About Forest Hill Cemetery
Forest Hill Cemetery is a cemetery near Dunmore, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 0.7 mi south of Dunmore. The grounds sit at about 886 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 8 notable people buried here, including William Connell, Charles Robert Connell and Daniel W. Connolly. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1198753. The nearest other listed cemetery is Marywood College Cemetery, about 0.1 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Albert P O'Donnell Funeral Home in Dunmore, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 188 cemeteries we list in Lackawanna County, and 165 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Dunmore. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Forest Hill Cemetery
Among them: 5 US representatives.
- William Connell1827-1909American politician
- Charles Robert Connell1864-1922American politician
- Daniel W. Connolly1847-1894American politician
- George Howell1859-1913American politician
- Lemuel Amerman1846-1897American politician
- Robert H. McKune1823-1894Politician
- George Sanderson1810-1886American politician
- Gladys Connell Jermyn1893-1951
People whose Wikidata entry gives Forest Hill 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 Forest Hill 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
- Marywood College CemeteryDunmore, PACemetery0.1 mi
- Temple Israel CemeteryDunmore, PACemetery0.3 mi
- Temple Hesed CemeteryDunmore, PAJewish cemetery0.3 mi
- Dunmore CemeteryDunmore, PACemetery0.4 mi
- Saint Michael's CemeteryDunmore, PACemetery0.6 mi
- Mount Carmel CemeteryDunmore, PACemetery0.7 mi
- Saint Mary of Mount Carmel CemeteryDunmore, PACemetery0.9 mi
- Heermans Family Burying GroundDunmore, PACemetery1.0 mi
- McDonnell CemeteryDunmore, PACemetery1.4 mi
- Von Storch Family CemeteryScranton, PAFamily cemetery1.4 mi
Funeral homes near Forest Hill Cemetery
- Albert P O'Donnell Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Dunmore · (570) 344-1819
- Carlucci Golden DeSantis Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Dunmore · (570) 343-6013
- Snowdon Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Scranton · (570) 343-0712
- Morell-La Belle Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Dunmore · (570) 344-4714
- McGoff-Hughes Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Scranton · (570) 343-3660
- Snowden Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Scranton
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