About Girard Cemetery
Girard Cemetery is a cemetery near Girard, Erie County, Pennsylvania. The grounds sit at about 768 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 4 notable people buried here, including Bones Ely, Frank Drew and Ellen Shannon. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 2801232. The nearest funeral home we know of is Burton Funeral Home in Girard, about 0.3 mi away. It is one of 124 cemeteries we list in Erie County, and 35 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Girard. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Girard Cemetery
Among them: 1 actor, 1 baseball player.
- Bones Ely1863-1952American baseball player
- Frank Drew1831-1903American actor
- Ellen Shannon1844-18701844-1870 American woman with notable tombstone
- Frank M. Drew1852-1949American theatre manager
People whose Wikidata entry gives Girard 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
42.00781, -80.31463
What Girard 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
- Saint Johns CemeteryGirard, PACemetery0.1 mi
- Drury Family CemeteryGirard, PAFamily cemetery1.9 mi
- Old Almshouse CemeteryFairview, PACemetery2.0 mi
- Daggett CemeteryFairview, PACemetery2.4 mi
- Fairview CemeteryFairview, PACemetery2.8 mi
- Lockport CemeteryGirard, PACemetery3.8 mi
- Platea CemeteryGirard, PACemetery3.8 mi
- Francis CemeteryGirard, PACemetery4.5 mi
- Old Bristol Farm CemeteryGirard, PACemetery4.6 mi
- Saint James Lutheran CemeteryFairview, PALutheran cemetery4.8 mi
Funeral homes near Girard Cemetery
- Burton Funeral Home0.3 miFuneral home · Girard · (814) 774-3603
- Edder Family Funeral Home LLC.0.3 miFuneral home · Girard · (814) 774-4306
- Edder Funeral Home0.3 miFuneral home · Girard
- Burton Quinn-Scott Cremation & Funeral Services0.3 miFuneral home · Girard
- Jean Evans Thompson Funeral Home5.4 miFuneral home · East Springfield · (814) 922-7663
- Mattera Funeral Home8.4 miFuneral home · Albion · (814) 756-4151
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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- What Happens When a Cemetery Is Full?Closed and inactive cemeteries, who maintains them, and what it means for families with existing plots.
- What Does a Headstone Cost?Flat markers, upright headstones and monuments, materials, engraving, installation fees and the cemetery's foundation charge.