About Quabbin Park Cemetery
Quabbin Park Cemetery is a cemetery near Ware, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. It lies about 3.8 mi east of Ware. The grounds sit at about 456 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 2 notable people buried here, including Joseph French Johnson and Wright Lorimer. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 602424. The nearest other listed cemetery is Holy Cross National Cemetery, about 2.9 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Charbonneau Funeral Home in Ware, about 3.8 mi away. It is one of 89 cemeteries we list in Hampshire County, and 43 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Hampshire County dates to 1743.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Ware. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Quabbin Park Cemetery
Among them: 1 actor, 1 journalist, 1 writer.
- Joseph French Johnson1853-1925American economist
- Wright Lorimer1874-1911American actor
People whose Wikidata entry gives Quabbin Park 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 Quabbin Park 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
- Holy Cross National CemeteryWare, MANational cemetery2.9 mi
- Mount Carmel CemeteryWare, MACemetery3.1 mi
- Saint Williams CemeteryWare, MACemetery3.2 mi
- Indian CemeteryWare, MACemetery3.3 mi
- Aspen Grove CemeteryWare, MACemetery3.4 mi
- Old Saint Williams CemeteryWare, MACemetery3.4 mi
- West Hardwick CemeteryWare, MACemetery3.7 mi
- Walnut Grove CemeteryWare, MACemetery3.9 mi
- Saint Mary's CemeteryWare, MACemetery4.0 mi
- South CemeteryBelchertown, MA · est. 1743Cemetery4.1 mi
Funeral homes near Quabbin Park Cemetery
- Charbonneau Funeral Home3.8 miFuneral home · Ware · (413) 967-5281
- Cebula Funeral Home3.9 miFuneral home · Ware · (413) 967-4911
- Beers & Story Funeral Homes4.8 miFuneral home · Belchertown · (413) 203-4014
- Motyka Funeral Home7.2 miFuneral home · Three Rivers · (413) 283-7111
- Beers & Story Funeral Homes8.4 miFuneral home · Palmer · (413) 216-0182
- Varnum Funeral Home Inc9.2 miFuneral home · West Brookfield · (508) 867-2885
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