Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago

As a family service counselor I have an gained interest in the history at cemeteries. I work at a beautiful memorial garden and this place is breathtaking. So much history and lots of unique monuments. Well kept.

Dispute the rude lady with the short hair in the private office, this is a great cemetery. My grandparents are buried here and I haven’t been back since I moved out of town 10 years ago. I came in this past Sunday and some men who came before me rang the bell for assistance. A lady came out the office on the right and was extremely rude when they were asking the price of a picture for a gravestone. Another lady came out the back and the rude lady left and slammed her door. The men commented how rude she was and the lady with the longer hair who came from the back apologized on her behalf. It’s a busy place, she was trying to help the two men and the phone was ringing and I still hadn’t been helped. Finally I grabbed a map and found the area where my grandparents are, but the map is a poor quality copy so I couldn’t read the street names. I finally had to politely interrupt after 10 minutes and just point to the map and ask the name of this street so I can be on my way. The lady was so nice and grabbed a highlighter and marked my path. The cemetery is beautiful and in the spring you can see baby ducklings. It’s a quiet place to go and reflect.