SS. CYRIL & METHODIST CATHOLIC CHURCH CEMETERY, LEMONT, ILLINOIS
Center Shrine to Early SS. Cyril & Methodius Catholic Church Priests, Lemont Illinois, looking East
GPS: N41 39.644 W087 59.991, elevation 727 feet
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According to St Cyril's Diamond Julibee Book (1959), a plot measuring 360 by 484 feet was purchased from Nick and Charlie Blake on December 10th, 1886 as the site for the parish cemetery. It was consecrated in 1889, during the pastorate of Rev. Leopold Moczygemba (1824-1891). Rev. Moczygemba is noted for being the pastor of the first Polish church in the United States in Pana Maria, Texas in 1854 as well as St Cyril's which was completed in 1884. Many tombstones are written in Polish. A note in parish interment records infers that the first person buried in the cemetery was Constance Stefanski on April 1st, 1887. By 1959, there had been 1,854 interments.
St. Cyril's cemetery is approximately a hundred yards south and across the street from St. Alphonsus's Cemetery. Office for the cemeteries are located at Good Shepherd Cemetery, Orland Park, 708-226-9951.
A book of containing a reading of the tombstones in this cemetery is available for purchase. If available, pictures of specific tombstones any be available for purchase by contacting the Lemont Area Historical Society.