About Prospect Lawn Cemetery
Prospect Lawn Cemetery is a cemetery near Hamburg, Erie County, New York. It lies about 1.1 mi east of Hamburg. The grounds sit at about 794 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 3 notable people buried here, including E. Howard Hunt, Thomas L. Bunting and Gertrude Schoepperle. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 961184. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mols Hill Cemetery, about 2.5 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Donald M. Demmerley Funeral Home, Inc. in Hamburg, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 143 cemeteries we list in Erie County, and 22 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, Hamburg. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Prospect Lawn Cemetery
Among them: 1 US representative, 1 World War II veteran, 1 writer.
- E. Howard Hunt1918-2007American intelligence officer and author
- Thomas L. Bunting1844-1898American politician
- Gertrude Schoepperle1882-1921American university teacher and medievalist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Prospect Lawn 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
42.70986, -78.84971
What Prospect Lawn 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
- Mols Hill CemeteryHamburg, NYCemetery2.5 mi
- Lakeside Memorial ParkWanakah, NYMemorial park3.5 mi
- Hillcrest CemeteryHamburg, NYCemetery3.5 mi
- Evergreen CemeteryHamburg, NYCemetery4.4 mi
- North Evans CemeteryWanakah, NYCatholic cemetery4.5 mi
- Sheldon CemeteryOrchard Park, NYCemetery5.6 mi
- Maple Wood CemeteryBoston, NYCemetery6.6 mi
- Dittman CemeteryBoston, NYCemetery7.5 mi
- St. Martin's CemeteryBoston, NYChristian cemetery7.7 mi
- Saint Johns CemeteryBoston, NYChristian cemetery7.8 mi
Funeral homes near Prospect Lawn Cemetery
- Donald M. Demmerley Funeral Home, Inc.0.7 miFuneral home · Hamburg · (716) 649-1366
- Loomis, Offers & Loomis Inc. Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Hamburg · (716) 649-5050
- John J Kaczor Funeral Home Inc2.3 miFuneral home · Hamburg · (716) 646-5555
- Lakeside Memorial Funeral Home, Inc.4.2 miFuneral home · Hamburg · (716) 627-2919
- Laing Funeral Home Inc4.7 miFuneral home · Eden
- Amigone Funeral Home And Cremation Services6.1 miFuneral home · Orchard Park · (716) 836-6500
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