Forest Hill Calvary Cemetery
| Forest Hill Calvary Cemetery | |
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| Established | 1888 |
| Location | 6901 Troost Avenue Kansas City, Missouri |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 39°00′08″N 94°34′14″W / 39.00222°N 94.57056°W |
| Size | 160 acres (65 ha) |
| Website | https://www.fhccemetery.com/ |
Forest Hill Calvary Cemetery is a cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri.
History
The Forest Hill Calvary Cemetery was established in 1888. George Kessler served as the landscape architect when the cemetery was established.[1]
The cemetery is approximately 160 acres (65 ha). It is located at 69th Street and Troost Avenue.[1]
Notable burials
- Edward Robert Atwill (1840–1911), bishop of Episcopal Diocese of West Missouri[2]
- Charles A. Baird (1870–1944), athletic director at the University of Michigan[3]
- John L. Barkley (1895–1966), U.S. Medal of Honor recipient[4]
- Harold Roe Bartle (1901–1974), businessman, philanthropist, executive, mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, namesake of Kansas City Chiefs[5]
- Albert I. Beach (1883–1939), mayor of Kansas City, Missouri[6]
- Joseph Boggs (1749–1843), army officer, moved from Old Westport Cemetery in 1915[7]
- Daniel Boone III (1809–1880), and Mary Constance Philibert Boone (1814–1904), early Kansas City founders who settled in the area that later became Forest Hill Cemetery[8]
- Louis C. Boyle (1866–1925), Kansas Attorney General and lawyer[9]
- Walter Halben Butler (1852–1931), U.S. Representative from Iowa, newspaperman and lawyer[10]
- Arthur Chapman (1863–1928), member of the Missouri House of Representatives[11]
- Laurie Perry Cookingham (1896–1992), city manager of multiple cities, including Kansas City, Missouri and Fort Worth, Texas[12]
- Thomas T. Crittenden (1832–1909), Governor of Missouri[13]
- Thomas T. Crittenden Jr. (1863–1938), mayor of Kansas City, Missouri[14]
- Jesse M. Donaldson (1885–1970), U.S. Postmaster General[15]
- Tatiana Dokoudovska (1921–2005), French ballet dancer[16]
- Bobby Greenlease (1947–1953), six-year-old kidnapping and homicide victim[17]
- J. C. Hall (1891–1982), founder and chief executive of Hallmark Cards[18]
- Sid J. Hare (1860–1938), landscape architect[19]
- John L. Harrington (1868–1942), civil engineer and bridge designer[20]
- Waldo P. Johnson (1817–1885), Confederate States and U.S. Senator from Missouri[21]
- William Tell Johnson (1848–1930), American lawyer and judge[22]
- William Thornton Kemper Sr. (1867–1938), Kansas City banker[23]
- Bertha Mae Lillenas (1889–1945), evangelist and hymn writer[24]
- Robert A. Long (1850–1934), American lumber baron, developer, investor, newspaper owner, and philanthropist[25]
- Homer B. Mann (1869–1950), president of Park College, insurance businessman and state politician[26]
- Jay H. Neff (1854–1915), mayor of Kansas City, Missouri and newspaperman[27]
- J. C. Nichols (1880–1950), real estate developer[28]
- Buck O'Neill (1911-2006), first baseman and manager in the Negro American League, first African American coach in Major League Baseball, played a major role in establishing the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame
- Satchel Paige (1906–1982), American baseball player in Negro league and Major League Baseball, member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame[29]
- Sidney Catlin Partridge (1857–1930), bishop of Kyoto, bishop of Episcopal Diocese of West Missouri[30]
- Joseph M. Patterson (1837–1914), member of the Illinois Senate
- Tom Pendergast (1872–1945), Political boss in Kansas City from 1925 to 1939[31]
- Mason S. Peters (1844–1914), U.S. Representative from Kansas[32]
- Charles H. Price II (1931–2012), businessman and U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom and Belgium
- John H. Ricksecker (1843–1929), Civil War Medal of Honor recipient[33]
- Frank P. Sebree (1854–1940), lawyer and member of the Missouri House of Representatives[34]
- Joe Shannon (1867–1943), U.S. Representative from Missouri and Democratic political boss[35]
- Joseph O. Shelby (1830–1897), Confederate States Army general[36]
- George M. Shelley (1850–1929), Mayor of Kansas City[37]
- Kate Spade, fashion designer and entrepreneur, she was the co-founder and co-owner of the designer brand Kate Spade New York[38]
- Kenneth A. Spencer (1902–1960), coal miner and philanthropist[39]
- Robert Nelson Spencer (1877–1961), bishop of Episcopal Diocese of West Missouri[40]
- Carrie Westlake Whitney (1854–1934), librarian and first director of Kansas City Public Library[41]
- Hazel Browne Williams (1907–1986), educator at the University of Missouri–Kansas City[42]
See also
References
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- ^ "Death of the Rt. Rev. Edward R. Atwill, D.D." The Living Church. 44: 462. February 4, 1911.
- ^ "Funeral For Charles Baird To Be Monday". The Herald-Palladium. December 2, 1944. p. 7. Retrieved October 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Paul Van Ormers to Uncles Last Rites". The Clinton Eye. April 21, 1966. p. 2. Retrieved October 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Roe Bartle Buried". Moberly Monitor-Index. May 12, 1974. p. 2. Retrieved October 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rites for A. I. Beach". The Kansas City Star. January 23, 1939. p. 8. Retrieved October 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Veterans of the Nation's Wars Joseph Boggs highlighted". The Kansas City Times. May 28, 1951. p. 22. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
- ^ Indian Village: from Boonetown to a vision of boomtown by Diane Euston, The Martin City & South KC Telegraph, 19 August 2020, https://martincitytelegraph.com/2020/08/19/indian-village-from-boonetown-to-a-vision-of-boomtown/ - accessed 9/24/2023
- ^ "L. C. Boyle Funeral Monday". The Kansas City Star. July 17, 1925. p. 2. Retrieved November 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Onofrio, Jan (2000). Iowa Biographical Dictionary. St. Clair Shores, Michigan: Somerset Publishers, Inc. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-403-09304-5.
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- ^ Lucas, Ray F. (October 15, 2021). "Cookingham, Laurie Perry". Texas State Historical Association. Archived from the original on October 8, 2022. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
- ^ "C0087 Crittenden, Thomas Theodore (1832–1909), Papers, 1880–1950" (PDF). The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2015. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
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- ^ "Jesse Donaldson, Truman Aide, Dies". The Kansas City Times. March 26, 1970. p. 5D. Retrieved October 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Obituary: Tatiana Dokoudovska". The Kansas City Star. September 22, 2005. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
- ^ "Greenlease Family Gets Condolences". Lansing State Journal. October 8, 1953. p. 22. Retrieved October 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Hall called a man who cared". The Kansas City Star. November 1, 1982. p. 1. Retrieved October 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Sid J. Hare is Dead". The Kansas City Star. October 26, 1938. p. 2. Retrieved October 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "John Lyle Harrington". The Springfield News-Leader. May 21, 1942. p. 10. Retrieved October 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Johnson, Waldo Porter". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
- ^ "William T. Johnson Dies". The Kansas City Times. September 12, 1930. p. 3. Retrieved April 13, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tribute to a Great Life". Kansas City Times. January 22, 1938. p. 3. Retrieved October 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Mrs. Bertha Mae Lillenas Dies of Pneumonia". Ibertia Sentinel. April 19, 1945. p. 1. Retrieved October 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ https://www.fhccemetery.com/notable-burials [bare URL]
- ^ "Homer B. Mann Dies". Kansas City Times. August 7, 1950. p. 2. Retrieved November 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Jay H. Neff Dead". The Farmer and Breeder. August 19, 1915. p. 1. Retrieved October 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Wide Regret on Death". The Kansas City Times. February 18, 1950. p. 3. Retrieved October 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Satchel Page". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
- ^ "Bury Bishop Partridge". The Kansas City Star. June 25, 1930. p. 2. Retrieved October 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Truman Leads the Mourners at Tom Pendergast's Burial". Springfield Leader and Press. January 29, 1945. p. 1. Retrieved October 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Peters, Mason Summers". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
- ^ "John H Ricksecker - victoriacross". vconline.org.uk. Archived from the original on October 8, 2022. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
- ^ "Sebree". The Kansas City Star. September 30, 1940. p. 12. Retrieved November 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Shannon, Joseph Bernard". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved October 13, 2022.
- ^ "General Shelby At Rest". The Kansas City Star. February 13, 1897. p. 1. Retrieved October 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Political Leaders of Both Parties Attend Rites for G. M. Shelley". Kansas City Times. January 9, 1929. p. 7. Retrieved October 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "'A beautiful soul': Kate Spade's funeral full of family and friends who celebrated love". kansascity.com. August 15, 2018. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
- ^ "Kenneth Spencer Rites". The Kansas City Times. February 24, 1960. p. 3. Retrieved October 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rites for Bishop". The Kansas City Times. August 26, 1961. p. 25. Retrieved October 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Carrie Westlake (Judson) Whitney". scenicregional.org. Archived from the original on October 8, 2022. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
- ^ Riley, Kimberly R. (February 23, 2018). "Hazel Browne Williams". The Pendergast Years. Archived from the original on October 8, 2022. Retrieved November 20, 2021.