About Hazelwood Cemetery
Hazelwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Rahway, Union County, New Jersey. It lies about 1.4 mi east of Rahway. The grounds sit at about 49 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 10 notable people buried here, including Henry Louis Stephens, Harvey Brown and James Henry Stoddart. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 877021. The nearest other listed cemetery is St. Gertrude Cemetery & Mausoleum, about 0.8 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Krowicki Gorny Memorial Home in Clark, about 0.9 mi away. It is one of 27 cemeteries we list in Union County, and 117 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 4 of the 27 listings in Union County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Rahway. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Hazelwood Cemetery
Among them: 2 artists, 1 actor, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 Mexican-American War veteran, 1 physician.
- Henry Louis Stephens1824-1882American artist
- Harvey Brown1795-1874American officer
- James Henry Stoddart1827-1907British-American actor
- Aristide Rodrigue1809-1857Medic
- Herbert Henry Kiehn Sr.1908-1987American politician
- Edward S. Savage1855-1929American lawyer and politician
- George Washington Savage1819-1894American diplomat
- John Marbacher Savage1864-1938American diplomat
- Joseph W. Savage1812-1884American banker and politician
- May Audubon-Post1860-1929American painter
People whose Wikidata entry gives Hazelwood 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 Hazelwood 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
- St. Gertrude Cemetery & MausoleumRahway, NJCemetery0.8 mi
- Rahway CemeteryRahway, NJCemetery1.1 mi
- New Dover CemeteryIselin, NJCemetery2.5 mi
- Cloverleaf CemeteryColonia, NJCemetery2.7 mi
- Clover Leaf Memorial Park CemeteryColonia, NJMemorial park2.7 mi
- Mount Lebanon Cemetery - Forest Lawn Memorial GardensIselin, NJMemorial park3.3 mi
- Windsor Gardens CemeteryColonia, NJCemetery3.5 mi
- Trinity CemeteryPort Reading, NJCemetery3.6 mi
- Linden Park CemeteryLinden, NJCemetery3.7 mi
- Woodbridge Memorial Gardens CemeteryWoodbridge, NJMemorial park3.7 mi
Funeral homes near Hazelwood Cemetery
- Drew Memorials0.6 miMonument dealer · Colonia · (732) 388-4396
- Krowicki Gorny Memorial Home0.9 miFuneral home · Clark · (732) 382-1400
- Pettit-Davis Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Rahway · (732) 388-0038
- Walter Johnson Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · Clark · (732) 382-6262
- Lehrer-Gibilisco Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · Rahway · (732) 388-1874
- Krowicki Gorny Memorial Home1.2 miFuneral home · Clark · (732) 382-1400
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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