About Hillside Cemetery
Hillside Cemetery is a cemetery near Lyndhurst, Bergen County, New Jersey. It lies about 0.8 mi west of Lyndhurst. The grounds sit at about 95 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 11 notable people buried here, including William Carlos Williams, Joey Ramone and Alexander Russell Webb. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 877132. The nearest other listed cemetery is New Zion Cemetery, about 0.2 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Nazare Memorial Home in Lyndhurst, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 55 cemeteries we list in Bergen County, and 106 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Lyndhurst. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Hillside Cemetery
Among them: 2 business leaders, 1 journalist, 1 musician, 1 physician, 1 Pulitzer Prize winner, 1 writer.
- William Carlos Williams1883-1963American poet
- Joey Ramone1951-2001American punk rock singer
- Alexander Russell Webb1846-1916Editor and publisher who served as United States Ambassador to the Philippines
- Fairleigh S. Dickinson1866-1948Co-founder of Becton Dickinson and the named benefactor of Fairleigh Dickinson University
- Maxwell Becton1868-1951Co-founder of Becton Dickinson
- Nora Belle Piatt1873-1955Second wife of Algernon Skinner
- Ralph Freudenberg1903-1980(1903-1980) American typesetter, amateur photographer
- Frances R. Spaeth1907-2001Wife of Frank Anastasio
- Lois Anne Anastasio1934-2018First wife of Ralph Herman Freudenberg
- Margaret Ehrenbergborn 1881Wife of Frederick Joseph Spaeth
- Edythe Rabbe1907-1977Chemical engineer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Hillside 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
40.81204, -74.10820
What Hillside 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 Zion CemeteryLyndhurst, NJCemetery0.2 mi
- Saint Josephs CemeteryLyndhurst, NJCemetery0.5 mi
- Holy Cross CemeteryNorth Arlington, NJCemetery1.9 mi
- Berry Lawn CemeteryCarlstadt, NJCemetery2.1 mi
- East Ridgelawn CemeteryNutley, NJCemetery2.4 mi
- Vincent CemeteryNutley, NJCemetery2.5 mi
- Crest Haven CemeteryNutley, NJCemetery2.7 mi
- Menorah CemeteryPassaic, NJCemetery2.8 mi
- East Ridgelawn Cemetery, Menorah SectionPassaic, NJCemetery2.8 mi
- North Arlington Jewish CemeteryKearny, NJJewish cemetery2.8 mi
Funeral homes near Hillside Cemetery
- Nazare Memorial Home0.7 miFuneral home · Lyndhurst · (201) 438-7272
- Ippolito-Stellato Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Lyndhurst · (201) 438-4664
- Calhoun-Mania Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Rutherford · (201) 939-1050
- Rutherford Funeral Home | Macagna Diffily Onorato1.2 miFuneral home · Rutherford · (201) 939-0098
- Kimak Funeral Home2.0 miFuneral home · Carlstadt · (201) 438-6708
- Parow Funeral Home2.2 miFuneral home · North Arlington · (201) 998-7555
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