About Knollwood Cemetery
Knollwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Mayfield Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. It lies about 0.9 mi northwest of Mayfield Heights. The grounds sit at about 1,089 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 28 notable people buried here, including Jimmy Scott, George H. Bender and Sam Sheppard. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1042326. The nearest other listed cemetery is Acacia Masonic Memorial Park, about 0.2 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is DiCicco & Sons Funeral Home in Mayfield Heights, about 1.2 mi away. It is one of 105 cemeteries we list in Cuyahoga County, and 61 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 1 of the 105 listings in Cuyahoga County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Mayfield Heights. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Knollwood Cemetery
Among them: 5 baseball players, 3 musicians, 2 World War I veterans, 2 writers, 1 football player, 1 architect, 1 business leader, 1 journalist.
- Jimmy Scott1925-2014American jazz singer
- George H. Bender1896-1961American politician
- Sam Sheppard1923-1970American neurosurgeon
- Billy Evans1884-1956Baseball umpire and executive
- Catharine H. T. Avery1844-1911American educator, author, editor
- Terry Turner1881-1960American baseball player
- Edwin Arthur Kraft1883-1962American musician
- Ellis Ryan1904-1966American baseball executive
- Elroy M. Avery1844-1935American politician
- Pete Johns1888-1964Major League Baseball player
- Alwin Charles Ernst1881-1948American businessman
- Charles X. Zimmerman1865-1926American military commander, businessman and politician
Show all 28 notable burials
- E. J. Hopple1881-1941Ohio Legislator
- Ernest Sargent Barnard1874-1931American baseball executive
- Herb Conyers1921-1964American baseball player
- Joe Fogg1882-1946American football player and coach
- Mike Murphy1946-2006American drummer
- Reynold Henry Hinsdale1879-1934American architect
- Edith Anisfield Wolf1889-1963American philanthropist and poet
- Thomas Sinito1938-1997American mobster
- Amie Sikes Carpenter Newell1865-1938
- Carr Liggett1894-1977Advertiser and musical composer
- Cary R. Alburn1883-1961American lawyer
- Charles E. Roseman Jr.1913-1952American physician and art collector
- Daniel Rhodes Hanna Jr.1894-1962American publisher and journalist
- Jessie Mae Jewitt1880-1952American songwriter
- John Edmund Newell1861-1949
- Leonard Poljšak1895-1970American social worker
People whose Wikidata entry gives Knollwood 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 Knollwood 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
- Acacia Masonic Memorial ParkMayfield Heights, OHMemorial park0.2 mi
- Orange Hill CemeteryPepper Pike, OHCemetery1.5 mi
- Mayfield Union CemeteryMayfield, OHCemetery1.8 mi
- South CemeteryGates Mills, OHCemetery2.3 mi
- Pet CemeteryHighland Heights, OHPet cemetery2.4 mi
- Whitehaven Memorial ParkMayfield, OHMemorial park2.6 mi
- Kinsman Road CemeteryMoreland Hills, OHCemetery3.4 mi
- Orange CemeteryPepper Pike, OHCemetery3.6 mi
- Jackson Family CemeteryPepper Pike, OHFamily cemetery3.6 mi
- Mount Sinai CemeteryMayfield, OHJewish cemetery3.9 mi
Funeral homes near Knollwood Cemetery
- DiCicco & Sons Funeral Home1.2 miFuneral home · Mayfield Heights · (440) 449-1818
- Vicchiarelli Funeral Home2.5 miFuneral home · Lyndhurst · (440) 449-5413
- SCHULTE & MAHON-MURPHY FUNERAL HOME2.5 miFuneral home · Lyndhurst · (440) 442-0000
- Nicol-wells-kloss-murphy Funeral Homes2.5 miFuneral home · Lyndhurst · (440) 442-7020
- Hartman Funeral Home2.5 miFuneral home · Cleveland · (216) 662-1800
- Vitantonio-previte Funeral Homes2.5 miFuneral home · Cleveland · (440) 446-9005
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