About Fernwood Cemetery
Fernwood Cemetery is a cemetery near Yeadon, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The grounds sit at about 102 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 15 notable people buried here, including George Barbier, George Davis and Charles Grafly. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1192458. The nearest other listed cemetery is Graceland Cemetery, about 0.4 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is Clarence Johnson Jr. Funeral Home Inc. in Yeadon, about 0.6 mi away. It is one of 110 cemeteries we list in Delaware County, and 175 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 110 listings in Delaware County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Yeadon. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Fernwood Cemetery
Among them: 4 baseball players, 2 journalists, 2 writers, 1 actor, 1 artist, 1 Medal of Honor recipient, 1 musician.
- George Barbier1864-1945American actor
- George Davis1870-1940American baseball player and manager
- Charles Grafly1862-1929American artist
- Maureen Gray1948-2014American singer and songwriter
- George Ulrich1869-1918American baseball player
- William H. Sylvis1828-1869American labor leader
- Bill Harbridge1855-1924American Major League Baseball player
- Joseph Fisher1843-1903Medal of Honor recipient
- Stanley Glenn1926-2011American baseball player
- William J. Cromie1875-1962American physical education instructor
- Emily E. Woodley1835-1908
- Evalena Fryer Hedley1865-1943American journalist and author
Show all 15 notable burials
- Marian Wendell Hubbard1844-1933American hymnwriter
- Michael Baccellieri1839-1918Patriarch of the Baccellieri family in America
- Rachela Baccellieri1842-1915Matriarch of the Baccellieri family in America
People whose Wikidata entry gives Fernwood 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 Fernwood 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
- Graceland CemeteryYeadon, PACemetery0.4 mi
- Owen and Palmer Burial GroundYeadon, PACemetery0.7 mi
- Friends Southwestern Burial GroundMillbourne, PAQuaker cemetery0.8 mi
- Holy Cross CemeteryYeadon, PACatholic cemetery1.0 mi
- Mount Moriah CemeteryYeadon, PACemetery1.0 mi
- Mount Moriah Cemetery Naval PlotYeadon, PACemetery1.1 mi
- Hebrew Mutual Burial GroundYeadon, PAJewish cemetery1.2 mi
- Darby Friends Burial GroundDarby, PAQuaker cemetery1.6 mi
- Congregation Mikveh Israel Beth El Emeth CemeteryMillbourne, PAJewish cemetery1.6 mi
- Saint James CemeteryDarby, PAEpiscopal cemetery1.7 mi
Funeral homes near Fernwood Cemetery
- Clarence Johnson Jr. Funeral Home Inc.0.6 miFuneral home · Yeadon · (610) 626-1100
- Doyle-Stonelake Funeral Home1.0 miFuneral home · Lansdowne · (610) 626-3037
- Philadelphia Cremation Society1.1 miCremation provider · Upper Darby · (610) 572-7078
- John P. Donohue Funeral Home1.1 miFuneral home · Upper Darby · (610) 352-5111
- Francis Funeral Home1.3 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 747-5200
- Forrest Walker Funeral Home1.5 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 688-2809
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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