Forest Hill Calvary Cemetery

Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri

39°00′08″N 94°34′14″W / 39.00222°N 94.57056°W / 39.00222; -94.57056Size160 acres (65 ha)Websitehttps://www.fhccemetery.com/

Forest Hill Calvary Cemetery is a cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri.

History

The Forest Hill Calvary Cemetery was established in 1888. George Kessler served as the landscape architect when the cemetery was established.^[1]

The cemetery is approximately 160 acres (65 ha). It is located at 69th Street and Troost Avenue.^[1]

Notable burials

Edward Robert Atwill (1840–1911), bishop of Episcopal Diocese of West Missouri^[2]
Charles A. Baird (1870–1944), athletic director at University of Michigan^[3]
John L. Barkley (1895–1966), U.S. Medal of Honor recipient^[4]
Harold Roe Bartle (1901–1974), businessman, philanthropist, executive, mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, namesake of Kansas City Chiefs^[5]
Albert I. Beach (1883–1939), mayor of Kansas City, Missouri^[6]
Daniel Boone III (1809–1880), and Mary Constance Philibert Boone (1814-1904), early Kansas City founders who settled in the area that later became Forest Hill Cemetery^[7]
Louis C. Boyle (1866–1925), Kansas Attorney General and lawyer^[8]
Walter Halben Butler (1852–1931), U.S. Representative from Iowa, newspaperman and lawyer^[9]
Arthur Chapman (1863–1928), member of the Missouri House of Representatives^[10]
Laurie Perry Cookingham (1896–1992), city manager of multiple cities, including Kansas City, Missouri and Fort Worth, Texas^[11]
Thomas T. Crittenden (1832–1909), Governor of Missouri^[12]
Thomas T. Crittenden Jr. (1863–1938), mayor of Kansas City, Missouri^[13]
Jesse M. Donaldson (1885–1970), U.S. Postmaster General^[14]
Tatiana Dokoudovska (1921–2005), French ballet dancer^[15]
Bobby Greenlease (1947–1953), six-year-old kidnapping and homicide victim^[16]
J. C. Hall (1891–1982), founder and chief executive of Hallmark Cards^[17]
Sid J. Hare (1860–1938), landscape architect^[18]
John L. Harrington (1868–1942), civil engineer and bridge designer^{[citation needed]}
Waldo P. Johnson (1817–1885), Confederate States and U.S. Senator from Missouri^[19]
William Tell Johnson (1848–1930), American lawyer and judge^[20]
William Thornton Kemper Sr. (1867–1938), Kansas City banker^[21]
Bertha Mae Lillenas (1889–1945), evangelist and hymn writer^[22]
Robert A. Long (1850-1934), American lumber baron, developer, investor, newspaper owner, and philanthropist.^[23]
Homer B. Mann (1869–1950), president of Park College, insurance businessman and state politician^[24]
Jay H. Neff (1854–1915), mayor of Kansas City, Missouri and newspaperman^[25]
J. C. Nichols (1880–1950), real estate developer^[26]
Satchel Paige (1906–1982), American baseball player in Negro league and Major League Baseball, member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame^[27]
Sidney Catlin Partridge (1857–1930), bishop of Kyoto, bishop of Episcopal Diocese of West Missouri^[28]
Joseph M. Patterson (1837–1914), member of the Illinois Senate^{[citation needed]}
Tom Pendergast (1872–1945), Political boss in Kansas City from 1925 to 1939^[29]
Mason S. Peters (1844–1914), U.S. Representative from Kansas^[30]
Charles H. Price II (1931–2012), businessman and U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom and Belgium^{[citation needed]}
John H. Ricksecker (1843–1929), Civil War Medal of Honor recipient^[31]
Frank P. Sebree (1854–1940), lawyer and member of the Missouri House of Representatives^[32]
Joe Shannon (1867–1943), U.S. Representative from Missouri and Democratic political boss^[33]
Joseph O. Shelby (1830–1897), Confederate States Army general^[34]
George M. Shelley (1850–1929), Mayor of Kansas City^[35]
Kenneth A. Spencer (1902–1960), coal miner and philanthropist^[36]
Robert Nelson Spencer (1877–1961), bishop of Episcopal Diocese of West Missouri^[37]
Carrie Westlake Whitney (1854–1934), librarian and first director of Kansas City Public Library^[38]
Hazel Browne Williams (1907–1986), educator at University of Missouri–Kansas City^[39]

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^ "Political Leaders of Both Parties Attend Rites for G. M. Shelley". Kansas City Times. January 9, 1929. p. 7. Retrieved October 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Kenneth Spencer Rites". The Kansas City Times. February 24, 1960. p. 3. Retrieved October 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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