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
Zeke Zettner, member of rock band The Stooges

^ "Death of a Whistleblower: Detroit's Bankruptcy, Edward Snowden and Jerry Buckley | Kevin Walsh". Huffingtonpost.com. 27 September 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
^ Campbell, Bob (2 July 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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