Welcome to the Chicago Burr Oak Cemetery (“Burr Oak” or the “Cemetery”) web site (the “Web Site”).

The main purpose of this Web Site is to bring to the families of those buried at Burr Oak up to date information regarding the re-opening of the Cemetery, and to assist the families in finding the location of their loved one’s graves.

Perpetua, Inc., and its two subsidiaries, Chicago Burr Oak Cemetery and Cedar Park Cemetery, filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases (the “Cases”) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois on September 11, 2009 (see the Bankruptcy Filings Information section of this website for legal entity names and case numbers). The cemeteries are being operated as debtors in possession (collectively, the “Debtor”). The Web Site is also intended to be a source of information to creditors of the Cases and to assist creditors in filing claims with the bankruptcy court.

On September 22, 2009, pursuant to an order of the Bankruptcy Court, Mr. Howard Korenthal was appointed to serve as Chief Operating Officer (“COO”) of Burr Oak Cemetery and Cedar Park Cemetery. Mr. Roman Szabelski of Catholic Cemeteries has been retained by the Debtor to be a consultant to Mr. Korenthal. The shared focus of Mr. Korenthal, Mr. Szabelski, and the management and Board of Directors of Perpetua, Inc. is to re-open Burr Oak Cemetery to the families of those buried there as soon as possible. The creation of this web site and related burial information database are key components to the re-opening of Burr Oak Cemetery.

We hope that you will find this Web Site helpful in locating your loved one’s burial site and in answering your questions regarding the reopening of the Cemetery or the bankruptcy Cases. Most questions can likely be answered from the information contained on this Web Site. Should you have additional questions, please e-mail us through the “Contact Us” section of this Web Site. We will make every effort to answer your questions on a timely basis.