Sharon Memorial Park, Massachusetts

Jewish cemetery in Massachusetts

This article is about a graveyard in Massachusetts. For the graveyard in North Carolina, see Sharon Memorial Park, North Carolina.

Sharon Memorial Park

Details
Established| 1948 (1948)
Location|

Sharon, Massachusetts

Type| Jewish cemetery
Size| 317 acres (128 ha)

Sharon Memorial Park is a Jewish cemetery located in Sharon, Massachusetts.[1][2] This memorial park, established in 1948, the same year as the formation of Israel, is situated on 317 acres of land within the towns of Sharon and Canton.

## Notable interments

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* Irving Fine (1914–1962), composer and conductor
* Richard Frank (1953–1995), actor
* Elizabeth Glaser (1947–1994), AIDS activist and former wife of actor Paul Michael Glaser
* Melvin J. Glimcher[3]
* Edith Fishtine Helman (1905–1994), professor at Simmons College
* Minuetta Kessler (1914–2002), concert pianist, classical music composer, and educator[4]
* Simon Kuznets (1901–1985), Nobel Prize recipient
* Daniel Lewin (1970–2001), entrepreneur who co-founded Akamai Technologies and September 11 attacks victim
* Sumner Redstone (1923–2020), businessman (ViacomCBS)[5]
* William Rosenberg (1916–2002), founder of Dunkin' Donuts
* Mark Sandman (1952–1999), rock musician and songwriter
* Ruth Wallis (1920–2007), cabaret singer

## References

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1. ^ "Sharon Memorial Park". jcam.org. Jewish Cemetery Association. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
2. ^ Lebeaux, Rachel (20 September 2015). "What is it like to live in Sharon?". Boston Globe. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
3. ^ Stickgold, Emma (5 June 2014). "Melvin Glimcher, 88; doctor fascinated by bones' structure". Boston Globe. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
4. ^ Nilsen, Jeff (1 December 2002). "Minuetta Kessler, Pianist and Teacher". The Boston Globe.
5. ^ Sumner M. Redstone

## External links

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* Sharon Memorial Park
* Sharon Memorial Park, Massachusetts at Find a Grave

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