Saint Raymond's Cemetery (Bronx)

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Saint Raymond's Cemetery
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Saint Raymond's Cemetery (Bronx)
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Location
The Bronx
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 40°49′30″N73°50′02″W / 40.82500°N 73.83389°W / 40.82500; -73.83389
Owned by Archdiocese of New York

Saint Raymond's Cemetery is a Catholic cemetery in the Throggs Neck and Schuylerville sections of the Bronx, New York City, United States. The cemetery is composed of two separate locations, often called "Old Saint Raymond's Cemetery" and "New Saint Raymond's Cemetery". The main entrance of the old cemetery is located at 1201 Balcom Avenue and the new cemetery is located at 2600 Lafayette Avenue, which is also the location of the main office. The old cemetery is essentially full and most present-day burials take place at the new cemetery, with the first burial there in 1951.[ citation needed ] Both locations are east of the Hutchinson River Parkway. The Bronx–Whitestone Bridge is located adjacent to the cemetery's newer section, while the neighboring Throgs Neck Bridge can be seen from a distance.

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The cemetery is owned and operated by the Archdiocese of New York. It is the only Catholic cemetery in the Bronx and is one of the busiest cemeteries in the United States with nearly 2,500 burials each year. [1] The cemetery provides in-ground burials, in-ground crypt burials in the new Holy Cross section, Mausoleum burials and niches for cremains and burials in the base of the gigantic granite Cross located in the Holy Cross section. There is also a special Garden of Innocents where still-born and young babies are buried. A portion of the St. Peters section was set aside in 1964 for the burial of the Archdiocese's clergymen. [1]

History

The cemetery land was originally the "Underhill Farm of Throgg's Neck." It was purchased and consecrated by Rev. Michael B. McEvoy, pastor from 1875 to 1885 of St. Raymond's Church, who utilized it for burial purposes as Saint Raymond's Cemetery. [2] Through its connection to St. Raymond's Church, the cemetery was dedicated in honor of 13th-century saint Raymond Nonnatus.

Lindbergh case

Shortly after his son's kidnapping in 1932, aviator Charles Lindbergh and Bronx resident John Condon met with the alleged kidnapper at St. Raymond's to deliver $50,000 in ransom money. Despite the payment, the child's body was found a few months later. Bruno Richard Hauptmann was convicted of the murder in 1935 and executed the following year.

Notable burials

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Notes

  1. ↑ Lavoe's remains and those of his son were exhumed in June 2002 and reburied next to those of his late wife at Cementerio Civil de Ponce in Ponce, Puerto Rico, as per the request of his family.

References

  1. 1 2 "Church of Saint Raymond — Cemetery" . Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  2. ↑ Remigius Lafort, S.T.D., Censor, The Catholic Church in the United States of America: Undertaken to Celebrate the Golden Jubilee of His Holiness, Pope Pius X. Volume 3: The Province of Baltimore and the Province of New York, Section 1: Comprising the Archdiocese of New York and the Diocese of Brooklyn, Buffalo and Ogdensburg Together with some Supplementary Articles on Religious Communities of Women. (New York City: The Catholic Editing Company, 1914), page 392.
  3. ↑ Reading Room Manchester. "Casualty Details" . Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  4. ↑ Reading Room Manchester. "Casualty Details" . Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "Murphy Triangle" . Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  6. ↑ Wake To Be Held For Christina Santiago, Bronx Native Killed In Stage Collapse At Indiana State Fair from CBS News 18 August 2011
  7. ↑ Reading Room Manchester. "Casualty Details" . Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  8. ↑ Blair, Elizabeth (17 July 2012). "Looking For Lady Day's Resting Place? Detour Ahead". NPR.
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