About Jefferson Memorial Park
Jefferson Memorial Park is a memorial park near Baldwin, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The grounds sit at about 1,207 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 19 notable people buried here, including Honus Wagner, Al Abrams and Dutch Jordan. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1178015. The nearest other listed cemetery is North Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery, about 1.0 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Jefferson Memorial Funeral Home in Pittsburgh, about 0.2 mi away. It is one of 342 cemeteries we list in Allegheny County, and 162 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Allegheny County dates to 1824. 5 of the 342 listings in Allegheny County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Baldwin. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Jefferson Memorial Park
Among them: 9 baseball players, 4 football players, 2 journalists, 1 actor, 1 Korean War veteran, 1 Medal of Honor recipient.
- Honus Wagner1874-1955American baseball player
- Al Abrams1904-1977American sportswriter
- Dutch Jordan1880-1972American baseball player
- Jack Snyder1886-1981American baseball player
- John D. Kelly1928-1952Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
- John Michelosen1916-1982American football player and coach
- Lute Boone1890-1982American baseball player
- Rip Collins1909-1969American baseball player
- Russell Knipp1942-2006American weightlifter
- Speed Walker1898-1959American baseball player
- Steve Swetonic1903-1974American baseball player
- Elmer Yoter1900-1966American baseball player
Show all 19 notable burials
- Leo Skladany1927-2003American football player
- Marie Torre1924-1997American television journalist
- Rube Sellers1881-1952Major League Baseball outfielder
- Howard Harpster1907-1980American football player and coach
- Nat Nazarro, Jr.1903-1982American vaudeville performer
- Robert Davis1921-1998American football player
- Paul Long1916-2002American news anchor
People whose Wikidata entry gives Jefferson Memorial Park 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
40.33293, -79.97880
What Jefferson Memorial Park 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
- North Zion Lutheran Church CemeteryBaldwin, PALutheran cemetery1.0 mi
- Jefferson Methodist Episcopal CemeteryPleasant Hills, PAChristian cemetery1.6 mi
- Jefferson United Presbyterian Church CemeterySouth Park Township, PAPresbyterian cemetery2.2 mi
- Saint Peters Episcopal Church ColumbariumBrentwood, PAEpiscopal cemetery2.4 mi
- Zion Cemetery3601 Provost Road, Pittsburgh, PACemetery2.4 mi
- Mifflin United Presbyterian Church CemeteryPleasant Hills, PAChristian cemetery2.5 mi
- Saint Casimer CemeteryCastle Shannon, PACemetery2.5 mi
- Lebanon Church CemeteryPleasant Hills, PAChurch cemetery2.7 mi
- Saint Sava CemeteryCastle Shannon, PACemetery2.8 mi
- Saint John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Cemetery1066 Connor Road, Pittsburgh, PACatholic cemetery3.0 mi
Funeral homes near Jefferson Memorial Park
- Jefferson Memorial Funeral Home0.2 miFuneral home · Pittsburgh · (412) 655-4501
- Cindy Stiegel Memorials0.4 miMonument dealer · Pittsburgh · (412) 997-3699
- Griffith Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Pittsburgh · (412) 655-4600
- John F Slater Funeral Home2.2 miFuneral home · Pittsburgh · (412) 881-4100
- Henney Memorial Chapel2.7 miFuneral chapel · Bethel Park
- Paul Henney Cremation & Funeral Tributes, Inc.2.7 miCremation provider · Bethel Park · (412) 835-1312
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
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