Union Ridge Cemetery

10/07/2025

Union Ridge Cemetery is a Monarch way station. We have increased our plantings of flowers and plants for the bees and Monarchs.

Please help us with a donation or volunteerto help maintain our way station. Send your donation by check to Union Ridge Cemetery.

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This is a nice reminder that all the small things you do for the environment are making a huge difference! 🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋

Keep planting Milkweed, stop unnecessary spraying, and leave the leaves! 🍂

10/06/2025

SAVE THE DATE

🇺🇸 Veterans Day Celebration 🇺🇸
Join us as we honor and thank our nation’s heroes.

📅 Saturday, November 8, 2025
📍 Union Ridge Cemetery
🕒 1:00p

Join us, Sons of the Union Veterans of the Civil War, Guest Speaker - Gene Salecker, BSA Flag Presentation, Taps and more.

Live cannon fire!

Veterans are very welcome!

Be part of the community

More details to follow — we hope you’ll join us in showing appreciation for our veterans!

Questions call - 773.631.0900

Graves and Columbarium niches are available for purchase.

09/23/2025

Last Call for Paver Orders. If you wish to have a Memorial Paver placed around our Flagpole for Veterans Day, call or visit our website www.unionridgecemetery.org for the order form. Orders need to be submitted to us by September 30th.

06/04/2025

A big thank you to all who participated in our Memorial Day ceremony. Pictured here are members of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War with the annual Civil War Cannon Salute. Special thanks to Gene Salecker, author and member of SUVCW, who spoke on the history of the poppy, and to local musician Barry Slabaugh who played taps. Were you there? Send us your photos!

06/04/2025

Thanks to Scout Troop 978. That’s Anthony with the American Flag who completed his Eagle project this spring at URC. The Scouts with their parents cleaned and reset a respectable number of Veteran headstones May 3, 2025. They used D2, same monument cleaner they use at Arlington National Cemetery. Photo taken on Memorial Day 2025 at URC's annual ceremony to honor our fallen heroes.

05/24/2025

Don't forget to join us on Monday to honor our fallen heroes.

Join Us in Honoring Our Fallen Heroes

05/22/2025

Order a custom engraved brick paver to honor your loved one. Pavers are installed in the Memorial Plaza surrounding the flagpole near the entrance of the cemetery.

05/18/2025

Join Us in Honoring Our Fallen Heroes

03/29/2025

Attention Lot Owners:
We Need to Hear From You
Cemetery bylaws require lot owners to help us keep our records updated annually:
* Lot owner name
* Current mailing address
* Current phone numbers: land and mobile
* Section number
* Lot number
* Grave numbers
* Names of family buried at the cemetery
Please e-mail this information to: unionridgecemetery@gmail.com

01/11/2025

You are beautiful. Taft High School from Union Ridge Cemetery.

12/16/2024

Chicago's Own Young Marines participated and presented colors at Wreaths Across America at URC on Saturday, December 14. They also participate in the cemetery's annual Memorial Day and Veterans Day celebrations. Thank you to the Young Marines for their support!

12/14/24 drill.