SAINT MARY'S CEMETERY PREFACE
Location: Saint Mary's Cemetery is located in the
northwest quarter of section 1, Aux Sable Township, Grundy County, Illinois.
The cemetery is located on Ridge Road on the northern edge of Minooka,
just south of Interstate 80.
Current Status: Active
Earliest Burials Recorded: 1848; 1860; Nov 16,
1862; 1866; Aug 6, 1871; Nov 30, 1879; 1881; Apr 8, 1883; 1887; and Mar
19, 1888.
Some of the bodies buried in St. Mary's Cemetery
were removed from Dresden Cemetery. Thus it is difficult to determine precisely
when St. Mary's Cemetery opened. Burial dates suggest the cemetery opened
in late 1879.
Number Of Burials Recorded: 689
Latest Burial Recorded: 1997
Abbreviations: abt, about; cem rec., cemetery records;
ng, not given; and nds, no dates.
The expression (45-10-23) indicates the age of the
deceased at the time of their death in years, months, and days.
The expression (23-07-?) indicates the number of additional days was not
indicated.
An asterisk after the cemetery code indicates compilers
believe the person indicated was buried in this cemetery but do not have
absolute proof to support their belief.
Microfilmed copies of the Kendall County Record
(KCR) were reviewed for obituaries of people buried in the cemetery. A
date in the obituary column indicates the issue of the KCR where an obituary
or death notice may be found.