Lawnview Memorial Park

Lawnview Memorial Park
Details
Established 1904
Location Rockledge, Pennsylvania Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Country United States
Coordinates 40°04′52″N 75°05′44″W / 40.0812°N 75.0956°W / 40.0812; -75.0956Coordinates: 40°04′52″N 75°05′44″W / 40.0812°N 75.0956°W / 40.0812; -75.0956
Type private
Size 82 acres
Website http://www.cemeteryco.net/lawnview-location

Lawnview Memorial Park, sometimes referred to as Lawnview Cemetery, is a cemetery located at 500 Huntingdon Pike in Rockledge, Pennsylvania.

Origins and History

Established in 1904,[1] Lawnview Cemetery is the resting place for many prominent residents, including soldiers from every American war.

The cemetery was purchased in 1904 to provide affordable burials to Northeast Philadelphia and the surrounding areas. A stone chapel was built on the grounds in 1914. The Lawnview Chapel provided non-denominational services and receiving vaults for bodies awaiting burial. The chapel was converted to the Odd Fellows Cemetery Company's general offices in 1979.[2]

When Monument Cemetery was acquired by Temple University in 1956, many remains were moved to Lawnview.

Notable Interments

References

  1. "Historical Pride" (PDF). cemeteryco. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  2. "History". cemeteryco.net. YP Intellectual Property LLC. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Browse by Cemetery: Lawnview Cemetery". Find A Grave. Find A Grave. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  4. Find A Grave, Virginia E Wilson (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&GRid=82989520&CRid=45275&: accessed 15 May 2015). Interred in family plot listed under wife's name.
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