About Saint Peters Cemetery
Saint Peters Cemetery is a cemetery near New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The grounds sit at about 66 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 6 notable people buried here, including Ray Gandolf, William J. Hamilton and Harry Rockafeller. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 880175. The nearest other listed cemetery is Poile Zeda Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Gowen Funeral Home in New Brunswick, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 86 cemeteries we list in Middlesex County, and 101 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Middlesex County dates to 1754. 7 of the 86 listings in Middlesex County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, New Brunswick. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Saint Peters Cemetery
Among them: 1 actor, 1 football player, 1 World War I veteran.
- Ray Gandolf1930-2015American television personality and sports broadcaster
- William J. Hamilton1932-2019American politician
- Harry Rockafeller1894-1978American football player and coach, college athletics administrator
- James Francis Lynch1954-2001American police officer (Port Authority Police Department), first responder and victim of the September 11 attacks
- Edward F. Farrington1886-1918Mayor of New Brunswick, New Jersey
- Richard Vincent Mulligan1906-1973Mayor of New Brunswick, New Jersey
People whose Wikidata entry gives Saint Peters 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
40.48787, -74.46237
What Saint Peters 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
- Poile Zeda CemeteryNew Brunswick, NJCemetery0.7 mi
- Willow Grove CemeteryNew Brunswick, NJCemetery1.0 mi
- Elmwood Cemetery425 Georges Road, North Brunswick Township, NJCemetery1.0 mi
- First Methodist CemeteryNew Brunswick, NJMethodist cemetery1.1 mi
- First Reformed Churchyard160 Neilson Street, New Brunswick, NJChristian cemetery1.2 mi
- Christ Church Graveyard5 Paterson Street, New Brunswick, NJ · est. 1754Episcopal cemetery1.2 mi
- Van Liew Cemetery585 George's Road, North Brunswick Township, NJCemetery1.2 mi
- Three Mile Run CemeteryVoorhees, NJChristian cemetery1.5 mi
- Shalom CemeteryVoorhees, NJCemetery1.6 mi
- Mary Ellis Burial SiteHighland Park, NJCemetery2.4 mi
Funeral homes near Saint Peters Cemetery
- Gowen Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · New Brunswick · (732) 545-1344
- Crabiel Parkwest Funeral Chapel0.5 miFuneral chapel · New Brunswick · (732) 828-2332
- Anderson Funeral Services0.7 miFuneral home · New Brunswick · (732) 545-7312
- Quackenboss Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · New Brunswick · (732) 545-0008
- Boylan Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · New Brunswick · (732) 545-4040
- Boylan Funeral Home1.3 miFuneral home · New Brunswick
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