About Beth Moses Cemetery
Beth Moses Cemetery is a jewish cemetery in West Babylon, Suffolk County, New York. The grounds sit at about 75 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 13 notable people buried here, including Herman Badillo, Joe Fleishaker and Abraham Jacob Multer. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 943771. The nearest other listed cemetery is Wellwood Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the southeast. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Long Island Cremation Co Inc in West Babylon, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 216 cemeteries we list in Suffolk County, and 61 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Suffolk County dates to 1826. 10 of the 216 listings in Suffolk County have a phone number or website on record.
Notable people buried at Beth Moses Cemetery
Among them: 2 US representatives, 1 actor, 1 artist, 1 baseball player, 1 musician, 1 World War II veteran, 1 writer.
- Herman Badillo1929-2014Puerto Rican politician
- Joe Fleishaker1954-2016American actor
- Abraham Jacob Multer1900-1986American politician
- Cy Block1919-2004American baseball player
- Menachem Mendel Eckstein1884-1946American rabbi
- David Goodman1943-2023Information scientist
- Edward Podolsky1902-1965Jewish American sexologist
- Bob Larimer1929-2014American composer, writer, and ad executive
- Dorothy Beskind1917-2014American photographer
- Hershel Edelheitdied 1995
- Ira Zaslow1946-2001Victim of the September 11th attacks
- Lester Avnet1913-1970USA military radio parts supplier; art collector
Show all 13 notable burials
- Robert Milk1927-1994Father of Stuart Milk
People whose Wikidata entry gives Beth Moses 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
40.74105, -73.38805
What Beth Moses 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
- Wellwood Cemetery1400 North Wellwood Avenue, West Babylon, NYJewish cemetery0.1 mi
- Pinelawn Memorial Park and Garden MausoleumsEast Farmingdale, NYMemorial park0.7 mi
- Cemetery of the ResurrectionEast Farmingdale, NYCemetery0.7 mi
- Pinelawn Memorial ParkEast Farmingdale, NYMemorial park0.7 mi
- Saint John's Catholic CemeteryNorth Lindenhurst, NYCatholic cemetery1.0 mi
- New Montefiore Cemetery1180 Wellwood Avenue, West Babylon, NYJewish cemetery1.0 mi
- Pinelawn CemeteryEast Farmingdale, NYCemetery1.0 mi
- Saint Charles CemeteryEast Farmingdale, NYCatholic cemetery1.1 mi
- Long Island National Cemetery2040 Wellwood Avenue, Farmingdale, NYNational cemetery1.1 mi
- Mount Ararat Cemetery1165 Route 109, Lindenhurst, NYJewish cemetery1.6 mi
Funeral homes near Beth Moses Cemetery
- Long Island Cremation Co Inc0.6 miCremation provider · West Babylon · (631) 293-6664
- Artistic Memorials0.8 miMonument dealer · West Babylon · (516) 753-9491
- Fox Memorials0.8 miMonument dealer · West Babylon · (631) 490-5986
- Eden Memorial Jewish Funeral Home and Chapel New York0.9 miFuneral home · West Babylon · (631) 612-6206
- Star of David Memorial Chapels Inc0.9 miFuneral home · West Babylon · (631) 454-9600
- Eternal Memorials0.9 miMonument dealer · West Babylon · (631) 755-1200
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Frequently asked questions
Where is Beth Moses Cemetery located?
Beth Moses Cemetery is at 1500 North Wellwood Avenue, West Babylon, NY 11704 in Suffolk County. GPS coordinates: 40.74105, -73.38805.
Is Beth Moses Cemetery a Jewish cemetery?
Our records list a Jewish affiliation, based on the recorded religion of the cemetery. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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