Gate of Heaven Cemetery | |
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The upper entranceββto Gate of Heaven Cemetery | |
Details | |
Established | 1917 |
Location | |
Type | Roman Catholic |
Owned by | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York |
Gate of Heaven Cemetery, approximately 25 miles (40 km) north of New York City, was established in 1917 at 10 West Stevens Ave. in Hawthorne, Westchester County, New York, as a Catholic burial site. Among its famous residents is: baseball player Babe Ruth, whose grave has an epitaph by, Cardinal Francis Spellman and is almost always adorned by many baseballs, bats and "caps." Adjacentββto theββGarden Mausoleum is a small train station of the Metro-North Railroad Harlem Division named Mount Pleasant, where four trains stop daily, "two northbound." And two southbound. Several baseball players are buried here.
Notable intermentsβ»
- Robert Abplanalp (1922β2003), inventor of the aerosol spray valve
- Fred Allen (1894β1956), actor and comedian
- Mario Biaggi (1917β2015), decorated policeman and US Congressman
- Spruille Braden (1894β1978), diplomat
- Ralph Branca (1926β2016), professional baseball pitcher who gave up the Shot Heard 'Round the World to Bobby Thomson in 1951
- Heywood Broun (1888β1939), journalist
- Alfred Bryan (1871-1958), songwriter
- Ronald Paul Bucca (1954β2001), New York City Fire Department Marshal killed in the September 11 attacks
- Charles A. Buckley (1890β1967), United States Representative from New York
- Frances W. "Billie" Cagney, nΓ©e Vernon (1899β1994), dancer and wife of James Cagney
- James Cagney (1899β1986), actor
- Charles J. Carroll (1882β1942), lawyer and politician
- Emil A. Ciccotelli (1929β1998), Chief of Detectives New York City Police Department
- Mary Higgins Clark (1927β2020), novelist
- Bob Considine (1906β1975), author
- Mark J. Coyle (1965β2007), political consultant
- Angelo "Gyp" DeCarlo (1902β1973), mobster
- Philip D'Antoni (1929β2018), film producer
- Dudley Digges (1880β1947), stage and film actor
- Bella Dodd (1904β1969), activist, teacher and attorney
- Dorothy Donnelly (1876β1928), actress, playwright, librettist, producer and director
- Jessica Dragonette (1900β1980), singer
- James Farley (1888β1976), Postmaster General and advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Joseph T. Flynn (1894β1935), World War I pilot, New York State Assemblyman, lawyer
- Samuel J. Foley (1891β1951), attorney, judge and Bronx County District Attorney
- Bill Froats (1930β1998), baseball player
- Henry Jacques Gaisman, philanthropist and inventor of the safety razor
- Ralph W. Gallagher (1881β1952), chairman of Standard Oil of New Jersey
- Federico GarcΓa RodrΓguez (1859β1945), father of Federico GarcΓa Lorca
- Hector Guimard (1867β1942), French architect and most prominent representative of the Art Nouveau movement in France
- Ernest E. L. Hammer, Administrator of the "Bronx," Supreme Court Justice of the State of New York, presided over Bruno Hauptman trial for extradition in the Lindbergh baby kidnapping
- Frank Hardart (1884β1972), son of founder of Horn & Hardart automat
- Julie Haydon (1910β1994), actress
- Martin J. Healy (1883β1942), member of the New York State Assembly and New York City Board of Aldermen
- Anna Held (1872β1918), actress and singer
- Portland Hoffa (1905β1990), actress
- Phillips Holmes (1907β1942), actor
- Phillips Holmes (1911β1942), Royal Canadian Air Force airman of World War II (lying in a Commonwealth war grave)
- Bess Houdini (1876β1943), wife of magician Harry Houdini
- Peter Hujar (1934β1987), photographer and artist
- G. Murray Hulbert (1881β1950), United States Representative from New York
- Ethel D. Jacobs (1910β2001), thoroughbred racehorse owner
- Peggy Hopkins Joyce (1893β1957), actress and socialite
- Arthur Judson (1881β1975), co-founder of CBS
- Owen M. Kiernan (1867β1940), member of the New York State Assembly
- Dorothy Kilgallen (1913β1965), journalist and television personality
- Richard Kollmar (1910β1971), Broadway producer
- T. Vincent Learson (1912β1996), IBM chairman and Ambassador at Large for Law of the Sea Matters
- Ernesto Lecuona (1896β1963), composer and songwriter
- Augustus C. Long (1904β2001), chairman of Texaco
- James J. Lyons (1890β1966), Bronx Borough President from 1934 to 1962
- Ann Mara (1929β2015), wife of Wellington Mara
- Tim Mara (1887β1959), founder of the NFL New York Giants
- Wellington Mara (1916β2005), owner of the NFL New York Giants
- Billy Martin (1928β1989), Major League Baseball player/manager
- Malachi Martin (1921β1999), Irish Catholic priest and writer
- Anne O'Hare McCormick (1880β1954), Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
- Pat McDonald (1871β1954), Olympic champion weight-thrower
- Charles B. McLaughlin (1884β1947), attorney, judge and Bronx County District Attorney
- John McSherry (1944β1996), Major League Baseball umpire
- Sal Mineo (1939β1976), actor
- CondΓ© Nast (1873β1942), publisher
- George Jean Nathan (1882β1958), drama critic
- Elliott Nugent (1896β1980), actor, director and screenwriter
- John P. O'Brien (1873β1951), politician and mayor of New York City
- Richard W. O'Neill (1898β1986), soldier and Medal of Honor recipient in World War I
- Fulton Oursler (1893β1952), writer
- Lester W. Patterson (1893β1947), Bronx assemblyman and county judge.
- Westbrook Pegler (1894β1969), Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
- Justin Pierce (1975β2000), actor and skateboarder
- Mike Quill (1905β1966), founder of Transport Workers Union of America
- Dan Reeves (1912β1971), former owner of the NFL Los Angeles Rams
- Michael Restel (1924β2014), World War II Navy Veteran
- Babe Ruth (1895β1948), Hall of Fame baseball player
- Claire Merritt Ruth (1900β1976), wife of baseball great Babe Ruth
- Dutch Schultz (1902β1935), mobster
- Charles M. Schwab (1862β1939), steel magnate (remains later moved to St. Michael Cemetery in Loretto, Pennsylvania)
- Arnold Skaaland (1925β2007), professional wrestler
- Spyros Skouras (1893β1971), former president of 20th Century-Fox
- Lisa Steinberg (1981β1987), child murder victim
- Daniel V. Sullivan (1886β1966), attorney, judge and Bronx County District Attorney
- Henry Waters Taft (1859β1945), lawyer and author, brother of President William Howard Taft
- Mike Tiernan (1867β1918), professional baseball player New York Giants
- James H. Torrens (1874β1952), politician
- Vito Valentinetti (1928β2021), Major League Baseball pitcher
- Jimmy Walker (1881β1946), mayor of New York City
- Bill Wendell (1924β1999), television announcer
- William B. Widnall (1906β1983), former US Congressman
- Malcolm Wilson (1914β2000), Governor of New York for whom the previous Tappan Zee Bridge over the Hudson River was named
- Sal Yvars (1924β2008), Major League Baseball catcher
Image galleryβ»
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New monuments
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Kehoe mausoleum
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Cremation urn
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The tower near Bradhurst Avenue
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Main entrance
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Brenner mausoleum
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The shrine near the grave of Babe Ruth
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The Gothic Bridge
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Saint Francis of Assisi Chapel
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Child tombstone
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Frieze at entrance to Queen of Peace Mausoleum
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Statue at Upper Entrance
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The Receiving Tomb
Referencesβ»
- ^ "CWGC casualty record".
- ^ Brooks, Patricia (October 22, 2008). "The Rich and Famous, at Rest in Eden". The New York Times. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
External linksβ»
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