Homewood Cemetery

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Homewood Cemetery is a historic, nonsectarian burial ground in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located in Point Breeze and is bordered by Frick Park, the neighborhood of Squirrel Hill, and the smaller Smithfield Cemetery.

It was established in 1878 from William Wilkins' 650-acre (2.6 km²) estate, Homewood.

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Notable interments

David Lytle Clark (1864-1939), businessman, creator of Clark Bar & Zagnut
Bertha Lamme Feicht (1869-1943), First female engineering graduate from Ohio State University and first female engineer to be employed by Westinghouse.
William Flinn (1851-1924), politician
Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919), industrialist, founder of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club
Childs Frick (1883-1965)- Anthropologist
Helen Clay Frick (1888-1984), philanthropist
Henry P. Ford (1837-1905), Mayor of Pittsburgh, 1896-1899
Erroll Garner (1921-1977), jazz pianist and composer
Teenie Harris (1908-1998), photographer
H. J. Heinz II (1908-1987), industrialist
H. John Heinz III (1938-1991), United States Senator
George Hetzel (1826-1899), portrait and landscape painter
Michael Late Benedum (1869-1959) businessman, co-founder of Benedum-Trees Oil Company
John Barrett Kerfoot (1816-1881), first Episcopal Bishop of Pittsburgh
Perle Mesta (1889-1975), Ambassador to Luxembourg 1949-53, and a noted Washington, D.C. socialite during Eisenhower and Nixon eras.
Alvin P. Shapiro (1920-1998), a physician and educator
Stephen Varzaly (1890-1957), priest, journalist, and cultural activist
Ernest T. Weir, founder of Weirton Steel and National Steel Corporation
William Wilkins (1779-1865), U.S. Senator