Vale Cemetery in Schenectady, New York

Vale Cemetery is a cemetery near Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York. It lies about 0.7 mi northwest of Schenectady. The grounds sit at about 341 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 27 notable people buried here, including Charles Proteus Steinmetz, Ernst Alexanderson and William David Coolidge. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 968348. The nearest other listed cemetery is Saint John the Baptist Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Curtis Funeral Home & Cremations Inc. in Schenectady, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 63 cemeteries we list in Schenectady County, and 86 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 63 listings in Schenectady County have a phone number or website on record.

This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Schenectady. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 6 inventors and engineers, 4 writers, 3 US representatives, 2 scientists, 1 architect, 1 World War II veteran.

• Charles Proteus Steinmetz1865-1923
  Prussian-American mathematician, electrical engineer
• Ernst Alexanderson1878-1975
  Swedish American electrical engineer
• William David Coolidge1873-1975
  American physicist
• John S. Wold1916-2017
  American politician
• William Elliot Griffis1843-1928
  American protestant minister and Japanologist
• John Kruesi1843-1899
  Swiss machinist
• George Cochrane Hazelton1832-1922
  American politician
• Robert Furman1915-2008
  American military engineer and intelligence officer
• Frank Cooper1869-1946
  United States federal judge
• William K. Fuller1792-1883
  American politician
• Eliphalet Nott1773-1866
  American academic
• Robert Traill Spence Lowell1816-1891
  American clergyman

People whose Wikidata entry gives Vale 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.

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.

• Saint John the Baptist Cemetery

  Schenectady, NY
  Baptist cemetery

  0.3 mi
• Saint Josephs Cemetery

  Schenectady, NY
  Cemetery

  0.3 mi
• Saint Marys Cemetery

  Schenectady, NY
  Cemetery

  0.7 mi
• First Presbyterian Church Cemetery

  Schenectady, NY
  Presbyterian cemetery

  1.1 mi
• Saint George's Episcopal Church Cemetery

  Schenectady, NY
  Episcopal cemetery

  1.1 mi
• First Reformed Church Columbarium

  Schenectady, NY
  Church cemetery

  1.1 mi
• Congregation Beth Israel Cemetery

  Schenectady, NY
  Jewish cemetery

  1.2 mi
• Park View Cemetery

  Schenectady, NY
  Cemetery

  1.3 mi
• Adath Israel Cemetery

  Schenectady, NY
  Cemetery

  1.3 mi
• Free Jewish Cemetery

  Schenectady, NY
  Jewish cemetery

  1.3 mi

• Curtis Funeral Home & Cremations Inc.

  Funeral home · Schenectady · (518) 669-6528
  0.5 mi
• Daly Funeral Home Inc

  Funeral home · Schenectady · (518) 374-1600
  0.5 mi
• Gleason Funeral Home Inc

  Funeral home · Schenectady · (518) 374-1134
  0.6 mi
• Rossi & Ditoro Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Schenectady · (518) 374-0854
  0.8 mi
• Jones Funeral Home Inc

  Funeral home · Schenectady · (518) 346-3881
  0.8 mi
• Light's Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Schenectady · (518) 374-1015
  1.0 mi

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