About Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery
Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery is a cemetery near Broomall, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 2.0 mi north of Broomall. The grounds sit at about 344 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 10 notable people buried here, including Matthew McGrory, Richard Lynch and Bobby Rydell. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1186798. The nearest other listed cemetery is Springfield Friends Burial Ground, about 0.8 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Kish Funeral Home in Broomall, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 110 cemeteries we list in Delaware County, and 182 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 110 listings in Delaware County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Broomall. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery
Among them: 4 actors, 1 football player, 1 baseball player, 1 basketball player, 1 musician, 1 World War II veteran.
- Matthew McGrory1973-2005American actor
- Richard Lynch1940-2012American actor
- Bobby Rydell1942-2022American singer and teen idol
- William Guarnere1923-2014United States Army paratrooper during World War II
- John Pinette1964-2014American comedian and actor
- George Senesky1922-2001American basketball player and coach
- Danny Murtaugh1917-1976American baseball player and coach
- Jack Ferrante1916-2006American football player
- Helen F. North1921-2012American classical philologist
- James T. McDermott1926-1992American judge
People whose Wikidata entry gives Saints Peter and Paul 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 Saints Peter and Paul 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
- Springfield Friends Burial GroundSpringfield, PAQuaker cemetery0.8 mi
- Springfield CemeteryMedia, PAMethodist cemetery1.0 mi
- Bethesda CemeteryHavertown, PAMethodist cemetery2.1 mi
- Reformation Lutheran Church CemeteryMedia, PALutheran cemetery2.2 mi
- Marple Hill CemeteryBroomall, PAPresbyterian cemetery2.3 mi
- Glenwood CemeteryBroomall, PACemetery2.3 mi
- Sandy Bank Burial GroundMedia, PAQuaker cemetery2.4 mi
- Media CemeteryMedia, PACemetery2.4 mi
- Unitarian Universalist Church Memory GardenMedia, PAChurch cemetery2.4 mi
- Calvary CemeteryMedia, PACemetery2.6 mi
Funeral homes near Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery
- Kish Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Broomall · (610) 359-1111
- Logan-Videon Funeral Home and Cremation Services0.8 miFuneral home · Broomall · (610) 356-8080
- Sanborn Memorials1.0 miMonument dealer · Broomall · (610) 356-5173
- Kovacs Lombardo Funeral Home1.5 miFuneral home · Springfield · (610) 544-3222
- Ruffenach Funeral Home2.0 miFuneral home · Drexel Hill · (610) 789-4448
- D'Anjolell Memorial Homes2.3 miFuneral home · Broomall · (610) 356-4200
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