Calvary Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Calvary Catholic Cemetery is located at 718 Hazelwood Avenue in the Greenfield and Hazelwood neighborhoods of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
It was founded in 1886 with the purchase of a 200-acre tract. The first official interment occurred in 1888, though there are graves with earlier dates. As of 2001, 146,301 entombments have been recorded at Calvary Cemetery. It remains the largest of the cemeteries in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh.
[edit] Notable burials
Actors/Actresses
- Frank Gorshin
- Gene Lyons
Politicians
- James Francis Burke (U.S. Representative)
- William Joseph Burke (Pennsylvania Senator)
- Richard Caliguiri (Mayor Of Pittsburgh (1978-88) )
- Thomas Gallagher (Transaction Mayor Of Pittsburgh (1959))
- David Leo Lawrence (Mayor Of Pittsburgh (1946-59), Governor of Pennsylvania (1959-63) )
- James McDevitt Magee (U.S. Representative)
- Joseph A. McArdle (U.S. Representative)
- John Mary Morin (U.S. Representative)
- Michael Joseph Muldowney (U.S. Representative)
- Bob O'Connor (Mayor Of Pittsburgh (2006) )
- Patrick J. Sullivan (Pennsylvania) (U.S. Representative)
Sports
- Billy Conn (World Light Heavy-Weight Boxing Champion)
- Herbert Drury (Professional Hockey Player)
- Pud Galvin (Professional baseball player, Hall Of Fame)
- Harry Greb (World Middle-Weight Boxing Champion)
- Enos Kirkpatrick (Professional baseball player, MLB)
- Bill Regan (Professional baseball player, MLB Red Sox, catcher)
- Jimmy Smith (baseball player) (Professional baseball player, 8 seasons MLB)
- Moose Solters (Professional baseball player, outfield)
- Harry Stuhldreher (Notre Dame, All-Americans, one of the Four Horsemen (college football))
Various
- Norman Frauenheim (American Pianist)
- Mary Lou Williams (jazz pianist)
- Father James Cox (labor priest and candidate for President of the United States)