Salem Cemetery

Palatine Township, Cook County, Illinois
Intersection of Kirchoff and Euclid Roads. This cemetery is in an unusual place in the corner of a parking lot for a mall. It is very small and has only a few stones, which are listed below.

KORNATZ, Herman J. – Sept. 3, 1878 – Sept. 13, 1918
THIES, Henry 1865-1953 ossw
THIES, Mary -his wife- 1867 – 1916
THIES, ????
– cannot read this stone
– looks to be a family plot with a large stone and a small stone on each side
with Mutter and Vater carved on them.
THIES, Friederich – 1806 – looks like 1893
– stone is very worn and the inscription can’t be read.
THIES, Friederich – 11 Aug. 188(?) – 7 Aug. 1895
UNKNOWN last name, Martha 1818 – 19 Apr. looks like 1897
– tall oblisk-style stone with another name on the
other side – cannot read anything else on this stone – very worn.
WISEMAN, Henry – Co. C 19 IL. INF.
– military badge-shaped stone. There is a stone that says Mother next to it.
– there are no dates on this stone
– I think that the next listing could be the same person.
WHISEMANN(possible spelling), Heinrich – 24 Dec. 1842 – 11 Jan 1907
NORDMIER, has a small stone with VATER next to it
– cannot read anything on the stone as it is also too worn to read.
NORDMIER, cannot read first name – 1819 – 1901
NORDMIER, William 1854 – 1920 ossw
Sophia his wife 1861 – 1932
PAPAJESKI, cannot read first name – 25 Apr. 1839 – 13 Dec? 1914 (OR 1917)

Contributed by Cindy Johnson