lois from Mt. Auburn. In August I posted how upset I was the gravestones of my family were covered by grass and weeds. Some could not be found. Lois took it upon herself to...

Mount Auburn is a hidden gem, I treasured the fact it's away from high traffic intersections and has a park like setting. It has an ambience peacefully feeling nestled around a quiet neighborhood...