About Riverside Cemetery
Riverside Cemetery is a cemetery in Rochester, Monroe County, New York. The grounds sit at about 361 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 13 notable people buried here, including Blanche Stuart Scott, Kate Gleason and Lee Morse. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 962583. The nearest other listed cemetery is Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Felerski Richd L Funeral Home in Rochester, about 2.3 mi away. It is one of 112 cemeteries we list in Monroe County, and 33 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 4 of the 112 listings in Monroe County have a phone number or website on record.
Notable people buried at Riverside Cemetery
Among them: 3 writers, 1 actor, 1 aviator or astronaut, 1 basketball player, 1 business leader, 1 inventor or engineer, 1 journalist, 1 musician.
- Blanche Stuart Scott1884-1970Aviator
- Kate Gleason1865-1933American engineer and businesswoman
- Lee Morse1897-1954American singer
- Joe Aiello1891-1930Chicago bootlegger
- George F. Rogers1887-1948American politician
- Helen Barrett Montgomery1861-1934American writer and Christian activist
- Allen J. Oliver1903-1953American politician in New York
- Joseph O'Connor1841-1908American journalist and poet
- Ken Kaiser1945-2017American professional baseball umpire
- Alcott Neary1892-1941American football and basketball player
- Henri Appy1826-1903Dutch-American violinist
- Evangeline Maria O'Connor1843-1940American writer and translator
Show all 13 notable burials
- Rex Pontius1909-1987American physicist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Riverside 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
43.21854, -77.62422
What Riverside 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
- Holy Sepulchre Cemetery2461 Lake Avenue, Rochester, NYCatholic cemetery0.3 mi
- Waad Hakolel CemeteryIrondequoit, NYJewish cemetery0.9 mi
- Kings Landing CemeteryIrondequoit, NYCemetery1.1 mi
- Britton Road CemeteryIrondequoit, NYCemetery1.3 mi
- Charlotte CemeteryIrondequoit, NYCemetery1.8 mi
- Saint Casimir's Polish Catholic CemeteryIrondequoit, NYCatholic cemetery2.2 mi
- Hooker CemeteryIrondequoit, NYCemetery2.7 mi
- Hooker Pioneer Cemetery1500 Portland Avenue, Rochester, NYCemetery2.7 mi
- Our Mother of Sorrows CemeteryGreece, NYCemetery2.9 mi
- Falls CemeteryRidge Road West, Rochester, NYChurch cemetery3.0 mi
Funeral homes near Riverside Cemetery
- Felerski Richd L Funeral Home2.3 miFuneral home · Rochester · (585) 467-4786
- Paul W Harris Funeral Home2.3 miFuneral home · Rochester · (585) 544-2041
- Dreier-Giltner Funeral Home2.4 miFuneral home · Rochester · (585) 342-8500
- Hedges John M Funeral Home2.4 miFuneral home · Rochester · (585) 288-4664
- Thomas Funeral Chapels2.5 miFuneral home · Rochester · (585) 663-3837
- Memories Funeral Home2.7 miFuneral home · Rochester · (585) 544-4929
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
Frequently asked questions
Where is Riverside Cemetery located?
Riverside Cemetery is at 2650 Lake Avenue, Rochester, NY 14612 in Monroe County. GPS coordinates: 43.21854, -77.62422.
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