Holy Sepulchre Cemetery (Totowa, New Jersey)

Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
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Location	Totowa, New Jersey
Type	Roman Catholic cemetery

Holy Sepulchre Cemetery and Mausoleum is an American Roman Catholic cemetery in Totowa, New Jersey, named after the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, thus associated with the Resurrection of Jesus.

The cemetery was founded as the parish cemetery of the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Paterson. It has been in operation since the early 1840s, incorporating some of the original cemeteries in Paterson.^[1]

The cemetery holds the plot for the remains for the Franciscan friars of Holy Name Province, which serves the Eastern Seaboard of the United States.

Notable burials

Dan Duva (1951–1996), boxing promoter
Lou Duva (1922–2017), boxing trainer and manager^[2]
John Philip Holland (1841–1914), Irish engineer and submarine designer^[3]
Mychal F. Judge, O.F.M. (1933–2001), the first official victim of the September 11, 2001 attacks^[4]^[5]
Matthew Maguire (1850–1917), labor activist^[6]^[7]
Edward Sylvester "The Only" Nolan (1857–1913), Major League Baseball player^[8]
Bill Pascrell (1937-2024), US congressman
Dave Prater (1935–1988), R&B musician^[9]
Alexander M. Quinn (1866–1906), US Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Spanish–American War^[10]
Robert A. Roe (1924–2014), US Congressman^[11]
John "Honey" Russell (1902–1973), basketball player and coach
A Commonwealth war grave, of a Canadian Army soldier of World War I^[12]

References

^ "History". Holy Sepulchre Cemetery and Mausoleum. Archived from the original on 2013-09-24.
^ Festa Memorial
^ Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (forward) (2016). "Hollland, John Philip #6001". Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Co. ISBN 978-0786479924. OCLC 948561021.
^ Hagerty, Barbara Bradley. "Memories Of Sept. 11's First Recorded Casualty Endure". NPR. NPR. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
^ Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (forward) (2016). "Judge, Mychal #6661". Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0786479924. OCLC 948561021.
^ The New York Times
^ Time
^ Baseball Almanac
^ Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (forward) (2016). "Prater, David #10239". Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0786479924. OCLC 948561021.
^ vconline.org.uk
^ NBC Philadelphia
^ [1] CWGC casualty record.

External links

[1] "History". Holy Sepulchre Cemetery and Mausoleum. Archived from the original on 2013-09-24.

[2] Festa Memorial

[3] Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (forward) (2016). "Hollland, John Philip #6001". Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Co. ISBN 978-0786479924. OCLC 948561021.

[4] Hagerty, Barbara Bradley. "Memories Of Sept. 11's First Recorded Casualty Endure". NPR. NPR. Retrieved 20 October 2013.

[5] Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (forward) (2016). "Judge, Mychal #6661". Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0786479924. OCLC 948561021.

[6] The New York Times

[7] Time

[8] Baseball Almanac

[9] Wilson, Scott; Mank, Gregory W. (forward) (2016). "Prater, David #10239". Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0786479924. OCLC 948561021.

[10] vconline.org.uk

[11] NBC Philadelphia

[12] [1] CWGC casualty record.

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