About Mount Olivet Cemetery
Mount Olivet Cemetery is a cemetery near Bloomfield, Essex County, New Jersey. The grounds sit at about 125 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 4 notable people buried here, including Marlene VerPlanck, Hank Borowy and Don Savage. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 878569. The nearest other listed cemetery is Glendale Cemetery, about 0.6 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is O'Boyle Funeral Home in Bloomfield, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 41 cemeteries we list in Essex County, and 105 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 41 listings in Essex County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Bloomfield. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery
Among them: 2 baseball players, 1 musician.
- Marlene VerPlanck1933-2018American singer
- Hank Borowy1916-2004Major League Baseball pitcher
- Don Savage1919-1961American baseball player
- William J. Smith1928-2018
People whose Wikidata entry gives Mount Olivet 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
40.80426, -74.18625
What Mount Olivet 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
- Glendale CemeteryBloomfield, NJCemetery0.6 mi
- Bloomfield CemeteryGlen Ridge, NJCemetery0.6 mi
- Vincent CemeteryNutley, NJCemetery1.8 mi
- Saint Peters Churchyard CemeteryBelleville, NJCatholic cemetery2.0 mi
- Rosedale CemeteryWest Orange, NJCemetery2.3 mi
- Christ Church Cemetery & Coptic MausoleumBelleville, NJOrthodox cemetery2.3 mi
- Saint Marys CemeteryEast Orange, NJCemetery2.5 mi
- Saint Johns CemeteryOrange, NJCemetery3.0 mi
- Mount Pleasant CemeteryKearny, NJCemetery3.0 mi
- Crest Haven CemeteryNutley, NJCemetery3.0 mi
Funeral homes near Mount Olivet Cemetery
- O'Boyle Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · Bloomfield · (973) 748-1246
- Zuasola-Grillo Filipino Funeral Service0.6 miFuneral home · Bloomfield · (973) 743-8500
- Levandoski-Grillo Funeral Home and Cremation Service0.6 miFuneral home · Bloomfield · (973) 743-6969
- Izabela Funeral Service0.6 miFuneral home · Bloomfield · (201) 290-2173
- Van Tassel Funeral Home0.6 miFuneral home · Bloomfield · (973) 743-1761
- Life Monuments of NJ0.6 miMonument dealer · Bloomfield · (973) 748-0200
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