About Mount Calvary Cemetery
Mount Calvary Cemetery is a cemetery near Wanamassa, Monmouth County, New Jersey. It lies about 1.2 mi east of Wanamassa. The grounds sit at about 105 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including Clara Gottschalk Peterson, Gladys Stanley Lindauer and Rudolph Augustus Hecht. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 878520. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Prospect Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is James Hunt Funeral Home LLC in Asbury Park, about 1.4 mi away. It is one of 72 cemeteries we list in Monmouth County, and 28 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Wanamassa. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Mount Calvary Cemetery
Among them: 1 inventor or engineer, 1 musician.
- Clara Gottschalk Peterson1837-1910American pianist and composer
- Gladys Stanley Lindauer1908-1997(1908-1997) wife of Rudolph August Hecht II
- Rudolph Augustus Hecht1904-1986(1904-1986) husband of Gladys Stanley Lindauer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Mount Calvary 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
40.22639, -74.04688
What Mount Calvary 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
- Mount Prospect CemeteryNeptune City, NJCemetery0.8 mi
- Temple Beth El CemeteryShark River Hills, NJJewish cemetery1.9 mi
- Hamilton CemeteryShark River Hills, NJCemetery2.1 mi
- Wayside CemeteryEatontown, NJCemetery2.6 mi
- Saint Annes CemeteryShark River Hills, NJCemetery3.3 mi
- Monmouth Memorial ParkFarmingdale, NJMemorial park3.6 mi
- White Ridge CemeteryEatontown, NJCemetery4.2 mi
- Fields CemeteryEatontown, NJCemetery4.3 mi
- Locust Grove CemeteryEatontown, NJCemetery4.6 mi
- Mount Carmel CemeteryWest Long Branch, NJCemetery4.8 mi
Funeral homes near Mount Calvary Cemetery
- James Hunt Funeral Home LLC1.4 miFuneral home · Asbury Park · (732) 775-8722
- Ely Funeral Home1.8 miFuneral home · Neptune City · (732) 918-6650
- Direct Cremations1.8 miFuneral home · Neptune Twp · (908) 433-1776
- Francioni Taylor and Lopez Funeral Home1.9 miFuneral home · Neptune Twp · (732) 775-0028
- Ocean Grove Memorial Home2.1 miFuneral home · Ocean Grove · (732) 775-0434
- Peaceable Kingdom Memorials, Inc.2.3 miMonument dealer · Neptune City · (732) 774-2900
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