About Holy Cross Cemetery
Holy Cross Cemetery is a cemetery near North Arlington, Bergen County, New Jersey. The grounds sit at about 82 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 38 notable people buried here, including Maria Jeritza, John Milton and Nick Piantanida. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 877191. The nearest other listed cemetery is North Arlington Jewish Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Parow Funeral Home in North Arlington, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 55 cemeteries we list in Bergen County, and 103 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, North Arlington. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Holy Cross Cemetery
Among them: 4 baseball players, 3 artists, 3 World War II veterans, 2 musicians, 1 actor, 1 inventor or engineer, 1 Korean War veteran, 1 Medal of Honor recipient.
- Maria Jeritza1887-1982Czech opera singer
- John Milton1881-1977American politician
- Nick Piantanida1932-1966American amateur parachute jumper
- Venus Xtravaganza1965-1988American performer, escort, and dancer
- Dominick V. Daniels1908-1987American politician
- Jimmy Roselli1925-2011American singer
- Bonnie Davis1920-1976American musician
- Dots Miller1886-1923American baseball player
- Oyster Burns1864-1928Major League Baseball outfielder
- Leo Kiely1929-1984American baseball player
- Charles Stanley Witkowski1907-1993American politician
- Stephen R. Gregg1914-2005United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Show all 38 notable burials
- Dennis P. Collins1924-2009American mayor
- Elizabeth Agnes Gelchion1890-1961
- Eugene Freudenberg Sr.1900-1956American freight handler
- Florence Catherine Skinner1901-1986Wife of Eugene Freudenberg
- Frank E. Rodgers1909-2000Mayor of Harrison, New Jersey
- Harry Wright1919-1993American football player
- John Joseph Burke1868-1939(1868-1939) husband of Nora Finn
- Josephine Smith1875-1962Wife of John Joseph Burke
- Sam Dente1922-2002American baseball player
- Valentin Sellier1872-1932French painter
- Attilio Salemme1911-1955American artist
- Carmen Anthony Orechio1926-2018American politician
- Frank William Burke1885-1974
- George Pfanmiller1875-1959(1875-1959) American baseball player
- Jane Gibson1870-1930Hall, Mills murder case
- Joseph S. Ward1925-1994American civil engineer
- Lucia Autorino Salemme1915-2010American artist
- Mary E. McEntee1888-1926
- Mary Jane Furey1924-1936(1924-1936) American drowning vicitm
- Paul Laszczynski1952-2001American police officer (PAPD), first responder and victim of the September 11 attacks
- Ralph Kohlman Freudenberg1937-1995
- Richard Boiardo1890-1984Mafioso
- Wladyslawa Dombrowski1916-1995Second wife of Ralph Freudenberg
- Zhanetta Valentinovna Tsoy1968-2001Kazakhstani accountant of Korean descent, victim of the September 11 attacks
- Francisco Salati1915-2004Church ceiling painter
- Jacob Joseph Kroll1908-1975American stereotyper
People whose Wikidata entry gives Holy Cross 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 Holy Cross 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
- North Arlington Jewish CemeteryKearny, NJJewish cemetery1.0 mi
- Arlington Memorial ParkKearny, NJMemorial park1.0 mi
- Christ Church Cemetery & Coptic MausoleumBelleville, NJOrthodox cemetery1.3 mi
- Saint Josephs CemeteryLyndhurst, NJCemetery1.7 mi
- New Zion CemeteryLyndhurst, NJCemetery1.7 mi
- Saint Peters Churchyard CemeteryBelleville, NJCatholic cemetery1.7 mi
- Hillside CemeteryLyndhurst, NJCemetery1.9 mi
- Vincent CemeteryNutley, NJCemetery2.4 mi
- Mount Pleasant CemeteryKearny, NJCemetery2.6 mi
- Glendale CemeteryBloomfield, NJCemetery3.0 mi
Funeral homes near Holy Cross Cemetery
- Parow Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · North Arlington · (201) 998-7555
- Prestige Memorials0.8 miMonument dealer · North Arlington · (201) 997-8087
- Ippolito-Stellato Funeral Home1.3 miFuneral home · Lyndhurst · (201) 438-4664
- Condon Funeral Home1.3 miFuneral home · Kearny · (201) 991-1568
- Nazare Memorial Home1.3 miFuneral home · Lyndhurst · (201) 438-7272
- Thiele-Reid Family Funeral Home1.7 miFuneral home · Kearny · (201) 991-3344
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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