About East Harrisburg Cemetery
East Harrisburg Cemetery is a cemetery near Penbrook, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The grounds sit at about 436 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 8 notable people buried here, including Michael K. Williams, Les Bell and Walter M. Mumma. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1173819. The nearest other listed cemetery is Lincoln Cemetery, about 0.5 mi to the east. The nearest funeral home we know of is Hetrick-Bitner Funeral Home, Inc. in Harrisburg, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 158 cemeteries we list in Dauphin County, and 108 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Dauphin County dates to 1877. 1 of the 158 listings in Dauphin County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Penbrook. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at East Harrisburg Cemetery
Among them: 2 baseball players, 1 actor, 1 football player, 1 aviator or astronaut, 1 physician, 1 US representative, 1 World War I veteran.
- Michael K. Williams1966-2021American actor
- Les Bell1901-1985American baseball player
- Walter M. Mumma1890-1961American politician
- Bull Behman1900-1950American football player and coach
- Jimmie DeShong1909-1993American baseball player
- Mary Riggs Noble1872-1965American physician and civil servant
- Charles Howard Lloydborn 1873American architect
- Philip Hoffman Downes II1891-1927American aviator
People whose Wikidata entry gives East Harrisburg 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 East Harrisburg 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
- Lincoln Cemetery201 South 30th Street, Penbrook, PA · est. 1877Cemetery0.5 mi
- Chisuk Emuna CemeteryProgress, PACemetery0.7 mi
- Prospect Hill Cemetery7 Arch Way, Harrisburg, PACemetery0.8 mi
- Temple Ohev Sholom CemeteryProgress, PACemetery0.8 mi
- Workmans Circle CemeteryProgress, PACemetery0.8 mi
- Kesher Israel CemeteryProgress, PACemetery0.8 mi
- Raysors CemeteryProgress, PACemetery1.1 mi
- Harrisburg CemeteryHarrisburg, PACemetery1.2 mi
- Paxtang CemeteryPaxtang, PACemetery1.6 mi
- Beth El CemeteryPaxtang, PAJewish cemetery1.6 mi
Funeral homes near East Harrisburg Cemetery
- Romberger Memorials0.3 miMonument dealer · Penbrook · (717) 232-1147
- Brachendorf Memorials0.4 miMonument dealer · Susquehanna Twp · (717) 234-7909
- Hetrick-Bitner Funeral Home, Inc.0.6 miFuneral home · Harrisburg · (717) 545-3774
- Central Pennsylvania Cremation Society0.6 miCremation provider · Harrisburg · (717) 671-1289
- Gilbert L Dailey Funeral Home0.6 miFuneral home · Harrisburg · (717) 233-1933
- W Orville Kimmel Funeral Home0.9 miFuneral home · Harrisburg · (717) 238-2502
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