About Cedar Park Cemetery
Cedar Park Cemetery is a cemetery near Oradell, Bergen County, New Jersey. It lies about 1.2 mi southeast of Oradell. The grounds sit at about 59 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 35 notable people buried here, including Isaac Bashevis Singer, Ernst Cassirer and Martin Balsam. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 875305. The nearest other listed cemetery is Beth-El Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the west. The nearest funeral home we know of is Direct Cremations LLC in Oradell, about 1.3 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 Cedar Park Cemetery
Among them: 12 writers, 7 actors, 6 journalists, 4 musicians, 2 artists, 1 football player, 1 Nobel laureate, 1 US representative.
- Isaac Bashevis Singer1904-1991Polish-American writer
- Ernst Cassirer1874-1945German philosopher
- Martin Balsam1919-1996American actor
- Neil Postman1931-2003American writer and academic
- Julian Beck1925-1985American actor, director and writer
- Gustave Gilbert1911-1977American psychologist
- Delmore Schwartz1913-1966American poet
- Sammy Fain1902-1989American composer
- Joe E. Lewis1902-1971American singer and comedian
- Viola Harris1926-2017American actress
- Max Laserson1887-1951Latvian politician, journalist and lawyer
- B. S. Pully1910-1972American actor and comedian
Show all 35 notable burials
- Benjamin Gitlow1891-1965American politician
- Lazar Weiner1897-1982American composer
- Maxwell Bodenheim1892-1954American writer
- Moyshe Nadir1885-1943American Yiddish writer and poet
- Leonard Farbstein1902-1993American politician
- Morty Gunty1929-1984American comedian
- A. Almi1892-1963Yiddish writer
- Abraham Krotoshinsky1892-1953United States Army soldier
- Emanuel Scherer1901-1977Polish Jewish politician
- Kurt Robitschek1890-1950Austrian cabaret artist
- Marty Beck1900-1968American football player
- Maximilian J. Rudwin1885-1946Polish-American university teacher
- Reuben Wallenrod1899-1966American Hebrew writer
- Richard Dubelman1930-1999American writer
- Alexander Weisz1884-1956Austrian journalist
- Dov Biegun1911-1980Israeli manufacturer and economist
- Grete Leven1924-2013German-born woman who fled to the USA in 1941
- Herta Freudenberg1906-1995
- Max Guggenheimer1880-1956
- Oskar Weitzmann1898-1947Austrian photographer
- Shlomo Edelheit1882-1944Yiddish writer/translator
- Sophie Guggenheimer1882-1952
- Willie Howard1883-1949Silesian-born American vaudeville performer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Cedar Park 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 Cedar Park 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
- Beth-El CemeteryOradell, NJCemetery0.4 mi
- Westwood CemeteryEmerson, NJCemetery1.7 mi
- Old Hook CemeteryEmerson, NJCemetery1.9 mi
- Old Paramus Reformed Church CemeteryHo-Ho-Kus, NJChurch cemetery2.4 mi
- Saint Andrews CemeteryRiver Vale, NJCemetery2.5 mi
- Valleau CemeteryHo-Ho-Kus, NJCemetery2.6 mi
- George Washington Memorial ParkParamus, NJMemorial park2.8 mi
- Woodside CemeteryDumont, NJCemetery3.3 mi
- French Huguenot – Demarest CemeteryRiver Edge, NJChristian cemetery3.4 mi
- Saint Luke's CemeteryWaldwick, NJChristian cemetery4.1 mi
Funeral homes near Cedar Park Cemetery
- Direct Cremations LLC1.3 miFuneral home · Oradell · (908) 433-1776
- William G Basralian Funeral1.3 miFuneral home · Oradell · (201) 261-0222
- Becker Funeral Home1.7 miFuneral home · Westwood · (201) 664-0292
- Bergen Jewish Chapel1.8 miFuneral home · Oradell · (201) 261-2900
- Volk-Leber Funeral Home1.8 miFuneral home · Oradell · (201) 261-1088
- Beaugard Funeral Home2.6 miFuneral home · River Edge · (201) 262-5050
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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