Calvary Cemetery (Seattle)
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Cemetery
A cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried. The term "cemetery" implies that the land is specifically designated as a burying ground. Cemeteries in the Western world are where the final ceremonies of death are observed...
in Seattle, Washington, USA, located in the Ravenna
Ravenna, Seattle, Washington
Ravenna is a neighborhood in northeastern Seattle, Washington named after Ravenna, Italy. Though Ravenna is considered a residential neighborhood, it also is home to several businesses such as the University Village Shopping Center...
/Bryant
Bryant, Seattle, Washington
- Bryant and Ravenna-Bryant :Bryant is a residential neighborhood in northeast Seattle, Washington. It is bounded by 25th Avenue NE on the west, beyond which is Ravenna; NE Blakeley Street, Union Bay Place NE and NE 45th Street on the south, beyond which is University Village; Sand Point Way NE on...
neighborhood. Dedicated on December 1, 1889, it is on the southwest slope of a hill overlooking University Village
University Village, Seattle, Washington
University Village is an upscale shopping center in Seattle, Washington, built at the south corner of Ravenna neighborhood. The 24 acre shopping center was built in 1956 across NE 45th Street on an earlier part of the Montlake Landfill University Village is an upscale shopping center in Seattle,...
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The cemetery, which is square-shaped, is bounded on the north by N.E. 55th Street, on the east by 35th Avenue N.E., on the south by N.E. 50th Street, and on the west by 30th Avenue N.E.
Among the 40,000 buried there are William Piggott, founder of PACCAR
PACCAR
PACCAR Inc is the third largest manufacturer of heavy-duty trucks in the world , and has substantial manufacture in light and medium vehicles through its various subsidiaries.-History:...
; Hec Edmundson
Hec Edmundson
Clarence Sinclair "Hec" Edmundson was a college basketball head coach. A native of Moscow, Idaho, and a 1910 graduate of the University of Idaho, Edmundson coached at his alma mater and the University of Washington , compiling a 508-204 overall record in 29 seasons.Hec Edmundson also coached the...
, basketball and track coach at the University of Washington
Washington Huskies
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; Dave Beck
Dave Beck
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, former president of the Teamsters
Teamsters
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; Jacob Nist, founder of Queen City Manufacturing Company, now the Seattle-Tacoma Box Company; and Walter Galbraith
Walter Galbraith
Walter Galbraith was a Scottish association football player and manager. He played as a defender for Queen's Park, Clyde, New Brighton and Grimsby Town...
, former president of Galbraith and Co. and director of Washington Mutual
Washington Mutual
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