About Highland Park Cemetery
Highland Park Cemetery is a cemetery near Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. It lies about 1.0 mi north of Shaker Heights. The grounds sit at about 1,076 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 15 notable people buried here, including Albert Ayler, Joe Seneca and Harold Hitz Burton. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1041566. The nearest other listed cemetery is Potter's Field, about 0.7 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Brown-Forward Funeral Home in Shaker Heights, about 1.6 mi away. It is one of 105 cemeteries we list in Cuyahoga County, and 70 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, Shaker Heights. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Highland Park Cemetery
Among them: 2 baseball players, 2 musicians, 1 actor, 1 Supreme Court justice, 1 US representative, 1 US senator, 1 World War I veteran.
- Albert Ayler1936-1970American jazz saxophonist
- Joe Seneca1919-1996American actor
- Harold Hitz Burton1888-1964United States federal judge
- Robert Crosser1874-1957American politician
- Donald DeFreeze1943-1974American leader of the Symbionese Liberation Army
- Luke Easter1915-1979American baseball player and coach
- Maurice Roberts1905-1975American ice hockey player
- John Holmes Dingle1908-1973American physician
- William Hamilton Barnum1878-1937American philatelist
- George Hoadley1781-1857American politician
- Joe Vosmik1910-1962American baseball player
- Lloyd O. Brown1928-1993American judge
Show all 15 notable burials
- Charles W. Stage1868-1946American politician and baseball umpire
- Steve Nagy1913-1966American bowler
- Kathleen Holland Forbes1892-1978Church organist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Highland Park 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
41.46032, -81.52956
What Highland Park 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
- Potter's FieldBeachwood, OHCemetery0.7 mi
- Beechwood CemeteryBeachwood, OHCemetery0.9 mi
- Cleveland Memorial Garden CemeteryNorth Randall, OHMemorial park1.2 mi
- Bet Olam CemeteryBeachwood, OHCemetery1.7 mi
- Warrensville West CemeteryShaker Heights, OHCemetery1.8 mi
- Zion Memorial Park CemeteryBedford Heights, OHMemorial park3.4 mi
- Jackson Family CemeteryPepper Pike, OHFamily cemetery3.5 mi
- Evergreen Memorial Park CemeteryBedford Heights, OHMemorial park3.5 mi
- Orange CemeteryPepper Pike, OHCemetery3.6 mi
- Elija CemeteryBedford Heights, OHCemetery4.0 mi
Funeral homes near Highland Park Cemetery
- Brown-Forward Funeral Home1.6 miFuneral home · Shaker Heights · (216) 752-1200
- Heritage Cremation & Burial Society1.9 miCremation provider · Beachwood · (216) 365-5350
- Strawbridge Memorial Chapel1.9 miFuneral chapel · Cleveland · (216) 752-9801
- E. F. Boyd & Son Funeral Home2.5 miFuneral home · Warrensville Heights · (216) 831-7906
- Northeast Ohio Crematory2.8 miCremation provider · Bedford Heights
- H M Martin Funeral Home3.2 miFuneral home · Cleveland · (216) 751-4300
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