Homewood Cemetery in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania

Homewood Cemetery is a cemetery near Wilkinsburg, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. It lies about 1.4 mi east of Wilkinsburg. The grounds sit at about 1,099 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 132 notable people buried here, including Henry J. Heinz, Erroll Garner and Henry Clay Frick. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1177333. The nearest other listed cemetery is Smithfield East End Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is White Memorial Chapel in Pittsburgh, about 0.7 mi away. It is one of 342 cemeteries we list in Allegheny County, and 217 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Allegheny County dates to 1824. 5 of the 342 listings in Allegheny County have a phone number or website on record.

This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Wilkinsburg. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 15 baseball players, 15 business leaders, 9 inventors and engineers, 7 football players, 7 musicians, 5 scientists, 5 US representatives, 4 artists.

• Henry J. Heinz1844-1919
  American businessman
• Erroll Garner1921-1977
  American jazz pianist and composer
• Henry Clay Frick1849-1919
  American industrialist
• John Bell Hatcher1861-1904
  American paleontologist
• Dick Thornburgh1932-2020
  American politician
• Chuck Cooper1926-1984
  American basketball player
• John Heinz1938-1991
  American businessman and politician
• Bertha Lamme1864-1943
  American engineer
• William Wilkins1779-1865
  United States federal judge
• Arnold Edward Ortmann1863-1927
  Prussian-born United States naturalist and zoologist
• Pie Traynor1898-1972
  American baseball player
• Edwin Ruud1854-1932
  Norwegian mechanical engineer

People whose Wikidata entry gives Homewood 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.

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.

• Smithfield East End Cemetery

  Wilkinsburg, PA
  Cemetery

  0.4 mi
• Calvary Episcopal Church Columbarium

  Bloomfield, PA
  Episcopal cemetery

  1.2 mi
• Turner Cemetery

  Homestead, PA
  Cemetery

  1.8 mi
• B'Nai Israel Cemetery

  Wilkinsburg, PA
  Jewish cemetery

  2.1 mi
• Woodlawn Cemetery

  1460 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA
  Cemetery

  2.2 mi
• Calvary Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum

  Homestead, PA
  Catholic cemetery

  2.2 mi
• Saint Peter's Cemetery

  6933 Lemington Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA
  Christian cemetery

  2.3 mi
• Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery

  7601 Mount Carmel Road, Verona, PA
  Catholic cemetery

  2.3 mi
• Agudath Achim / Sons of Israel Cemetery

  Forest Hills, PA
  Jewish cemetery

  2.6 mi
• Sons of Israel Cemetery

  Forest Hills, PA
  Jewish cemetery

  2.6 mi

• White Memorial Chapel

  Funeral chapel · Pittsburgh · (412) 241-7998
  0.7 mi
• Spriggs-Watson Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Pittsburgh · (412) 243-8080
  1.1 mi
• Lawrence T Miller Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Pittsburgh · (412) 761-2441
  1.3 mi
• Coston Funeral Homes & Cremation Services

  Funeral home · Pittsburgh · (412) 661-5916
  1.3 mi
• Douglas George W Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Pittsburgh · (412) 371-8800
  1.3 mi
• White Memorial Chapel

  Funeral chapel · Pittsburgh · (412) 241-7998
  1.3 mi

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