Gate of Heaven Cemetery (East Hanover, New Jersey) explained

Gate Cemetery
Established:	1937
Country:	United States
Location:	East Hanover, New Jersey
Coordinates:	40.816°N -74.374°W
Type:	Catholic
Owner:	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark
Size:	128acres
Graves:	81,000
Website:	Gate of Heaven Cemetery

Gate of Heaven Cemetery is a cemetery located in East Hanover Township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. The cemetery is operated under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark. It opened in 1937 and had 81,000 burials through 2002. 100 of the cemetery's original 128acres have been developed. Construction started in 1989 on Chapel Mausoleum, which was planned to include 10,000 crypts.^[1]

Notable burials

• Hugh Joseph Addonizio (1914–1981), New Jersey politician.
• Yogi Berra (1925–2015), Baseball Hall of Fame New York Yankee.
• Denise Borino-Quinn (1964–2010), actress
• Ownie Carroll (1902–1975), Major League Baseball pitcher.^[2]
• James Anthony Grogan (1938–2022), Former President International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers.
• Eugene Francis Kinkead (1876–1960), New Jersey politician.
• Tony Mottola (1918–2004), guitarist who played with Frank Sinatra.
• Karen Ann Quinlan (1954–1985), right to die debate figure.^[3]
• Peter W. Rodino (1909–2005), U.S. congressman.
• Anne Ryan (1889–1954), artist of the New York School of Abstract Expressionism
• Arthur Walsh (1896–1947), U.S. senator.

External links

• Search for burials in the Archdiocese of Newark database
• Gate of Heaven Cemetery

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gate of Heaven Cemetery . 2007-08-26 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060824015346/http://www.njcatholiccemeteries.com/gateofheaven.htm . 2006-08-24 .
2. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=carroow01 Ownie Carroll Stats
3. http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=doc&p_docid=0EB274231AC8942D&p_docnum=1&p_queryname=NaN&p_product=NewsBank&p_theme=aggregated4&p_nbid=R4EK52NJMTE4NTg0NzQ0OS4yODY4NjU6MTo3OnJhLTE4ODg "Tearful Rites for Karen Quinlan"