About Mount Calvary Cemetery
Mount Calvary Cemetery is a cemetery near Amherst, Erie County, New York. It lies about 2.9 mi north of Amherst. The grounds sit at about 682 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 9 notable people buried here, including William H. Ryan, Buddy Rosar and Tom Day. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 957810. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint Stanislaus Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Amigone Funeral Home and Cremation Services in Cheektowaga, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 143 cemeteries we list in Erie County, and 68 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 143 listings in Erie County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Amherst. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Mount Calvary Cemetery
Among them: 2 football players, 1 baseball player, 1 US representative.
- William H. Ryan1860-1939American politician in NY
- Buddy Rosar1913-1994American baseball player
- Tom Day1935-2000American football player
- Tommy Colella1918-1992American football player
- Kitty Watson1886-1967American vaudeville comedian
- Gerry D'Agostino1924-1988American football coach
- Gordon Davidson1918-2004Canadian ice hockey defenceman
- Fanny Watson1887-1970American vaudeville comedian
- William Francis McQuillen1943-1993
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
42.93672, -78.78753
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
- Saint Stanislaus CemeteryCheektowaga, NYCemetery0.4 mi
- Saint Stanislaus CemeteryAmherst, NYCemetery0.4 mi
- Saint Stanislaus Roman Catholic CemeteryAmherst, NYCatholic cemetery0.4 mi
- Ridge Lawn CemeteryCheektowaga, NYCemetery0.6 mi
- Saint Johns Cemetery (Lutheran)Cheektowaga, NYLutheran cemetery0.6 mi
- Holy Order of the Living CemeteryCheektowaga, NYJewish cemetery0.7 mi
- United German and French CemeteryCheektowaga, NYCatholic cemetery0.8 mi
- Holy Sepulchre CemeteryCheektowaga, NYCemetery0.9 mi
- United German and French Catholic CemeteryCheektowaga, NYCatholic cemetery0.9 mi
- Pine Lawn CementaryCheektowaga, NYCemetery0.9 mi
Funeral homes near Mount Calvary Cemetery
- Amigone Funeral Home and Cremation Services0.7 miFuneral home · Cheektowaga · (716) 836-6500
- Alan R Core Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Buffalo · (716) 834-0324
- Sauer-lynette-amigone Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Buffalo · (716) 833-1695
- Fusani & Kuhn's Monuments1.2 miMonument dealer · Buffalo · (716) 236-8055
- Melvin J Sliwinski Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · Cheektowaga · (716) 894-1772
- Brian K Lewis Funeral Home1.6 miFuneral home · Buffalo · (716) 894-0325
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