Mount Olivet Cemetery (Detroit)

Coordinates: 42°25′12″N 83°01′25″W / 42.419972°N 83.023682°W / 42.419972; -83.023682 Mount Olivet Cemetery is a cemetery at 17100 Van Dyke Avenue in the city of Detroit in Wayne County, Michigan. It opened in 1888 and is owned and operated by the Mount Elliott Cemetery Association, a not-for-profit Catholic organization. At 320 acres (130 ha), it is the largest cemetery in Detroit, although it no longer promotes itself publicly as a Roman Catholic institution.

Notables

U.S. Senator Patrick Vincent McNamara (D-MI).
U.S. Representative Louis Charles Rabaut (D-MI)
U.S. Representative Clarence J. McLeod (R-MI)
U.S. Representative John Lesinski, Sr. (D-MI)
U.S. Representative George D. O'Brien (D-MI)
U.S. Representative George Gregory Sadowski (D-MI)
U.S. Representative Robert Henry Clancy(D-MI)
U.S. Representative Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz (D-MI)
Jimmy Barrett, Major League Baseball player
Jerry Buckley, radio journalist; led the recall of Mayor Charles Bowles in 1930^[1]
Salvatore Catalanotte, leader of Detroit Cosa Nostra family and Unione Siciliane
Leo Diegel, professional golfer, winner of PGA Championship in 1928 and 1929
Joe Lafata, Major League Baseball player, New York Giants (1947–1949)
Judge Thomas Patrick Thornton^[2]
Tom Tyler, actor
Maurice Van Robays, Major League baseball player
Joseph Zerilli, leader of Detroit Cosa Nostra family

↑ "Death of a Whistleblower: Detroit's Bankruptcy, Edward Snowden and Jerry Buckley | Kevin Walsh". Huffingtonpost.com. 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2015-05-05.
↑ Campbell, Bob (July 2, 1985). "Judge earned a reputation for tenacity". Detroit Free Press. p. 13A. Burial will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Detroit.
↑ "CWGC Cemetery Report; Detroit (Mount Olivet) Cemetery". Retrieved 25 October 2013.

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