About Jesuit Cemetery
Jesuit Cemetery is a cemetery near Weston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. It lies about 1.3 mi southeast of Weston. The grounds sit at about 187 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 9 notable people buried here, including Robert Drinan, John Berchmans Creeden and William James McGarry. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2755426. The nearest other listed cemetery is Central Cemetery, about 1.2 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Brasco Memorial Chapels in Waltham, about 4.3 mi away. It is one of 284 cemeteries we list in Middlesex County, and 106 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Middlesex County dates to 1649. 9 of the 284 listings in Middlesex County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Weston. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Jesuit Cemetery
Among them: 1 scientist, 1 US representative.
- Robert Drinan1920-2007American politician
- John Berchmans Creeden1871-1948(1871-1948) American Jesuit educator
- William James McGarry1894-1941American Jesuit educator and theologian
- James Henry Dolan1885-1977American academic administrator
- Michael Patrick Walsh1912-1982American Jesuit priest and biologist
- William J. Murphy1895-1973American Jesuit educator
- William Seavey Joyce1913-1988American Jesuit priest
- John Randolph Willis1917-2001American Jesuit priest and academic dean at Boston College
- Walter M. Abbott1923-2008American Jesuit and ecumenist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Jesuit 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
42.38094, -71.31980
What Jesuit 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
- Central CemeteryWeston, MACemetery1.2 mi
- Farmers CemeteryWeston, MACemetery1.3 mi
- Cemetery PropertyWeston, MACemetery1.3 mi
- Linwood CemeteryWeston, MACemetery1.4 mi
- Beit Olam Cemetery60 Old Sudbury Road, Wayland, MAJewish cemetery2.3 mi
- South CemeteryWayland, MACemetery2.5 mi
- North CemeteryWayland, MACemetery2.6 mi
- South Burying GroundWeston, MACemetery2.7 mi
- Precinct Burial GroundLincoln, MACemetery3.3 mi
- Town Hill CemeteryLincoln, MACemetery3.3 mi
Funeral homes near Jesuit Cemetery
- Brasco Memorial Chapels4.3 miFuneral home · Waltham · (781) 893-6260
- Bryant John C Funeral Home4.9 miFuneral home · Wayland · (508) 653-4220
- Henry J. Burke & Sons Funeral Home4.9 miFuneral home · Wellesley Hills · (781) 235-1481
- Burke & Blackington Funeral Home5.0 miFuneral home · West Newton · (617) 527-0986
- Joyce Funeral Home5.2 miFuneral home · Waltham · (781) 894-2895
- Brezniak Funeral Directors Inc5.3 miFuneral home · West Newton · (617) 969-0800
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