About Mount Olivet Cemetery
Mount Olivet Cemetery is a cemetery near Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey. It lies about 2.3 mi northwest of Middletown. The grounds sit at about 115 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 5 notable people buried here, including Jan Karski, Snuffy Stirnweiss and Peter Teague Milano. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 882512. The nearest other listed cemetery is Fair View Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is John E. Day Funeral Home in Red Bank, about 1.6 mi away. It is one of 72 cemeteries we list in Monmouth County, and 45 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Middletown. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery
Among them: 1 football player, 1 baseball player, 1 World War II veteran, 1 writer.
- Jan Karski1914-2000Polish World War II officer, resistance fighter and diplomat
- Snuffy Stirnweiss1918-1958Major League Baseball player
- Peter Teague Milano1958-2001American bond broker, victim of the September 11 attacks
- Margaret MacVeagh Schweers1927-2020Early victim of the COVID-19 pandemic
- Peter F. Brown1960-1999American dentist
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
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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
- Fair View CemeteryMiddletown, NJCemetery0.7 mi
- Fairview CemeteryMiddletown, NJCemetery0.7 mi
- Bay View CemeteryLeonardo, NJCemetery2.2 mi
- Patterson Family CemeteryLincroft, NJFamily cemetery2.3 mi
- Crystal Stream CemeteryNavesink, NJCemetery2.4 mi
- Saint Clements CemeteryBelford, NJCemetery3.1 mi
- Morris Family Burial Plot - private property.76 Leedsville Drive, Lincroft, NJFamily cemetery3.2 mi
- Harmony CemeteryMiddletown, NJCemetery3.4 mi
- Luyster Family CemeteryMiddletown, NJFamily cemetery3.6 mi
- Burdge/Swan Family Burial GroundsNavesink, NJFamily cemetery3.7 mi
Funeral homes near Mount Olivet Cemetery
- John E. Day Funeral Home1.6 miFuneral home · Red Bank · (732) 747-0332
- Thompson Memorial Home2.5 miFuneral home · Red Bank · (732) 747-0226
- John F Pfleger Funeral Home2.5 miFuneral home · Middletown · (732) 671-1326
- Donato-Askew Memorial Home2.6 miFuneral home · Red Bank · (757) 348-5894
- John P. Condon Funeral Home LLC2.9 miFuneral home · Leonardo · (732) 291-0234
- Evergreen Memorial Funeral Home and Cremation Services3.4 miFuneral home · Middletown · (732) 671-3001
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