Gate of Heaven Cemetery

Gate of Heaven Cemetery
	; The upper entrance to Gate of Heaven Cemetery
Details
Year established	1917
Country	United States
Location	Hawthorne, New York
Type	Roman Catholic

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Not to be confused with Gate of Heaven Cemetery (Silver Spring, Maryland).

The new indoor building of Our Lady Queen of Peace Mausoleum

Garden Mausoleum with Saint Francis of Assisi Chapel in the background

The Gate of Heaven Cemetery, approximately 25 miles north of New York City, was established in 1917 at 10 West Stevens Ave. in Hawthorne, Westchester County, New York, United States, as a Roman Catholic burial site. Among its famous residents is baseball player Babe Ruth, whose grave has an epitaph by Cardinal Francis Spellman and is almost always adorned by a large number of baseballs, bats, and caps. Adjacent to the Garden Mausoleum is a small train station of the Metro North Railroad Harlem Division named Mount Pleasant where 4 trains stop daily, 2 northbound and 2 southbound.

[edit] Notable burials

Fred Allen (1894–1956), comic
Heywood Broun (1888–1939), journalist
Charles A. Buckley (1890–1967), United States Representative from New York
Paul Dixon (entertainer) (1918 – 1974), television and radio entertainer
Bella Dodd (1904–1969), activist, teacher, and attorney
Jessica Dragonette (1900-1980), radio soprano
James Farley (1888–1976), Postmaster General and advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hector Guimard (1867–1942), architect and most prominent representative of the Art Nouveau movement in France
Frank Hardart (1884–1972), son of founder of Horn & Hardart automat
Julie Haydon (1910–1994), actress
Anna Held (1872–1918), actress, singer
Claire Merritt Hodgson (1900–1976), wife of baseball great Babe Ruth
Bess Houdini (1876–1943), wife of Harry Houdini
G. Murray Hulbert (1881–1950), United States Representative from New York
Ethel D. Jacobs (1910–2001), thoroughbred racehorse owner
Dorothy Kilgallen (1913–1965), journalist, television personality
T. Vincent Learson (1912–1996), IBM chairman, Ambassador at Large for Law of the Sea Matters
Ernesto Lecuona (1896–1963), composer and songwriter
James J. Lyons (1890–1966), Bronx Borough President from 1934 to 1962
Wellington Mara (1916–2005), owner of NFL New York Giants
Malachi Martin (1921–1999), writer
Billy Martin (1928–1989), Major League Baseball player/manager
Pat McDonald (1871–1954), Olympic champion weight-thrower
John McSherry (1944–1996), Major League Baseball umpire
Sal Mineo (1939–1976), actor
Condé Nast (1873–1942), publisher
George Jean Nathan (1882–1958), drama critic
John P. O'Brien (1873–1951), politician and mayor of New York City
Fulton Oursler (1893–1952), writer
Westbrook Pegler (1894–1969), Pulitzer prize winning journalist
Mike Quill (1905–1966), founder of Transport Workers Union of America
Babe Ruth (1895–1948), Hall of Fame baseball player
Dutch Schultz (1902–1935), mobster
Lisa Steinberg (1981–1987), child murder victim
James H. Torrens (1874–1952), politician
Jimmy Walker (1881–1946), mayor of New York City
Malcolm Wilson (1914–2000), Governor of New York
James Cagney (1899-1986), Actor/Dancer
Frances W. "Billie" Cagney (1899-1994), Dancer and wife of James Cagney
William Voute (1939-1992), Great donator to New York City education/life and bond salesman