About Beth-El Cemetery
Beth-El Cemetery is a cemetery near Oradell, Bergen County, New Jersey. It lies about 1.6 mi southeast of Oradell. The grounds sit at about 66 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 14 notable people buried here, including Estée Lauder, Kitty Kallen and Lou Jacobi. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 874714. The nearest other listed cemetery is Cedar Park Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Direct Cremations LLC in Oradell, about 1.7 mi away. It is one of 55 cemeteries we list in Bergen County, and 71 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Oradell. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Beth-El Cemetery
Among them: 3 business leaders, 2 actors, 1 musician, 1 World War II veteran, 1 writer.
- Estée Lauder1908-2004American businesswoman
- Kitty Kallen1921-2016American singer
- Lou Jacobi1913-2009Actor
- Evelyn Lauder1936-2011Jewish American businesswoman and philanthropist
- Barry Gurary1923-2005US-based rabbi
- David Moshe Steinberg1871-1941American hazzan
- Lester Cowan1906-1990American film producer
- Clement Wolfe Kohlman1916-2000Advertising executive
- Jonas Borak1893-1949Galician-born radiologist
- Joseph Lauder1902-1983American businessman
- Leah Dickstein1934-2019American psychiatrist
- Wolfe Kohlman1889-1975American businessman; owner of Hauser Embroidery Works
Show all 14 notable burials
- Betty Goetz1901-1978
- Mordecai Henry Lewittes1911-1990
People whose Wikidata entry gives Beth-El 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
40.97315, -74.05958
What Beth-El 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
- Cedar Park CemeteryOradell, NJCemetery0.4 mi
- Old Paramus Reformed Church CemeteryHo-Ho-Kus, NJChurch cemetery1.9 mi
- Westwood CemeteryEmerson, NJCemetery2.1 mi
- Valleau CemeteryHo-Ho-Kus, NJCemetery2.2 mi
- Old Hook CemeteryEmerson, NJCemetery2.2 mi
- George Washington Memorial ParkParamus, NJMemorial park2.7 mi
- Saint Andrews CemeteryRiver Vale, NJCemetery2.7 mi
- Saint Luke's CemeteryWaldwick, NJChristian cemetery3.7 mi
- French Huguenot – Demarest CemeteryRiver Edge, NJChristian cemetery3.7 mi
- Woodside CemeteryDumont, NJCemetery3.7 mi
Funeral homes near Beth-El Cemetery
- Direct Cremations LLC1.7 miFuneral home · Oradell · (908) 433-1776
- William G Basralian Funeral1.7 miFuneral home · Oradell · (201) 261-0222
- Becker Funeral Home2.0 miFuneral home · Westwood · (201) 664-0292
- Bergen Jewish Chapel2.2 miFuneral home · Oradell · (201) 261-2900
- Volk-Leber Funeral Home2.2 miFuneral home · Oradell · (201) 261-1088
- Van Emburgh Funeral Home2.8 miFuneral home · Ridgewood
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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