On March 30, 1997, I visited All Saints Cemetery in Des Plaines, Illinois. The cemetery is separated into two sections--the old and the new, with the larger monuments found in the older section. There are three large Cullinan monuments in the old
section. The new section is comprised primarily of markers or footstones, which are more easily bypassed, and which make finding the correct monument more difficult.
Below, I have described the monument and have provided the detail from the detail cards provided by the cemetery office.
Section 4
Facing the Des Plaines River Road is a modern, red granite monument standing approximately 5" high. This monument can be described as a two-part memorial, comprised of an upright base approximately 10 feet wide and two feet high. On this section
is an engraving, "Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Pray For Us." In the middle of this base, still of the same cut stone, is a 2-foot wide by 3-foot part, with an engraved cross to the center and top. Also found in the center (bottom) of this second
part of the monument is engraved the surname CULLINAN.
There are two flat stones in the front of the larger monument. The first reads, "Father/ Daniel A. Cullinan/ Oct 11 1886 -/ June 22 1970." The second reads, "Mother/ Kathleen S. Cullinan/ June 5 1898 -/ March 26 1969."
Cullinan, Daniel A.
- Grave 4, Lot 65, Block 1, Section 4
- Interment Date: 6/25/70
- Age: 83
Cullinan, Kathleen
- 609504
- Grave 5, Lot 54, Block 1, Section 4
- Interment Date: 3/29/69
- Age: ns [sic]
Further from the road, but within a stone's throw from the above monument is the Cullinan - Selig monument. It is a grey granite monument, approximately 6 feet wide and 4 1/2 feet high, with a cut crucifix at the top center of the monument. On
the side facing the road, there are two engravings: "Caroline S. Cullinan / 1886-1948" and "Charles J. Cullinan/ 1881-1926." On the opposite side of the monument, "Father/ Peter A. Selig/ 1858-1936" and "Mother/ Caroline Selig/ 1863-1944."
Cullinan, Chas. J.
- Grave 8, Lot N 1/2-5, Block 3, Section 4
- Interment Date: 12/2/26
- Age: 45
Cullinan, Carolina S.
- Grave 7, Lot N 5, Block 3, Section 4
- Interment Date: 10/22/45
- Age 59
Section 14
A large granite stone, this one considerably far from the main entrance on River Road, has a crucifix engraved or etched into the face of the monument. Half-way down the monument it has CULLINAN in prominent lettering, visible from the road.
There are four names provided on this monument, below the surname, "Father/ John T./ died June 1 1932," "Mother/ Margaret A./ died October 12, 1958," "James/ died May 29 1975" and "Margaret M./ died Sept. 17, 1985."
Cullinan, James T.
- 16.36-2610.
- Grave 3, Lot 6, Block 8, Section 14.
- Interment Date: 5/31/75.
- Age: 69
Cullinan, Margaret
- VR205
- Grave 4, Lot 6, Block 8, Section 14.
- Interment Date: 9/20/85
- Age: 76
Cullinan, Margaret
- [at the bottom of the card:] 73071-16.10
- Grave 2, Lot 6, Block 8, Section 14
- Interment Date: 10/15/58
- Age: 87
Cullinan, John
- Grave 1, Lot 6, Block 8, Section 14
- Home Address: Luth. Deac. Hosp.
- Interment Date: 6/4/32
- Age 59
Section 44
There are three Cullinan flatstones located in this section and they are ordered across two rows, with two parents (Marshall and Katherine Cullinan) in row 1, then two parents (John P. and Barbara T. Cullinan) on row 2 with their daughter,
Barbara J. Cullinan, separated by a single stone for Robert J. Callahan.
The flatstones read as follows: "Father/ Marshall W. Cullinan/ 1906-1960 and "Mother/ Katherine L. Cullinan/ 1908-1977." On the second row, "John P. Cullinan/ 1902-1960,"
"Mother/ Barbara T. Cullinan/ 1906-1986," "Robert J. Callahan/ Illinois CM3 USNR/ World War I/ Dec 6 1896/ Nov 15 1961" and "Daughter/ Barbara J. Cullinan/ 1942-1988." It is possible that Callahan was a sibling of Barbara T. Cullinan.
Cullinan, Marshall W.
- [at bottom of the card:] NN13-16.0
- Grave 3, Lot 21, Block 62, Section 44
- Interment Date: 2/8/60
- Age: 53
Cullinan, Katherine
- [at bottom of the card:] 16.OE 221
- Grave 4, Lot 21, Block 62, Section 44
- Interment Date: 9/13/77
- Age: 69
Cullinan, John P.
- [at bottom of the card:] 65613-16.10
- Grave 5, Lot 19, Block 64, Section 44
- Interment Date: 9/19/60
- Age 58
Cullinan, Barbara T.
- 573-567
- Grave 6, Lot 19, Block 64, Section 44
- Interment Date: 10/3/86
- Age: 80
Cullinan, Barbara J.
- 606940
- Grave 8, Lot 19, Block 64, Section 44
- Interment Date: 4/6/88
- Age 45
Section 51
A flatstone in this section reads, "Daniel J. Cullinan/ 1915-1991."
Cullinan, Daniel J.
- Cremains
- Unit 2, Lot 93, Block 27, Section 51
- Interment Date: 3/18/91
- Age: 71
Section 52
A flatstone in this section reads, "Alice M. Cullinan/ 1890-1989."
Cullinan, Alice M.
- 215
- Grave 5, Lot 18, Block 25, Section 52
- Interment Date: 2/13/89
- Age: 98