About Mount Olivet Cemetery
Mount Olivet Cemetery is a cemetery near Kenmore, Erie County, New York. It lies about 1.8 mi south of Kenmore. The grounds sit at about 607 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 9 notable people buried here, including Joe McCarthy, Charles Bennett Smith and Tommy Paul. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 957873. The nearest other listed cemetery is Elmlawn Cemetery, about 0.7 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Amigone Funeral Home in Tonawanda, about 1.0 mi away. It is one of 143 cemeteries we list in Erie County, and 64 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, Kenmore. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery
Among them: 3 baseball players, 2 US representatives, 1 boxer.
- Joe McCarthy1887-1978Baseball manager, managed New York Yankees 1931-1946
- Charles Bennett Smith1870-1939American politician, New York
- Tommy Paul1909-1991American boxer
- Walter J. Mahoney1908-1982American politician
- Winifred C. Stanley1909-1996American politician
- Scrappy Carroll1860-1942Major League Baseball outfielder
- Stan Rojek1919-1997American baseball player
- Joan M. Murzynski1936-2010Language teacher
- William Gleeson1828-1895Roman Catholic prelate
People whose Wikidata entry gives Mount Olivet 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
42.99171, -78.87837
What Mount Olivet 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
- Elmlawn CemeteryKenmore, NYCemetery0.7 mi
- Tonawanda City CemeteryTonawanda, NYMunicipal cemetery1.0 mi
- City CemeteryTonawanda, NYMunicipal cemetery1.0 mi
- Salem CemeteryTonawanda, NYCemetery1.1 mi
- Saint Francis CemeteryTonawanda, NYCemetery1.1 mi
- Faling CemeteryKenmore, NYCemetery1.1 mi
- North Bush CemeteryKenmore, NYCemetery1.8 mi
- White Haven CemeteryTonawanda, NYCemetery2.5 mi
- Werkley CemeteryAmherst, NYCemetery2.6 mi
- Saint John's CemeteryAmherst, NYCemetery2.6 mi
Funeral homes near Mount Olivet Cemetery
- Amigone Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Tonawanda · (716) 836-6500
- Greco Funeral Home & Cremation Services1.0 miFuneral home · Kenmore · (716) 874-4400
- Elmlawn Cemetery & Crematory1.3 miCremation provider · Buffalo · (716) 876-8131
- Lester H. Wedekindt Funeral Home Inc1.3 miFuneral home · Kenmore · (716) 877-7979
- D Lawrence Ginnane Funeral Home1.4 miFuneral home · Kenmore · (716) 873-4774
- Dengler, Roberts, Perna Funeral Home1.7 miFuneral home · Kenmore · (716) 873-7825
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