Jewish Waldheim Cemetery in Forest Park in Cook County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Jewish Veterans Memorial

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, September 9, 2024

1. Jewish Veterans Memorial Marker

Inscription. Erected and dedicated by the Goodman-Tunick Post #347, Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America and Ladies Auxiliary, Department of Illinois, in honor of the men and women of the Jewish faith who served in the armed forces of the United States in its wars and conflicts.

Erected 1985 by Goodman-Tunick Post #347 of Jewish War Veterans of the United States; Ladies Auxiliary, Department of Illinois.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • Religion & Religious Structures.

Location. 41° 51.583′ N, 87° 49.158′ W. Memorial is in Forest Park, Illinois, in Cook County. It is in Jewish Waldheim Cemetery. It is on Des Plaines Avenue 0.3 miles Roosevelt Road (Illinois Route 38), on the right when traveling south. The marker is in Jewish Waldheim Cemetery, near the entrance for section 54 (Order Brith Abraham). It's about 250 feet south of the parking lot on the east side of Des Plaines in the southern end of the cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Forest Park IL 60130, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Chicago.

It is also in the American Midwest

and on the Great Lakes.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Pottawatomie Village and Burial Ground (approx. half a mile away); Anshe Chodorkov Cemetery (approx. half a mile away); Ancient Indian Trail

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(approx. half a mile away); Forest Home Cemetery Veterans Flagpole (approx. 0.6 miles away); Union Soldiers Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away); Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus Train Wreck (approx. 0.6 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away); 9/11 Memorial (approx. 0.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Forest Park.

More about this memorial. Jewish Waldheim Cemetery, located about 10 miles west of downtown Chicago, is a combination of 250 different cemetery sections, owned and administered by different synagogues, families, fraternal organizations and other associations from Chicago and the outlying area. It is a separate entity from the German Waldheim Cemetery, which is now a part of Forest Home Cemetery about a ½ mile north of here. Waldheim is the German word for "forest home."

Regarding Jewish Veterans Memorial. Information about the Goodman-Tunick Post's immediate status could not be immediately found, but it did not appear on the official Jewish War Veterans of the USA website's list of active posts and seems to be defunct.

A 1953 newspaper article

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Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, September 9, 2024

2. Jewish Veterans Memorial

about the post indicates that the post was originally called the Tunick Post. It's not clear who Goodman was or when his name was added to the post. The Tunick it references is almost certainly Daniel Tunick, a Chicagoan who was killed in action in World War II and is buried here in this section of Jewish Waldheim Cemetery (section 54, the Order of Brith Abraham). Tunick, according to his gravestone, was a U.S. Army private. He was 31 years old when he died in April 1945 in the Philippines.

Also see . . . Waldheim Cemetery Information & Maps. A brief history of Jewish Waldheim Cemetery from the Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois (Submitted on September 9, 2024, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.)

Credits. This page was last revised on October 24, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 9, 2024, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 153 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 9, 2024, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.