Rogers Park / West Ridge Historical Society

Originally published in the 2009 Founders' Day booklet

 

here are two Cuneo Mausoleums North of the entrance to Calvary Cemetery in Evanston that belonging to the Cuneo family, who founded the Cuneo Press and later Cuneo Hospital.

The busts of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cuneo flank the door of their mausoleum on the north wall. Their son John
is interred in a nearby art deco mausoleum that is the largest in Calvary. John expanded the family business by winning the printing contract for the Sears and Roebuck catalog and later moving into magazine publishing, real estate, and banking. In 1937 he bought utilities magnate Samuel Insull's (1859-1938) famed Hawthorn-Melody Farms complete with an Italian villa that is now a tourist attraction in Vernon Hills. The Cuneo family has
provided continuous support to Loyola University in Chicago, and many programs and facilities bear their name.

Originally published in the 2009 Founders' Day booklet

 

dward Fitzsimmons Dunne (1853-1937) was the 38th Mayor of Chicago (Democrat) and 24th Governor of Illinois. Judge Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne was born in Watertown, Connecticut, son of an ardent Irish nationalist, and moved with his family to Peoria, IL as a child. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and Union College of Law in Chicago. From 1892 to 1905 he was a Judge of the Circuit Court in Chicago. He served as Mayor from 1905 to 1907. Mayor Dunne was elected on his promise to deliver a transportation system owned by the city. His inability to fulfill this promise led to his overwhelming defeat at the next election.