About Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Mount Pleasant Cemetery is a cemetery near Hawthorne, Westchester County, New York. It lies about 1.0 mi northwest of Hawthorne. The grounds sit at about 404 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 31 notable people buried here, including Henry Morgenthau Jr., Rube Goldberg and Henry Morgenthau. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 957878. The nearest other listed cemetery is Mount Eden Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the south. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Ballard-Durand Funeral & Cremation Services of Hawthorne in Hawthorne, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 116 cemeteries we list in Westchester County, and 64 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 7 of the 116 listings in Westchester County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Hawthorne. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Among them: 5 actors, 3 artists, 3 writers, 2 business leaders, 2 journalists, 1 football player, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 inventor or engineer.
- Henry Morgenthau Jr.1891-1967American politician
- Rube Goldberg1883-1970American cartoonist
- Henry Morgenthau1856-1946American diplomat
- Guido Fubini1879-1943Italian mathematician
- Aline MacMahon1899-1991Actress
- Felix Adler1851-1933German-American professor of political and social ethics, rationalist, and lecturer
- Erich Leinsdorf1912-1993American conductor
- Al Shean1868-1949German-American comedian
- Brother Theodore1906-2001German-American monologuist and comedian
- Bill Stern1907-1971American sports announcer
- Tally Brown1924-1989American singer and actress
- Nathan Straus Jr.1889-1961American politician
Show all 31 notable burials
- Allie Sherman1923-2015American football player and coach, sports media & marketing executive
- Seymour Durst1913-1995American real estate developer
- Sidney V. Haas1870-1964American physician
- Elinor Morgenthau1891-1949American Democratic party activist
- Irving Kaufman1910-1992American judge
- Isaac H. Elliott1837-1922American soldier, farmer and rancher
- Paul Baerwald1871-1961German-born Jewish-American banker and philanthropist
- Alexander Abraham Mayper1884-1958American lawyer
- Doris Suk-Yuen Eng1971-2001American club manager of Hong Kong descent, victim of the September 11 attacks, serving as club manager of Windows on the World
- Emil Gruening1842-1914Ophthalmologist
- Evsei Beloussoff1882-1945Russian-American musician
- Kurt Matzdorf1922-2008(1922-2008) silversmith, goldsmith, professor
- Meyer Daniel Rothschild1858-1943Precious stones importer
- Ruth S. Morgenthau1931-2006Professor of international politics at Brandeis University and an advisor to President Jimmy Carter
- Frances Hellman1852-1938Translator from German
- Helen Emelie Straus1895-1990
- Helen Goldmark Adler1859-1948American philanthropist
- Selig J. Levitan1908-1990American lawyer
- Theodore Hellman1844-1901
People whose Wikidata entry gives Mount Pleasant 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 Mount Pleasant 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 Eden CemeteryValhalla, NYCemetery0.3 mi
- Gate of Heaven CemeteryValhalla, NYCemetery0.5 mi
- Broadway CemeteryHawthorne, NYCatholic cemetery1.1 mi
- Kensico CemeteryValhalla, NYCemetery1.2 mi
- All Souls CemeteryPleasantville, NYChristian cemetery2.4 mi
- Mount Calvary CemeteryValhalla, NYCemetery2.6 mi
- Banks CemeteryPleasantville, NYCemetery3.1 mi
- Old Methodist CemeteryPleasantville, NYChristian cemetery3.1 mi
- Palmer CemeteryPleasantville, NYCemetery3.1 mi
- White Plains Rural CemeteryWhite Plains, NYCemetery3.4 mi
Funeral homes near Mount Pleasant Cemetery
- Ballard-Durand Funeral & Cremation Services of Hawthorne0.3 miCremation provider · Hawthorne · (914) 769-4404
- Monuments & Lettering Wholesale Direct0.3 miMonument dealer · Hawthorne · (914) 741-2300
- Gate of Heaven Memorials0.3 miMonument dealer · Hawthorne · (914) 769-1452
- Sharongardens Memorials0.3 miMonument dealer · Hawthorne · (914) 984-4198
- Valhalla Memorials0.9 miMonument dealer · Valhalla · (914) 448-3800
- Riverside Memorial Chapel - Hawthorne1.0 miFuneral chapel · Hawthorne · (914) 664-6800
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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