About Westminister Cemetery
Westminister Cemetery is a cemetery near Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 1.9 mi east of Carlisle. The grounds sit at about 469 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 5 notable people buried here, including Randy Shughart, Forrest Craver and Bart Leach. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1191162. The nearest other listed cemetery is Congregation Beth Tikvah Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the northwest. The nearest cremation provider we know of is Hoffman-Roth Funeral Home & Crematory in Carlisle, about 1.9 mi away. It is one of 131 cemeteries we list in Cumberland County, and 62 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Carlisle. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Westminister Cemetery
Among them: 1 football player, 1 aviator or astronaut, 1 basketball player, 1 Medal of Honor recipient.
- Randy Shughart1958-1993United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- Forrest Craver1875-1958American football player and coach
- Bart Leach1933-2007College basketball player (1953-1955) Pennsylvania
- Samuel Loomis Mohler1895-1969American classical philologist and numismatist
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
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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
- Congregation Beth Tikvah CemeteryCarlisle, PAJewish cemetery0.3 mi
- Saint Patricks CemeteryCarlisle, PACemetery0.3 mi
- Meeting House Springs CemeteryCarlisle, PAChurch cemetery0.8 mi
- Cumberland Valley Memorial GardensCarlisle, PAMemorial park1.3 mi
- Union CemeteryCarlisle, PACemetery1.5 mi
- Second Presbyterian Church CemeteryCarlisle, PAPresbyterian cemetery1.7 mi
- Lincoln Cemetery - Memorial ParkCarlisle, PAMemorial park1.7 mi
- Carlisle Old GraveyardCarlisle, PACemetery2.0 mi
- Old GraveyardCarlisle, PACemetery2.0 mi
- Saint Patricks CemeteryCarlisle, PACemetery2.1 mi
Funeral homes near Westminister Cemetery
- Hoffman-Roth Funeral Home & Crematory1.9 miCremation provider · Carlisle · (717) 243-4511
- Ewing Brothers Funeral Home Inc1.9 miFuneral home · Carlisle · (717) 243-2421
- Hoffman Funeral Home and Crematory3.1 miCremation provider · Carlisle · (717) 243-4511
- Ronan Funeral Home3.2 miFuneral home · Carlisle · (717) 258-9863
- Hollinger Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc.6.0 miCremation provider · Mt Holly Springs · (717) 486-3433
- Eby Granite Works8.4 miMonument dealer · Newville · (717) 776-5118
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