About Holy Cross Cemetery
Holy Cross Cemetery is a catholic cemetery near Yeadon, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The grounds sit at about 108 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 44 notable people buried here, including H. H. Holmes, Frank Sheeran and Eddie Lang. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1177249. The nearest other listed cemetery is Darby Friends Burial Ground, about 0.6 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Clarence Johnson Jr. Funeral Home Inc. in Yeadon, about 0.5 mi away. It is one of 110 cemeteries we list in Delaware County, and 172 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 Holy Cross Cemetery
Among them: 5 musicians, 5 US representatives, 4 baseball players, 3 boxers, 2 Civil War veterans, 2 Medal of Honor recipients, 2 World War I veterans, 1 actor.
- H. H. Holmes1861-1896American con artist and serial killer
- Frank Sheeran1920-2003American mobster
- Eddie Lang1902-1933American jazz guitarist
- Angelo Bruno1910-1980American mobster
- Joe Venuti1903-1978American jazz musician and pioneer jazz violinist
- Tommy Loughran1902-1982American boxer
- Philadelphia Jack O'Brien1878-1942American boxer
- John McDermott1891-1971American professional golfer
- Marie Selika Williams1849-1937American operatic soprano, known as "the Queen of Staccato"
- Camille Zeckwer1875-1924American composer
- Guy Marks1923-1987American actor, comedian, singer and impressionist
- Henry Boyle1860-1932American baseball player
Show all 44 notable burials
- Joseph McLaughlin1867-1926American politician
- Michael J. Bradley1897-1979American politician
- Robert Neill McGarvey1888-1952American politician
- Bill Donovan1876-1923American baseball player and manager
- James A. Flaherty1853-1937Supreme Knight of the Knights of St Colombus
- James A. Gallagher1869-1957American politician
- Johnny Jadick1908-1970American boxer
- William Aloysius Barrett1896-1976American politician, Pennsylvania
- Dan Coogan1875-1942Major League Baseball shortstop, college baseball coach
- Frank Hardart1850-1918American businessman
- Michael H. O'Brien1954-2018American politician: Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- Bertha Marie Burke1902-1971
- Burchard Villiger1819-1902Swiss Jesuit and missionary
- George Crawford Platt1842-1912United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
- Gordon Dooley1898-1930American vaudeville performer
- Joseph Francis Kuhn1924-1962American composer
- Josephine Veronica Burke1907-19952nd wife of Thomas Patrick Norton
- Margaret W. Kane1846-1912(1846-1912) wife of William Burke
- Mary Ellen Burke1870-1957(1870-1957) wife of Richard Barnsley Patterson
- Philip Testa1924-1981American mob boss
- Richard Barnsley Patterson Jr.1865-1930Husband of Blanche Kingsmore and Mary Burke
- Simon Nicholls1882-1911American baseball player
- William Burke1841-1919(1841-1919) husband of Margaret Kane
- William F. Gannon1859-1916American Jesuit educator
- Antonio Pollina1892-1993Former Boss of the Philadelphia crime family
- J. Melville Janson1846-1896Comedian
- Johnny Loftus1874-1935English-American boxing trainer
- Joseph B. Gibson1907-1979American reverend
- Joseph Patrick McGinn1872-1920American police detective killed in the line of duty
- Salvatore Testa1956-1984American mobster
- Thomas Murphy1839-1900Recipient of the Victoria Cross
- William Shipman1831-1894Union Navy Medal of Honor recipient
People whose Wikidata entry gives Holy Cross 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 Holy Cross 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
- Darby Friends Burial GroundDarby, PAQuaker cemetery0.6 mi
- Graceland CemeteryYeadon, PACemetery0.8 mi
- Hebrew Mutual Burial GroundYeadon, PAJewish cemetery1.0 mi
- Fernwood CemeteryYeadon, PACemetery1.0 mi
- Owen and Palmer Burial GroundYeadon, PACemetery1.0 mi
- Darby Methodist Meeting CemeteryDarby, PAMethodist cemetery1.0 mi
- Mount Moriah CemeteryYeadon, PACemetery1.0 mi
- Mount Zion CemeteryCollingdale, PAChurch cemetery1.1 mi
- Mount Moriah Cemetery Naval PlotYeadon, PACemetery1.1 mi
- Saint James CemeteryDarby, PAEpiscopal cemetery1.2 mi
Funeral homes near Holy Cross Cemetery
- Clarence Johnson Jr. Funeral Home Inc.0.5 miFuneral home · Yeadon · (610) 626-1100
- All Faiths Funeral Services LLC0.6 miFuneral home · Darby · (610) 492-0104
- Marvil Funeral Home0.7 miFuneral home · Darby · (610) 583-2727
- Serenity Funeral Home and Crematory0.8 miCremation provider · Darby · (484) 443-1121
- Doyle-Stonelake Funeral Home0.8 miFuneral home · Lansdowne · (610) 626-3037
- Willimas & Palmer Funeral Home1.1 miFuneral home · Philadelphia · (215) 729-7229
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 Holy Cross Cemetery a Catholic cemetery?
Our records list a Catholic 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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