About Gate of Heaven Cemetery
Gate of Heaven Cemetery is a cemetery near East Hanover, Morris County, New Jersey. The grounds sit at about 207 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 14 notable people buried here, including Yogi Berra, Karen Ann Quinlan and Arthur Walsh. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 876571. The nearest other listed cemetery is Heavenly Rest Memorial Park, about 0.3 mi to the north. The nearest funeral home we know of is Hancliffe Home For Funerals in East Hanover, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 61 cemeteries we list in Morris County, and 56 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 5 of the 61 listings in Morris County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, East Hanover. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Gate of Heaven Cemetery
Among them: 3 actors, 3 US representatives, 3 World War II veterans, 2 baseball players, 1 football player, 1 business leader, 1 musician, 1 US senator.
- Yogi Berra1925-2015American baseball player, manager, and coach
- Karen Ann Quinlan1954-1985American medical case
- Arthur Walsh1896-1947American politician
- Belle Adair1889-1971American actress and singer
- Tony Mottola1918-2004American guitarist
- Peter W. Rodino1909-2005American politician
- Denise Borino-Quinn1964-2010Actress
- Frank Tripucka1927-2013American football player
- Eugene F. Kinkead1876-1960American politician
- Hugh Joseph Addonizio1914-1981New Jersey politician
- Fred Shields1912-1985American soccer referee
- Ownie Carroll1902-1975Major League Baseball pitcher
Show all 14 notable burials
- Herman Kull1930-1998American basketball coach
- William Aloysius Gelchion1886-1958(1886-1958) husband of Mary Donahue
People whose Wikidata entry gives Gate of Heaven 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
40.81677, -74.37459
What Gate of Heaven 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
- Heavenly Rest Memorial ParkEast Hanover, NJMemorial park0.3 mi
- Restland Memorial ParkEast Hanover, NJMemorial park0.3 mi
- Hanover CemeteryHanover, NJCemetery1.2 mi
- Whippany Burying YardWhippany, NJCemetery1.7 mi
- Saint Marys CemeteryWhippany, NJCemetery2.6 mi
- Ely CemeteryLivingston, NJCemetery3.0 mi
- Pine Brook Methodist Cemetery12 Hook Mountain Road, Montville Township, NJMethodist cemetery3.5 mi
- Beth Israel CemeteryCedar Knolls, NJJewish cemetery3.8 mi
- Vail Memorial CemeteryParsippany, NJCemetery3.8 mi
- Holy Family CemeteryMadison, NJFamily cemetery3.9 mi
Funeral homes near Gate of Heaven Cemetery
- McHugh Tully Memorials0.2 miMonument dealer · East Hanover · (973) 887-0530
- Hancliffe Home For Funerals0.2 miFuneral home · East Hanover · (973) 739-9800
- Leonardis Memorial Home2.0 miFuneral home · Florham Park · (973) 377-5050
- Simple Cremation Of Nj2.1 miCremation provider · Whippany · (973) 949-0806
- Bradley-Braviak Funeral Home2.2 miFuneral home · Whippany · (973) 887-2186
- Quinn-hopping Funeral Home3.7 miFuneral home · Livingston · (973) 992-1414
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
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