Last Wednesday morning, November 30, a cold, blustery day that would have emulated many a home opener, approximately 30 people attended the dedication of a grave marker for 19th-century Cubs star Jimmy Ryan at Calvary Cemetery in Evanston, more than 99 years after his death.
The long-anonymous resting place was marked through the auspices of the Chicago Cubs. Among those in attendance were Cubs President of Business Operations Crane Kenney, Cubs Historian Ed Hartig, and several members of the family of Elizabeth Finn Ryan, Jimmy’s widow. Jimmy Ryan died in 1923, Elizabeth in 1959, she lies beside her husband.