Calvary Catholic Cemetery is located at 718 Hazelwood Avenue in the Greenfield and Hazelwood neighborhoods of

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. It was founded in 1886 with the purchase of a 200-acre (80-hectare) tract. The first official interment occurred in 1888, though there are graves with earlier dates. As of 2008, 152,238 entombments have been recorded at Calvary Cemetery. It remains the largest of the cemeteries in the

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Notable burials

Actors/Actresses *

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on Batman * Gene Lyons (1921-1974), actor Politicians *

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(U.S. Representative) * William Joseph Burke (Pennsylvania Senator) *

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(Mayor of

(1978-88) ) *

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(U.S. Representative) * Thomas Gallagher (Transaction Mayor of

(1959)) * David Leo Lawrence (Mayor of

(1946-59), Governor of

(1959-63) ) * James McDevitt Magee (U.S. Representative) * Joseph A. McArdle (U.S. Representative) *

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(Allegheny County Commissioner, and famous for nabbing and tracking down Biddle Boys and Mrs Soffel in 1902) * John Mary Morin (U.S. Representative) * Michael Joseph Muldowney (U.S. Representative) *

Bob O'Connor Bob O'Connor may refer to: * Bob O'Connor (mayor) Robert E. O'Connor Jr. (December 9, 1944 – September 1, 2006) was an American politician who was the Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from January 3, 2006, until his death. Personal life and ...

(Mayor of

(2006) ) * Patrick J. Sullivan (Pennsylvania politician) (U.S. Representative) * Gregory Zatkovich (lawyer and Rusyn political activist) Religious figures * Father James Cox (labor priest and candidate for President of the United States) * Vincent Leonard (9th

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) Sports * Jack Butler (Professional football player, Pittsburgh Steelers, Pro Football Hall of Hame) *

Billy Conn William David Conn (October 8, 1917 – May 29, 1993) was an Irish American professional boxer and Light Heavyweight Champion famed for his fights with Joe Louis. He had a professional boxing record of 63 wins, 11 losses and 1 draw, with 14 wins ...

(World Light Heavy-Weight Boxing Champion) * Herbert Drury (Professional Hockey Player) * Pud Galvin (Professional baseball player, Hall Of Fame) *

Harry Greb Edward Henry Greb (June 6, 1894 – October 22, 1926) was an American professional boxer. Nicknamed "The Pittsburgh Windmill", he is widely regarded by many boxing historians as one of the best pound for pound boxers of all time. He was the Ame ...

(World Middle-Weight Boxing Champion) *

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(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) *

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(Notre Dame,

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ns, one of the Four Horsemen (college football)) * Bucky Williams (Negro league baseball player, Pittsburgh Crawfords) Various * Jack and Ed Biddle (outlaws of "The Biddle Boys and Mrs Soffel" fame in 1902) * Patricia Dobler (poet) * Norman Frauenheim (American pianist) *

Mary Lou Williams Mary Lou Williams (born Mary Elfrieda Scruggs; May 8, 1910 – May 28, 1981) was an American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer. She wrote hundreds of compositions and arrangements and recorded more than one hundred records (in 78, 45, an ...

(jazz pianist) * John Kane (American painter) * Frank Gorshin (The Riddler - 1960s TV Batman Fame) The cemetery contains one British Commonwealth war grave of a Canadian soldier of

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CWGC casualty record.

References

External links

Catholic Cemeteries Association, Diocese of Pittsburgh website

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