About Tyringham Cemetery
Tyringham Cemetery is a cemetery near Lee, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It lies about 4.8 mi northwest of Lee. Wikidata records 12 notable people buried here, including Sidney Howard, Jennifer Howard and William Roerick. The nearest other listed cemetery is Old Center Cemetery, about 3.1 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Kelly Funeral Home in Lee, about 4.9 mi away. It is one of 118 cemeteries we list in Berkshire County, and 33 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Berkshire County dates to 1758. 5 of the 118 listings in Berkshire County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Lee. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Tyringham Cemetery
Among them: 4 actors, 2 writers, 1 artist, 1 journalist, 1 musician, 1 physician, 1 Pulitzer Prize winner.
- Sidney Howard1891-1939American playwright
- Jennifer Howard1925-1993American actress
- William Roerick1911-1995American actor
- John Ery Coleman1923-1993Artist
- Rustin McIntosh1894-1986American pediatrician
- John E. Craighead1930-2017American pathologist
- Leopoldine Blaine Damrosch1899-1964American pianist and actor
- Robert Littell1896-1963American journalist and editor
- Rodman Drake de Kay Gilder1918-1993American psychoanalyst
- Thomas Coley1913-1989Stage Manager, Performer, Writer ( b. Jun 29, 1913 Bethayres, Pennsylvania, USA - d. May 23, 1989 Tyringham, Massachusetts, USA ) Male
- Walter Walker Palmer1882-19501882-1950, physician and educator
People whose Wikidata entry gives Tyringham Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.
Map
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What Tyringham Cemetery offers
Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.
Nearby cemeteries
- Old Center CemeteryNew Marlborough, MACemetery3.1 mi
- Woods CemeteryNew Marlborough, MACemetery3.4 mi
- West Becket CemeteryOtis, MACemetery3.9 mi
- Mount Hunger cemeteryOtis, MACemetery4.1 mi
- Fairmont CemeteryLee, MACemetery4.3 mi
- West Center CemeteryOtis, MACemetery4.4 mi
- South Lee CemeteryStockbridge, MACemetery4.6 mi
- Corashire CemeteryNew Marlborough, MACemetery5.2 mi
- Saint Mary's CemeteryLee, MACemetery5.5 mi
- Congregation of the Marian Fathers CemeteryStockbridge, MACatholic cemetery6.3 mi
Funeral homes near Tyringham Cemetery
- Kelly Funeral Home4.9 miFuneral home · Lee · (413) 243-0204
- Finnerty & Stevens Funeral Home9.1 miFuneral home · Great Barrington · (413) 528-1900
- Roche Funeral Home9.1 miFuneral home · Lenox · (413) 637-0699
- Birches-Roy Funeral Home9.2 miFuneral home · Great Barrington · (413) 528-3080
- Flynn & Dagnoli-bencivenga Funeral Homes14 miFuneral home · Pittsfield · (413) 442-1733
- Dwyer-Wellington Family Funeral Home14 miFuneral home · Pittsfield · (413) 445-4064
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