About Calvary Cemetery
Calvary Cemetery is a cemetery near Collingswood, Camden County, New Jersey. It lies about 1.2 mi southwest of Collingswood. The grounds sit at about 30 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 5 notable people buried here, including Joey Giardello, William Thomas Cahill and Celestine Damiano. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 875089. The nearest other listed cemetery is Harleigh Cemetery, about 1.9 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Falco Caruso & Leonard Funeral Homes in Pennsauken, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 31 cemeteries we list in Camden County, and 112 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Collingswood. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Calvary Cemetery
Among them: 1 boxer, 1 governor, 1 musician, 1 US representative, 1 World War II veteran.
- Joey Giardello1930-2008American boxer
- William Thomas Cahill1912-1996Governor of New Jersey and Member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey
- Celestine Damiano1911-1967American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
- Vincent Montana, Jr.1928-2013American musician
- Marco Reginelli1897-1956American mobster
People whose Wikidata entry gives Calvary 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
39.93150, -75.05795
What Calvary 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
- Harleigh CemeteryWood-Lynne, NJCemetery1.9 mi
- Locustwood Memorial ParkEllisburg, NJMemorial park2.0 mi
- New Camden CemeteryWood-Lynne, NJCemetery2.4 mi
- Bethel Park CemeteryPennsauken, NJCemetery2.4 mi
- Arlington Park CemeteryPennsauken, NJCemetery2.6 mi
- Evergreen CemeteryWood-Lynne, NJCemetery2.6 mi
- Camden CemeteryCamden, NJCemetery2.7 mi
- Methodist CemeteryHaddonfield, NJMethodist cemetery2.8 mi
- Baptist CemeteryHaddonfield, NJBaptist cemetery2.8 mi
- Crescent Memorial ParkPennsauken, NJMemorial park2.8 mi
Funeral homes near Calvary Cemetery
- Falco Caruso & Leonard Funeral Homes0.7 miFuneral home · Pennsauken · (856) 665-0150
- South Jersey Funeral Associates, Inc.0.7 miFuneral home · Pennsauken · (856) 665-0150
- Foster-Warne Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · Collingswood · (856) 854-0152
- Gaskill-Brown Funeral Home & Cremation Services, LLC1.4 miFuneral home · Merchantville · (856) 662-0813
- Blake-Doyle Funeral Home1.5 miFuneral home · Collingswood · (856) 854-2570
- Alloway Funeral Home1.6 miFuneral home · Merchantville · (856) 663-9085
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