Montefiore Cemetery Explained

Montefiore Cemetery (registered as Springfield L. I. Cemetery Society)
Established:	1908^[1]
Location:	121-83 Springfield Boulevard Springfield Gardens, Queens, New York
Coordinates:	40.6858°N -73.7417°W
Map Type:	New York City#New York
Type:	Jewish
Owner:	Springfield L.I. Cemetery Society
Graves:	>160,000
Website:	montefiorecemetery.org
Findagraveid:	65292
Politicalgeo:	NY/QU-buried.html#cms04319

Montefiore Cemetery, also known as Old Montefiore Cemetery, is a Jewish cemetery in Springfield Gardens, Queens, New York, established in 1908. The cemetery is called by several names, including Old Montefiore, Springfield, or less commonly, just Montefiore. More than 150,000 have been buried there.

The Shomrim Society, the fraternal society of Jewish officers in the New York City Police Department, has a burial plot for their members in Montefiore Cemetery, and it contains a large granite obelisk erected in 1949.^[2]

Notable burials

• Hyman Amberg (1902–1926), mobster^[3]
• Joseph C. Amberg (–1926), mobster^[3]
• Louis Amberg (1898–1935), mobster^{[3] [4]}
• Abraham Coralnik (1883–1937), writer and newspaper editor^{[5] [6]}
• Al "Bummy" Davis (1920–1945), boxer^[7]
• Herb Edelman (1933–1996), actor^[8]
• Israel Lewis Feinberg, M.D. (1872–1941), coroner of New York County^[9]
• Sidney A. Fine (1903–1982), New York state assemblyman, senator, and U.S. congressman^[10]
• Fyvush Finkel (1922–2016), actor
• Alexander Granach (1893–1945), actor^{[11] [12]}
• Shemaryahu Gurary (1897–1989), Chabad rabbi^[13]
• Philip M. Kleinfeld (1894–1971), New York State assemblyman, senator, and judge
• Israel H. Levinthal (1888–1982), rabbi^[14]
• Oscar Lewis (1914–1970), author and anthropologist^[15]
• Lou Limmer (1925–2007), baseball player
• Joseph Margoshes (1866–1955), Yiddish journalist
• Samuel Margoshes (1887–1968), Yiddish journalist and newspaper editor
• William Meyerowitz (1887–1981), artist
• Hans Morgenthau (1904–1980), international relations scholar^{[16] [17]}
• Barnett Newman (1905–1970), artist^[18]
• Joseph Schlossberg (1875–1971), labor activist
• Nathan D. Shapiro (1887–1969), lawyer and New York State assemblyman
• Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn (1880–1950), sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe^[19]
• Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902–1994), seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe^[19]
• Arnold Schuster (1927–1952), Brooklyn clothing salesman and amateur detective^[20]
• Aryeh Leib Schochet (1845–1928), rabbi^[21]
• Sholom Secunda (1894–1974), songwriter^[22]
• Jacob Shapiro (1899–1947), mobster^[23]
• Irwin Steingut (1893–1952), politician, New York State Assemblyman from 1922 to 1952, Speaker of the Assembly in 1935^[24]
• Dave Tarras (–1989), musician^{[25] [26]}
• Abraham Telvi (1934–1956), mobster^[27]
• Peter Weinberger (1956–1956), murder victim^{[28] [29]}

New Montefiore

In 1928, Montefiore Cemetery expanded to a second site in Farmingdale, New York, named New Montefiore Cemetery.

Sources

• Book: Wilson. Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons. 2016. McFarland and Co.. Jefferson, NC. 978-0786479924. Third. September 23, 2016.

External links

• Montefiore Cemeteries Official Website

Notes and References

1. http://montefiorecemetery.org Montefiores homepage
2. News: Shaft to Honor Police Dead. May 13, 2016. New York Times. September 25, 1949. 49.
3. Wilson, pp. 18–19.
4. News: Louis Amberg Buried – No Ceremony Held for Gangster – Hunt for Slayer Pressed. September 23, 2016. The New York Times. October 25, 1935. 17.
5. News: Coralnik Services Attended by Many – Associate Editor of the Jewish Day Is Eulogized by Dr. Samuel Margoshes. The New York Times . July 19, 1937 . 16 . May 12, 2023.
6. Web site: Montefiore Cemetery – Locator . Montefiore Cemetery . May 12, 2023.
7. http://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/news-photo/relatives-and-friends-gather-in-montefiore-cemetery-in-news-photo/97349396 Getty Images
8. Wilson, p. 219.
9. News: Dr. Israel Feinberg, Ex-Coroner Here, 69 – Head of Old Board, I910-18, Sought to Abolish System . The New York Times . April 14, 1941 . 17 . May 12, 2023.
10. https://books.google.com/books?id=ACTF56SnaykC&dq=Montefiore+cemetery+sidney+fine&pg=PA190 The Jews of Capitol Hill
11. Wilson, p. 292.
12. https://books.google.com/books?id=risxDwAAQBAJ&dq=Montefiore+cemetery+alexander+granach&pg=PT16 From the Shtetl to the Stage
13. Book: The Rebbe: The Life and Afterlife of Menachem Mendel Schneerson . 54 . Samuel . Heilman . Menachem . Friedman . Princeton University Press . 2012 . 978-0691154428.
14. Web site: Locator . June 9, 2023 . Montefiore Cemetery.
15. News: Whitman. Alden. Oscar Lewis, Author and Anthropologist, Dead. September 23, 2016. The New York Times. December 18, 1970. 42.
16. Web site: Hans Morgenthau dies; noted political scientist . Nashua Telegraph . Nashua, N.H. . July 21, 1980 . May 12, 2023 . news.google.com.
17. Web site: Montefiore Cemetery – Locator . Montefiore Cemetery . May 12, 2023.
18. Web site: Ron . Marzlock . Francis Lewis Blvd. At 231st St., Cambria Heights . Queens Chronicle . May 16, 2002 . May 12, 2023.
19. Heilman and Friedman (2012), p. 17.
20. News: Perlmutter. Emanuel. 150 Police Seeking Schuster Slayer; Motive a Mystery – Hunt Sutton Crony – Tenuto, Escaped Felon, the Chief Suspect in Brooklyn Tragedy – Victim Received Threats – Letters, Calls Began After He Spotted Bandit, but Family Did Not Want Guard, Police Say. September 23, 2016. The New York Times. March 10, 1952. 1.
21. http://kevarim.com/rebbe-aryeh-leib-schochet/ Rebbe Aryeh Leib Schochet
22. News: Freeman. William. Sholom Seconda Is Dead; Composer, Song Writer. September 23, 2016. The New York Times. June 14, 1974. 36.
23. Wilson, p. 679.
24. News: Steingut Funeral Attended by 4,000 – Lehman and Farley Are Among Notables Attending Service for Minority Leader. September 23, 2016. The New York Times. September 29, 1952. 23.
25. News: Jon . Pareles . Dave Tarras, 95, Clarinetist, Dies; Purveyor of Klezmer Dance . The New York Times . February 14, 1989 . B6 . May 12, 2023.
26. Web site: Montefiore Cemetery – Locator . Montefiore Cemetery . May 12, 2023.
27. News: Pearlmutter. Emanuel. Body is Exhumed in Riesel Inquiry – Hogan Requests Move to See if Telvi Was Acid-Scarred – Ohio Pair Questioned Motive Is Sought. September 23, 2016. The New York Times. August 22, 1956. 12.
28. News: Kidnapped Baby Buried – Private Funeral Rites Held for Peter Weinberg . The New York Times . September 10, 1956 . 17 . May 12, 2023.
29. Web site: Montefiore Cemetery – Locator . Montefiore Cemetery . May 12, 2023.