George Washington Memorial Park (Paramus, New Jersey)
George Washington Memorial Park is a cemetery located in Paramus, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. It was established in 1939 as a "whites only" cemetery.
Noted burials
- Vito Trause (1925–2019), United States Army veteran, World War II prisoner of war, and well-known community figure in New Jersey.
- Lamont Coleman (1974–1999), known professionally as Big L, American rapper and songwriter.
- Thomas Eboli, mobster and acting boss of the Genovese crime family.
- Elston Howard (1929–1980), Major League Baseball player, first African-American to play for the New York Yankees and the 1963 American League Most Valuable Player.
- O'Kelly Isley Jr. – member of The Isley Brothers R&B group.
- Rudolph Isley (1939–2023), musician, singer-songwriter.
- Charles L. Littel, founder and president of Junior College of Bergen County and Centralia Junior College.
- Lizette Parker (1971–2016), Mayor of Teaneck, New Jersey (2014–2016), first female African-American mayor of any municipality in Bergen County.
- Luther Vandross (1951–2005), rhythm and blues singer, dominant R&B artists on Billboard charts.
References
- ^ "George Washington Memorial Park Cemetery Ass'n, In re, 145 A.2d 665, 52 N.J. Super. 519 (N.J. Super. Ch., 1958)". Superior Court of New Jersey.
The plaintiff herein seeks a judgment determining the legality of a covenant in the deeds executed by the Cemetery Company which restricts the burial privileges to persons of the white or Caucasian race. A stipulation of the facts bearing upon the situation has been executed. ... In the year 1939 the trustees of the plaintiff corporation adopted a By-law which provides that no bodies except those of persons of the white or Caucasian race should be buried in the cemetery. All deeds issued by the plaintiff corporation provided that the grantee agreed to abide by all cemetery by-laws and ordinances, conditions, and the like, and included in all deeds was a provision reading as follows: ...
- ^ Warmflash, Schuyler (2001). The Architecture of Bergen County, New Jersey. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 0-8135-2867-4.
The George Washington Memorial Park Cemetery is neither a picturesque enclave, nor an outdoor museum. As in the earliest cemeteries, expressions of ...
- ^ Snyder, John (November 1, 2019). "Vito 'Pal' Trause, Beloved Local War Hero, Dies at 94". The Pascack Press.
- ^ Jim Norman (April 30, 2016). "Hundreds Mourn Teaneck Mayor Lizette Parker, Recalled As A 'Powerful Public Servant'". USA Today. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
- ^ Lur Herzog (April 30, 2016). "History Making N.J. Mayor Remembered at Funeral For Faith, Family, Love Of Children". New Jersey Advance Media. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
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