Hillcrest Park Cemetery
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Hillcrest Park Cemetery is located in Springfield, Massachusetts
. Although it is not known when it was established, it is known that the Hillcrest Park Cemetery Association - those who oversee the cemetery - was founded in 1924.
Springfield, Massachusetts
Springfield is the most populous city in Western New England, and the seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers; the western Westfield River, the eastern Chicopee River, and the eastern...
. Although it is not known when it was established, it is known that the Hillcrest Park Cemetery Association - those who oversee the cemetery - was founded in 1924.
Notable interments
- Henry L. BowlesHenry L. BowlesHenry Leland Bowles was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Athens, Vermont on January 6, 1866. He attended the district schools at Kendricks Corner and Vermont Academy. At the age of eighteen, he moved to Osage, Iowa and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He later...
, U.S. Congressman - Frank CrumitFrank CrumitFrank Crumit was an American singer, composer. radio entertainer and vaudeville star. He shared his radio programs with his wife, Julia Sanderson, and the two were sometimes called "the ideal couple of the air."...
, entertainer and composer - John GarandJohn GarandJohn Cantius Garand was a designer of firearms best known for creating the first successful semi-automatic rifle to be widely used in active military service, the M1 Garand....
, arms inventor - Phil PagePhil PagePhilippe Rausac "Phil" Page is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched from 1928–1930, 1934 with the Detroit Tigers and Brooklyn Dodgers.Page was born in Springfield, Massachusetts and attended Penn State University....
, baseball player - Eddie ShoreEddie ShoreEdward William Shore was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman, principally for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League, and the longtime owner of the Springfield Indians of the American Hockey League, iconic for his toughness and defensive skill.Shore won the Hart Trophy as the...
, hockey player