Westminister Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania
About Westminister Cemetery
Westminister Cemetery is a cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The grounds sit at about 226 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 24 notable people buried here, including George Kelly, Betty Garde and George Wetherill. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1191161. The nearest other listed cemetery is West Laurel Hill Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is West Laurel Hill Funeral Home in Bala Cynwyd, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 254 cemeteries we list in Montgomery County, and 220 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 254 listings in Montgomery County have a phone number or website on record.
Notable people buried at Westminister Cemetery
Among them: 4 inventors and engineers, 2 actors, 2 architects, 2 artists, 2 scientists, 1 football player, 1 baseball player, 1 business leader.
- George Kelly1887-1974American playwright, screenwriter, director, and actor
- Betty Garde1905-1989Actress
- George Wetherill1925-2006American physicist
- Robert Edward Difenderfer1849-1923American politician
- Doris Kuhlmann-Wilsdorf1922-2010German-American metallurgist and materials scientist
- Albert Frederick Schoenhut1849-1912Businessman and toy producer, known for the toy piano
- John Kennedy Barton1853-1921United States admiral
- Sam Kimber1852-1925Major League Baseball player
- George Munger1909-1994American football player and coach
- John Stuart White1847-1922American educator and author of children's literature
- Orson W. Bennett1841-1904Medal of Honor recipient
- Thomas Martindale1845-1916English-born American merchant, grocer
Show all 24 notable burials
- Amos W. Barnes1867-1953Engineer and architect
- Charles Elmer Hires1851-1937American businessman
- George Augustus König1844-1913German-American chemist, mining engineer, geologist, metallurgist and mineralogist
- Jonathan K. Trego1817-1901American painter
- Ralph B. Bencker1883-1961American architect, active in Pennsylvania
- William Wilson Cowell1848-1910(American, 1848-1910)
- Winthrop Dudley Sheldon1839-1931American classical philologist and university teacher
- Charles Henry Browning1846-1926American genealogist
- Daniel Bakerdied 1927Printer and printing consultant
- John Henry Kelly1847-1917Ca. 1850-1917, grandfather of Grace Kelly
- Samuel A. Mutchmore1830-1898
- Walter Dustin Kallenbach1905-1946
People whose Wikidata entry gives Westminister 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
40.02010, -75.22713
What Westminister 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
- West Laurel Hill CemeteryBala Cynwyd, PACemetery0.4 mi
- Saint John the Baptist Church CemeteryBala Cynwyd, PACatholic cemetery0.5 mi
- First Presbyterian Church of Manayunk ChurchyardBala Cynwyd, PAPresbyterian cemetery0.6 mi
- Saint David's Episcopal Church CemeteryBala Cynwyd, PAEpiscopal cemetery0.6 mi
- Merion Memorial ParkBala Cynwyd, PAMemorial park0.8 mi
- Bethany German Lutheran Cemetery378 Martin Street, Philadelphia, PALutheran cemetery0.9 mi
- Saint Timothy's Episcopal Church CemeteryBala Cynwyd, PAEpiscopal cemetery1.0 mi
- Saint Asaph's CemeteryBala Cynwyd, PAChristian cemetery1.2 mi
- Roxborough Baptist Burial GroundBala Cynwyd, PABaptist cemetery1.2 mi
- Leverington Cemetery6075 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, PACemetery1.2 mi
Funeral homes near Westminister Cemetery
- West Laurel Hill Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · Bala Cynwyd
- Karcsh Funeral Home, Inc0.6 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 482-0674
- Bringhurst Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Bala Cynwyd · (610) 668-9900
- Fitzpatrick Funeral Home Inc1.0 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 483-1702
- Koller Funeral Home Inc1.6 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 482-5200
- McIlvaine Funeral Home1.9 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 844-0211
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Frequently asked questions
Where is Westminister Cemetery located?
Westminister Cemetery is at 701 Belmont Avenue, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 in Montgomery County. GPS coordinates: 40.02010, -75.22713.
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