Putnam Cemetery

The main entrance of Putnam Cemetery

Putnam Cemetery is a non-sectarian cemetery located at 35 Parsonage Road in Greenwich, Connecticut. It is affiliated with adjacent Saint Mary's Cemetery at 399 North Street, which is a Catholic cemetery. The cemetery is located in a quiet residential neighborhood and is the final resting place of several notable people. Some of these renowned individuals are:

Putnam division

• Elizabeth Milbank Anderson, (1850–1921), philanthropist
• Victor Borge (1909–2000), pianist, symphony conductor, comedian
• Prescott Bush, (1895–1972), U.S. Senator, and Dorothy Walker Bush, (1901–1992), parents of President George H.W. Bush and grandparents of President George W. Bush
• Bud Collyer, (1908–1969), television show host
• Thomas Hastings, (1860–1929), architect
• Alden McWilliams, (1916–1993), cartoonist
• Jeremiah Milbank, (1818–1884), co-founder, Borden's Milk Company (1857)
• Martha Moxley, (1960–1975), murder victim
• Ezio Pinza, (1892–1957), opera singer
• Townsend Scudder, (1865–1960), U.S. Congressman from New York
• Anya Seton, (1916–1990), author
• Alec Templeton, (1909–1963), composer, pianist
• Douglass Watson, (1921–1989), actor

Saint Mary's division

• Jack Lescoulie (1912-1987), television show host
• Albert P. Morano (1908-1987), U.S. Representative from Connecticut
• William Ryan (1840-1925), U.S. Representative from New York
• Ann Brannack Skakel (1892-1955), mother of Ethel Kennedy
• George Skakel (1892-1955), American businessman, father of Ethel Kennedy
• William L. Tierney (1876-1958), U.S. Congressman from Connecticut
• Leonard Warren (1911-1960), American baritone

External links

• Putnam Cemetery at Find-A-Grave