About Ivy Hill Cemetery
Ivy Hill Cemetery is a cemetery near Wyndmoor, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. The grounds sit at about 377 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 28 notable people buried here, including Joe Frazier, Bill Tilden and Joseph Augustus Zarelli. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1177894. The nearest other listed cemetery is Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, about 1.1 mi to the northeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Jacob J. Ruth Funeral Directors in Philadelphia, about 1.3 mi away. It is one of 94 cemeteries we list in Philadelphia County, and 206 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 4 of the 94 listings in Philadelphia County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Wyndmoor. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Ivy Hill Cemetery
Among them: 3 actors, 2 artists, 2 baseball players, 2 boxers, 2 business leaders, 2 musicians, 1 Civil War veteran, 1 inventor or engineer.
- Joe Frazier1944-2011American boxer
- Bill Tilden1893-1953American tennis player
- Joseph Augustus Zarelli1953-1957American formerly unidentified murder victim
- Matthew Saad Muhammad1954-2014American boxer
- Marion Williams1927-1994American gospel singer
- Fayette Pinkney1948-2009Singer, psychologist, vocal coach
- Charles Edgar Duryea1861-1938American automobile manufacturer
- George P. Darrow1859-1943American politician
- John G. Johnson1841-1917Philadelphia lawyer and art collector
- Margaret Lawrence1889-1929American actress
- Gilroy Roberts1905-1992United States Mint engraver
- Alfreda Bosworth Withington1860-1951American physician
Show all 28 notable burials
- Ed Lafitte1886-1971American baseball player
- Franklin B. Gowen1836-1889President of Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
- Hattie Longstreet Price1891-1968American artist and illustrator
- Herbert Marmaduke Tilden1885-1915American tennis player
- Julia A. Orum1843-1904American educator
- Acel Moore1940-2016American journalist
- Charles Eldridge Morgan, Jr.1844-1917Cricketer
- George L. Holland1846-1910American actor and theatre manager
- Louis Wagner1838-1914American soldier
- Mahlon Duckett1922-2015Negro League Baseball player
- Robert S. Peabody1837-1904American lawyer and amateur archaeologist
- William Alexander Hammond1861-1938American professor of ancient philosophy
- Hildegard Lupprian1896-1983American illustrator
- James Warren Hathaway Stickney1820-1915Born 27 Apr 1820; died 28 Dec 1915
- Selina Hey1857-191123 Jun 1857 - 2 May 1911
- William L. Cathcart1855-1926American naval officer
People whose Wikidata entry gives Ivy 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 Ivy 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
- Holy Sepulchre CemeteryWyndmoor, PACatholic cemetery1.1 mi
- Chelten Hills CemeteryWyndmoor, PACemetery1.1 mi
- Chestnut Hill Baptist ChurchyardWyndmoor, PABaptist cemetery1.4 mi
- Yeakel Schwenkfelder CemeteryWyndmoor, PACemetery1.5 mi
- Yeakel CemeteryWyndmoor, PAChristian cemetery1.5 mi
- St. Michael's Evanelical Lutheran CemeteryWyndmoor, PALutheran cemetery1.6 mi
- Chestnut Hill United ChurchyardWyndmoor, PAChristian cemetery1.7 mi
- Germantown Church of the Brethren CemeteryWyndmoor, PAChristian cemetery1.7 mi
- Philadelphia National CemeteryElkins Park, PANational cemetery1.8 mi
- Northwood CemeteryElkins Park, PACemetery2.2 mi
Funeral homes near Ivy Hill Cemetery
- Jacob J. Ruth Funeral Directors1.3 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 247-9090
- Emmanuel Johnson Funeral Home1.4 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 438-6747
- Walter E Sabbath Jr Funeral Service1.6 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (855) 443-8221
- Ervina White Beauford Funeral Service1.9 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 927-4546
- Williams Funeral Home2.2 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 224-4359
- Craft Funeral Home Inc Of Erdenheim2.2 miCremation provider · Glenside · (215) 233-2231
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