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 two cemeteries share the same office. 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 listed below.

Weeping European Beech tree in Putnam Cemetery

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
• G. Lauder Greenway (1904–1981), Chairman of the Metropolitan Opera Association and patron of the arts. Lifelong resident of Greenwich.
• James Cowan Greenway, (1903–1989), Ornithologist, Curator of Birds at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard
• Thomas Hastings, (1860–1929), architect
• William Temple Hornaday, (1854–1937), wildlife conservationist, first director of the N.Y. Zoological Park
• Robyna Neilson Ketchum, (1901–1972), actress
• George Lauder, (1837–1924), Scottish-American Industrialist, Mechanical Engineer. Partner, Carnegie Steel Corporation. Director, U.S. Steel. Grandfather of James C. Greenway and G. Lauder Greenway
• Alden McWilliams, (1916–1993), cartoonist
• Jeremiah Milbank, (1818–1884), co-founder, Borden's Milk Company (1857)
• Martha Elizabeth 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
• Lebbeus R. Wilfley, (1866–1926), Attorney General of the Philippines, Judge of the United States Court for China

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
• Vincent Artale (1917–1988), American Artist/Interior Designer
• Marie Elefante Artale (1921–1988), Educator, wife of Vincent Artale

External links

• Putnam Cemetery at Find a Grave