About Montefiore Cemetery
Montefiore Cemetery is a jewish cemetery near Rockledge, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The grounds sit at about 230 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 14 notable people buried here, including Louis Kahn, Nick Berg and Len Barry. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1181448. The nearest other listed cemetery is Lawnview Memorial Park, about 0.3 mi to the northwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Wetzel and Son Funeral Home in Rockledge, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 254 cemeteries we list in Montgomery County, and 187 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 254 listings in Montgomery County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Rockledge. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Montefiore Cemetery
Among them: 3 musicians, 2 architects, 2 US representatives, 1 actor, 1 artist, 1 business leader, 1 journalist.
- Louis Kahn1901-1974Estonian-American architect
- Nick Berg1978-2004American freelance radio tower repairman taken hostage and killed in Iraq
- Len Barry1942-2020American singer, songwriter and record producer
- Laurie Beechman1953-1998American singer
- Earl Chudoff1907-1993American politician
- Joshua Eilberg1921-2004American politician
- Dave Zinkoff1910-1985American sports announcer
- Phil Jasner1942-2010American sportswriter
- David Supowitz1893-1964American architect
- Harry Rosen1900-2000American mobster
- Marian Filar1917-2012Polish Holocaust survivor and classical pianist
- J. George Teplick1911-2007Radiologist
Show all 14 notable burials
- Karola Freimark1890-1980
- Simon Freimark1883-1973
People whose Wikidata entry gives Montefiore 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
40.07770, -75.09440
What Montefiore 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
- Lawnview Memorial ParkRockledge, PAMemorial park0.3 mi
- Saint Mary's Ukrainian Catholic CemeteryRockledge, PACatholic cemetery0.5 mi
- Saint Basil the Great Convent CemeteryRockledge, PACemetery0.6 mi
- Rowland Park Civil War CemeteryCheltenham, PACemetery1.3 mi
- Cheltenham Methodist Church CemeteryCheltenham, PAMethodist cemetery1.3 mi
- Abington Friends CemeteryJenkintown, PACemetery1.7 mi
- Saint Paul's Episcopal ChurchyardElkins Park, PAEpiscopal cemetery2.0 mi
- Shoemaker CemeteryElkins Park, PAQuaker cemetery2.2 mi
- Korean United Church CemeteryElkins Park, PAChristian cemetery2.5 mi
- Har NEBO CemeteryCheltenham, PACemetery2.7 mi
Funeral homes near Montefiore Cemetery
- Wetzel and Son Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · Rockledge · (215) 663-8550
- Spencer T. Videon Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Jenkintown · (215) 663-1838
- Dean-Geitner-Givnish Funeral Home0.5 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 745-1006
- Wackerman Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 342-5200
- Foley Funeral Home1.4 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 342-7380
- James M. Campbell Funeral Home2.2 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 745-9009
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
Frequently asked questions
Is Montefiore Cemetery a Jewish cemetery?
Our records list a Jewish affiliation, based on the recorded religion of the cemetery. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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