About New Mount Sinai Cemetery
New Mount Sinai Cemetery is a jewish cemetery near Affton, St. Louis County, Missouri. It lies about 1.6 mi west of Affton. The grounds sit at about 502 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 18 notable people buried here, including Fannie Hurst, Murray Weidenbaum and Sol Star. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 756444. The nearest other listed cemetery is New Saint Marcus Cemetery and Mausoleum, about 0.6 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is John L. Ziegenhein and Sons Funeral Homes South City Chapel in St. Louis, about 1.2 mi away. It is one of 104 cemeteries we list in St. Louis County, and 66 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in St. Louis County dates to 1866. 12 of the 104 listings in St. Louis County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Affton. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at New Mount Sinai Cemetery
Among them: 5 business leaders, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 journalist, 1 US representative, 1 writer.
- Fannie Hurst1889-1968American novelist
- Murray Weidenbaum1927-2014United States Assistant Secretary to the Treasury
- Sol Star1840-1917Businessman of the Old West
- Nathan Frank1852-1931American politician
- Solomon H. Sonneschein1839-1908American rabbi
- David May1848-1927American businessman and department story owner, merchant
- Leon Harrison1866-1928American rabbi
- Max A. Goldstein1870-1941Academic journal editors
- Adolph Proskauer1838-1900American army officer
- Hanau W. Loeb1865-1927American otolaryngologist
- Harold Koplar1915-1985American businessman
- Arthur Joseph Mayer Proskauer1875-1925
Show all 18 notable burials
- Charles H. Yalemdied 1978American businessperson and philanthropist
- Israel Treiman1900-1994American lawyer and legal scholar
- Leo Albert Drey1876-1920American businessman
- Morton Jay May1881-19681881-1968 , department store executive
- Roy Matthias Edmonds1877-1962Journalist
- Simon Adler1832-1904Arkansas businessman
People whose Wikidata entry gives New Mount Sinai 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.
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What New Mount Sinai 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
- New Saint Marcus Cemetery and Mausoleum7901 Gravois Road, Saint Louis, MO · est. 1907Christian cemetery0.6 mi
- Our Redeemer CemeteryAffton, MOCemetery0.9 mi
- Gatewood Gardens Cemetery7133 Gravois Avenue, Saint Louis, MO · est. 1892Church cemetery1.0 mi
- Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery7030 Gravois Avenue, Saint Louis, MO · est. 1864Catholic cemetery1.2 mi
- Lakewood Park CemeteryMarlborough, MOCemetery1.2 mi
- Mount Olive CemeteryLemay, MOCemetery1.6 mi
- Oakdale CemeteryLemay, MOCemetery1.6 mi
- Old Saint Marcus Cemetery6638 Gravois Avenue, Saint Louis, MO · est. 1856Christian cemetery1.6 mi
- Mount Hope CemeteryLemay, MOCemetery1.8 mi
- Resurrection CemeteryMarlborough, MOCemetery1.8 mi
Funeral homes near New Mount Sinai Cemetery
- John L. Ziegenhein and Sons Funeral Homes South City Chapel1.2 miFuneral home · St. Louis · (314) 352-2600
- Mount Hope Cemetery Mausoleum & Crematory Co1.8 miCremation provider · St. Louis · (314) 544-2000
- Classic Monument1.8 miMonument dealer · Saint Louis · (314) 351-6644
- Hoffmeister South County Chapel1.9 miFuneral home · St. Louis · (314) 544-7100
- Kutis Funeral Homes2.0 miFuneral home · St. Louis · (314) 842-4458
- Rosebrough Monument South2.1 miMonument dealer · St. Louis · (314) 351-4300
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
Frequently asked questions
Is New Mount Sinai Cemetery a Jewish cemetery?
Our records list a Jewish affiliation, based on the recorded religion of the cemetery. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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