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Calvary Cemetery is the largest Roman Catholic cemetery in Cleveland, and one of the largest in Ohio. It is operated by the Catholic Cemeteries Association and was dedicated on November 26, 1893. The original purchase of land was approximately . There are now over 305,000 interments and the cemetery sprawls over more than .〔Vigil, p. 24〕 Calvary is located on the border between Cleveland and Garfield Heights, Ohio. The first burial was on November 30, 1893. John and Catharine Hogan, husband and wife, who died one day apart, were buried in section 10.〔〔2009-04-19. Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland Necrology File. Accessed: 2009-04-19. (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/5gAK80NR0)〕 The largest number of burials in one day was 81 on November 4, 1918, during the Influenza (Spanish Flu) pandemic. Total number of interments that month was 985.〔 The cemetery contains the war graves of two World War I soldiers of the Canadian Army.〔() CWGC Cemetery report, details from casualty record.〕 ==Notable interments== *Frank J. Battisti (1922–1994) U.S. district judge for the Northern District of Ohio.〔 *Michael Corcoran (d. 1919), Medal of Honor recipient, Indian Wars.〔 Vigil, p. 25.〕 *Ed Delahanty (1867–1903), Hall of Fame Baseball player.〔 *Anton Grdina (1874–1957) Community activist, first American to receive Yugoslavia's highest civil honor, the Third Order of the Crown.〔 *Gustav C. Kuhlman (1859–1915), Founder of the G. C. Kuhlman Car Company. *Frank Lausche (1895–1990), Cleveland mayor and Ohio governor.〔 *John R. Towle (1924–1944), US Army World War II Medal of Honor recipient.〔 Vigil, p. 27.〕 *Stanisława Walasiewicz (Stella Walsh) (1911–1980), Controversial Olympic Gold Medalist.〔 *Bill Wambsganss (1894–1985), Baseball player, made the only unassisted triple play in World Series history.〔 Vigil, p. 26.〕 *Frankie Yankovic (1915–1998), The Polka King.〔(Frankie Yankovic on Findagrave ) Retrieved online April 20, 2009.〕〔 Vigil, p. 28.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Calvary Cemetery (Cleveland)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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