Cemeteries of Northeast Ohio

by Vigil, Vicki Blum

• ISBN13: 9781598510256
• ISBN10: 1598510258
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-12-30
• Publisher: Gray & Co

Summary

Take a quiet journey back through time and "meet" some remarkable people who made Northeast Ohio their final resting place. Our cemeteries are home to celebrities, villains, heroes, inventors, tycoons, and just plain folks. Their stories range from strange disasters to noble achievements-and just about everything in between. Come stroll among the markers and meet... Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xi
The Cemeteries
Cuyahoga County
Acacia Masonic Memorial Park: Mayfield Hts.	p. 3
Adams Street Cemetery: Berea	p. 5
Alger Cemetery: Cleveland	p. 7
Baxter/Baxter Avenue/Chevra Kadisha/Old Bohemian Jewish Cemetery: Cleveland	p. 9
Bedford Cemetery: Bedford	p. 10
Berger/Bergers Cemetery: Parma	p. 13
Bet Olam Cemetery: Beachwood	p. 14
Brainard/Broadview Cemetery: Brooklyn	p. 16
Brooklyn Heights Cemetery: Cleveland	p. 18
Brookmere Cemetery: Brooklyn	p. 20
Butternut Ridge Cemetery: North Olmsted	p. 22
Calvary Cemetery: Cleveland	p. 24
Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist: Cleveland	p. 28
Chesed Shel Emeth/Ridge Road #1/True Loving Kindness Cemetery: Brooklyn	p. 31
Chestnut Grove and Turkey Foot Cemetery: Olmsted Falls	p. 33
Cleveland Firefighters Memorial: Cleveland	p. 36
Cleveland Memorial Gardens: Highland Hills	p. 37
Cleveland Memorial Park (Potter's Field): Highland Hills	p. 38
Crossview Cemetery: Seven Hills	p. 39
Darrow Cemetery: Independence	p. 40
Denison Cemetery / Brooklyn Union Burying Ground: Cleveland	p. 41
East Cleveland/East Cleveland Township Cemetery: Cleveland	p. 43
Erie Street Cemetery: Cleveland	p. 45
Euclid Cemetery: Euclid	p. 50
Evergreen Cemetery: Westlake	p. 52
Evergreen Hill Cemetery: Chagrin Falls	p. 54
Fairview Park/Old Rockport Cemetery: Fairview Park	p. 58
Fir Street/Peach Street Cemetery Cleveland	p. 59
Foote/Wolf Memorial: Cleveland	p. 62
Fowles Cemetery: Middleburg Hts.	p. 62
Alan Freed's cremains: Cleveland	p. 64
Froehlich Family Cemetery: Seven Hills	p. 65
Gates Mills North/Riverside North Cemetery: Gates Mills Village	p. 66
Gates Mills South Cemetery: Gates Mills Village	p. 68
Glenville/Anshe Chesed/Temple on the Heights Cemetery: East Cleveland	p. 69
Harvard Grove Cemetery: Cleveland	p. 72
Hemlock/Hemoga Cemetery: Independence	p. 74
Hepburn Cemetery: Middleburg Hts.	p. 75
Highland Drive Cemetery: Brecksville	p. 76
Highland Park Cemetery: Shaker Hts.	p. 78
Hillcrest Cemetery: Bedford Hts.	p. 81
Hogsback/River Road Cemetery: Orange	p. 82
Holy Cross Cemetery: Brook Park	p. 84
Holy Spirit/Holy Ghost Cemetery: Brooklyn	p. 89
Immanuel Evangelical Cemetery: Cleveland	p. 91
Jackson Burial Plot: Pepper Pike	p. 92
Jesuit Retreat House: Parma	p. 93
Knollwood Cemetery: Mayfield Hts.	p. 94
Lake Side/Lakeside Cemetery: Bay Village	p. 96
Lake View Cemetery: Cleveland, Cleveland Hts.	p. 98
Lakewood Historical Society: Lakewood	p. 107
Lakewood Park Cemetery: Rocky River	p. 108
Lansing/Fremont/Newburgh Cemetery: Cleveland	p. 110
Lutheran Cemetery: Cleveland	p. 113
Mayfield Cemetery: Cleveland Hts.	p. 115
Mayfield Union Cemetery: Mayfield Village	p. 117
Amy Mihaljevic Memorial: Bay Village	p. 120
Monroe Street Cemetery: Cleveland	p. 120
Mt. Hope/North Solon Cemetery: Solon	p. 123
Mt. Olive Cemetery: Solon	p. 125
Nelaview/First Presbyterian Cemetery: Cleveland	p. 128
North Royalton Cemetery: North Royalton	p. 129
Parma Heights Cemetery: Parma Hts.	p. 131
Polish National Catholic Cemetery: Parma	p. 133
Pritchard Cemetery: North Royalton	p. 134
Rice/Barr Road Cemetery: Brecksville	p. 135
Ridge Road #2 Cemetery: Brooklyn Hts.	p. 136
Riverside Cemetery: Cleveland	p. 137
St. John Cemetery: Cleveland	p. 144
St. Joseph Cemetery: Cleveland	p. 146
St. Mary Cemetery: Cleveland	p. 148
St. Theodosius Cemetery: Cleveland	p. 150
Scranton Road Cemetery: Cleveland	p. 151
Shaker Burial Ground: Shaker Hts.	p. 153
Strongsville Cemetery: Strongsville	p. 154
Sunset Memorial Park: North Olmsted	p. 157
Tinker's Creek/Pilgerruh Cemetery: Valley View	p. 158
Benjamin Waite Marker: Brecksville	p. 160
Warrensville East Cemetery: Beachwood	p. 161
Warrensville West Cemetery: Shaker Hts.	p. 163
West Family Cemetery: Independence	p. 165
West Park Cemetery: Brooklyn	p. 166
Whitehaven Memorial Park: Mayfield Village	p. 169
Willet Street Cemetery: Cleveland	p. 171
Woodland Cemetery: Cleveland	p. 173
Woodvale Cemetery: Middleburg Hts.	p. 177
Workman's Circle/Lincoln Cemeteries: Parma	p. 180
York Street/Parma Public/German Lutheran Cemetery: Parma	p. 181
Ashtabula County
Alexander Harper Memorial Cemetery: Harpersfield Twnsp.	p. 183
Center/Conneaut City Cemetery: Conneaut	p. 184
Chestnut Grove Cemetery: Ashtabula	p. 187
East Conneaut/East Lakeville/Furnace Cemetery: Conneaut	p. 189
Geauga County
All Souls Cemetery: Chardon	p. 191
Lower Cemetery: Burton	p. 195
Quirk/Center/Woodside/Chester Crossroads Cemetery: Chester Township	p. 196
South Newbury Cemetery: Newbury	p. 198
Welton/Burton Union/Roselawn Cemetery: Village of Burton	p. 199
Lake County
Evergreen Cemetery: Painesville	p. 203
The "Griffith" Disaster Memorial: Willowick	p. 207
Hall of Heroes: Brook Park	p. 207
Historic North Kirtland/Kirtland Temple/Mormon/Maple Cemetery: Kirtland	p. 208
Mentor Municipal Cemetery: Mentor	p. 209
North Mentor Centenary Methodist Church: Mentor	p. 212
Edward Paine Memorial: Painesville	p. 212
Perry Township/Center Road Cemetery: Perry	p. 213
Do Cemetery: Willoughby	p. 217
SOM Center/Willoughby Ridge/Willoughby Center Cemetery: Willoughby Hills	p. 217
Willoughby Cemetery: Willoughby	p. 218
Willoughby Memorial Gardens / Willoughby Municipal Cemetery: Willoughby	p. 220
Lorain County
Charleston/Charleston Pioneer Cemetery: Lorain	p. 221
Cleveland Street Cemetery: Amherst Township	p. 223
Elmwood Cemetery: Lorain	p. 224
Greenwood Cemetery: Wellington	p. 227
Riverside Golf Club Cemetery: Olmsted Falls	p. 230
Westwood Cemetery: Oberlin	p. 232
Mahoning County
Oak Hill Cemetery: Youngstown	p. 237
Medina County
Maple Hill Cemetery: Hinckley	p. 241
Mound Hill Cemetery: Seville	p. 243
Myrtle Hill/Hardscrabble Cemetery: Valley City	p. 245
Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery: Rittman	p. 247
Old Town Graveyard/Pioneer Cemetery: Medina	p. 250
Ridge Cemetery: Hinckley	p. 251
Spring Grove Cemetery: Medina	p. 253
Ottawa County
Johnson's Island Confederate Cemetery: Marblehead Peninsula	p. 257
Portage County
Aurora Center Cemetery: Aurora	p. 261
East Lawn Cemetery: Mantua	p. 265
Mantua Pioneer/Sanford/Old South Burial Cemetery: Mantua	p. 266
Maple Grove/Evergreen Cemetery: Ravenna	p. 267
Restland Cemetery: Brimfield	p. 269
Standing Rock/Breakneck/Shirtliff Cemetery: Kent	p. 270
Westlawn Cemetery: Mantua	p. 273
Stark County
Alliance City Cemetery: Alliance	p. 275
Brookfield/West Brookfield/Levers Cemetery: Massillon	p. 278
Brumbaugh Cemetery: Hartville	p. 280
Massillon City Cemetery: Massillon	p. 282
Sixteen/Saint Johns Sixteen Cemetery: Massillon	p. 286
West Lawn Cemetery: Canton	p. 286
Summit County
All Saints Cemetery: Northfield	p. 291
Chapel Street Cemetery / Olde Hudson Township Burying Ground: Hudson	p. 293
Doodlebug Memorial Garden: Cuyahoga Falls	p. 294
Glendale Cemetery: Akron	p. 295
Hale/Ira Road/Cranz Cemetery: Bath	p. 299
Markillie Cemetery: Hudson	p. 301
Mater Dolorosa Cemetery: Boston Hts.	p. 303
Mt. Peace Cemetery: Akron	p. 305
Northfield/Macedonia/Chestnut Hill Cemetery: Northfield	p. 307
Oakwood Cemetery: Cuyahoga Falls	p. 310
Pet Memorials & Cemeteries
Memorial Field: Lakewood	p. 314
Wilson Mills Pet Cemetery / Animal Kingdom: Highland Hts.	p. 315
Police Officers' Memorial: Jefferson	p. 317
War Dog Memorial at Woodland Park: Eastlake	p. 317
Boston Hills Pet Memorial Park: Hudson	p. 318
Acknowledgments	p. 319
Photo Credits	p. 320
Genealogical resources	p. 321
Gravestone Rubbing	p. 324
Revolutionary War Veterans Buried in Northeast Ohio	p. 326
Glossary	p. 329
Bibliography	p. 333
Index	p. 341
Index by Special Interest	p. 349
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