Forest Hill Calvary Cemetery

The Forest Hill Calvary Cemetery was established in 1888. George Kessler served as the landscape architect when the cemetery was established.{{Cite web |url=https://www.fhccemetery.com/history |title=History |website=fhccemetry.com |access-date=2022-10-08}}

The cemetery is approximately {{convert|160|acres}}. It is located at 69th Street and Troost Avenue.

• Edward Robert Atwill (1840–1911), bishop of Episcopal Diocese of West Missouri{{cite journal |date=February 4, 1911 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NyuXz-91Oe8C&q=Edward+R.+Atwill+Red+Hook,+N.Y. |title=Death of the Rt. Rev. Edward R. Atwill, D.D. |journal=The Living Church |volume=44 |pages=462}}
• Charles A. Baird (1870–1944), athletic director at the University of Michigan{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110941296/funeral-for-charles-baird-to-be-monday/ |title=Funeral For Charles Baird To Be Monday |date=1944-12-02 |newspaper=The Herald-Palladium |page=7 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2022-10-08}}{{Open access}}
• John L. Barkley (1895–1966), U.S. Medal of Honor recipient{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110916343/paul-van-ormers-to-uncles-last-rites/ |title=Paul Van Ormers to Uncles Last Rites |date=1966-04-21 |newspaper=The Clinton Eye |page=2 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2022-10-08}}{{Open access}}
• Harold Roe Bartle (1901–1974), businessman, philanthropist, executive, mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, namesake of Kansas City Chiefs{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110916235/roe-bartle-buried-12-may-1974-moberly/ |title=Roe Bartle Buried |date=1974-05-12 |newspaper=Moberly Monitor-Index |page=2 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2022-10-08}}{{Open access}}
• Albert I. Beach (1883–1939), mayor of Kansas City, Missouri{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110916542/rites-for-a-i-beach-23-jan-1939-the/ |title=Rites for A. I. Beach |date=1939-01-23 |newspaper=The Kansas City Star |page=8 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2022-10-08}}{{Open access}}
• Joseph Boggs (1749–1843), army officer, moved from Old Westport Cemetery in 1915{{Cite news |date=1951-05-28 |title=Veterans of the Nation's Wars Joseph Boggs highlighted |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-times-veterans-of-the-na/131201682/ |access-date=2024-09-07 |work=The Kansas City Times |pages=22}}
• Daniel Boone III (1809–1880), and Mary Constance Philibert Boone (1814–1904), early Kansas City founders who settled in the area that later became Forest Hill CemeteryIndian Village: from Boonetown to a vision of boomtown by Diane Euston, The Martin City & South KC Telegraph, 19 August 2020, https://martincitytelegraph.com/2020/08/19/indian-village-from-boonetown-to-a-vision-of-boomtown/ - accessed 9/24/2023
• Louis C. Boyle (1866–1925), Kansas Attorney General and lawyer{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112513615/l-c-boyle-funeral-monday-17-jul/ |title=L. C. Boyle Funeral Monday |date=1925-07-17 |newspaper=The Kansas City Star |page=2 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2022-11-04}}{{Open access}}
• Walter Halben Butler (1852–1931), U.S. Representative from Iowa, newspaperman and lawyer{{cite book |last=Onofrio |first=Jan |date=2000 |title=Iowa Biographical Dictionary |url={{Google books|RdjsvD_4crIC|page=120|plainurl=yes}} |page=120 |location=St. Clair Shores, Michigan |publisher=Somerset Publishers, Inc. |isbn=978-0-403-09304-5}}
• Arthur Chapman (1863–1928), member of the Missouri House of Representatives{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112398818/chapman-25-jul-1928-the-kansas-city/ |title=Chapman |date=1928-07-25 |newspaper=Kansas City Times |page=14 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2022-11-01}}{{Open access}}
• Laurie Perry Cookingham (1896–1992), city manager of multiple cities, including Kansas City, Missouri and Fort Worth, Texas{{Cite web |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/cookingham-laurie-perry |title=Cookingham, Laurie Perry |last=Lucas |first=Ray F. |date=2021-10-15 |website=Texas State Historical Association |access-date=2022-10-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008170840/https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/cookingham-laurie-perry |archive-date=2022-10-08 |url-status=live}}
• Thomas T. Crittenden (1832–1909), Governor of Missouri{{cite web|title=C0087 Crittenden, Thomas Theodore (1832–1909), Papers, 1880–1950|url=http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/invent/0087.pdf|publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri|accessdate=December 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927105449/http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/invent/0087.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-27 |url-status=dead}}
• Thomas T. Crittenden Jr. (1863–1938), mayor of Kansas City, Missouri{{Cite web |url=https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/11598 |title=Crittenden, Thomas Theodore |website=history.house.gov |access-date=2022-10-08}}
• Jesse M. Donaldson (1885–1970), U.S. Postmaster General{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110927797/jesse-donaldson-truman-aide-dies-26/ |title=Jesse Donaldson, Truman Aide, Dies |date=1970-03-26 |newspaper=The Kansas City Times |page=5D |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2022-10-08}}{{Open access}}
• Tatiana Dokoudovska (1921–2005), French ballet dancer{{cite news |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/kansascity/obituary.aspx?n=tatiana-dokoudovska&pid=15164074 |title=Obituary: Tatiana Dokoudovska |work=The Kansas City Star |date=2005-09-22 |access-date=2022-10-08}}
• Bobby Greenlease (1947–1953), six-year-old kidnapping and homicide victim{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110928149/greenlease-family-gets-condolences-8/ |title=Greenlease Family Gets Condolences |date=1953-10-08 |newspaper=Lansing State Journal |page=22 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2022-10-08}}{{Open access}}
• J. C. Hall (1891–1982), founder and chief executive of Hallmark Cards{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111035771/hall-called-a-man-who-cared-1-nov/ |title=Hall called a man who cared |date=1982-11-01 |newspaper=The Kansas City Star |page=1 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2022-10-10}}{{Open access}}
• Sid J. Hare (1860–1938), landscape architect{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110939727/sid-j-hare-is-dead-26-oct-1938-the/ |title=Sid J. Hare is Dead |date=1938-10-26 |newspaper=The Kansas City Star |page=2 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2022-10-08}}{{Open access}}
• John L. Harrington (1868–1942), civil engineer and bridge designer{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110930167/john-lyle-harrington-21-may-1942-the/ |title=John Lyle Harrington |date=1942-05-21 |newspaper=The Springfield News-Leader |page=10 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2022-10-08}}{{Open access}}
• Waldo P. Johnson (1817–1885), Confederate States and U.S. Senator from Missouri{{Cite web |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/J000179 |title=Johnson, Waldo Porter |work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=2022-10-08}}
• William Tell Johnson (1848–1930), American lawyer and judge{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-times-william-t-johnson/122779553/ |title=William T. Johnson Dies |date=1930-09-12 |newspaper=The Kansas City Times |page=3 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2023-04-13}}{{Open access}}
• William Thornton Kemper Sr. (1867–1938), Kansas City banker{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111282578/tribute-to-a-great-life-22-jan-1938/ |title=Tribute to a Great Life |date=1938-01-22 |newspaper=Kansas City Times |page=3 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2022-10-14}}{{Open access}}
• Bertha Mae Lillenas (1889–1945), evangelist and hymn writer{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110942834/mrs-bertha-mae-lillenas-dies-of/ |title=Mrs. Bertha Mae Lillenas Dies of Pneumonia |date=1945-04-19 |newspaper=Ibertia Sentinel |page=1 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2022-10-08}}{{Open access}}
• Robert A. Long (1850–1934), American lumber baron, developer, investor, newspaper owner, and philanthropisthttps://www.fhccemetery.com/notable-burials {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}
• Homer B. Mann (1869–1950), president of Park College, insurance businessman and state politician{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112401605/homer-b-mann-dies-7-aug-1950-the/ |title=Homer B. Mann Dies |date=1950-08-07 |newspaper=Kansas City Times |page=2 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2022-11-01}}{{Open access}}
• Jay H. Neff (1854–1915), mayor of Kansas City, Missouri and newspaperman{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110916019/jay-h-neff-dead-19-aug-1915-the/ |title=Jay H. Neff Dead |date=1915-08-19 |newspaper=The Farmer and Breeder |page=1 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2022-10-08}}{{Open access}}
• J. C. Nichols (1880–1950), real estate developer{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110916641/wide-regret-on-death-18-feb-1950-the/ |title=Wide Regret on Death |date=1950-02-18 |newspaper=The Kansas City Times |page=3 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2022-10-08}}{{Open access}}
• Buck O'Neill (1911-2006), first baseman and manager in the Negro American League, first African American coach in Major League Baseball, played a major role in establishing the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame
• Satchel Paige (1906–1982), American baseball player in Negro league and Major League Baseball, member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame{{Cite news |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/paigesa01.shtml |title=Satchel Page |website=baseball-reference.com |access-date=2022-10-08}}
• Sidney Catlin Partridge (1857–1930), bishop of Kyoto, bishop of Episcopal Diocese of West Missouri{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110927509/bury-bishop-partridge-25-jun-1930-the/ |title=Bury Bishop Partridge |date=1930-06-25 |newspaper=The Kansas City Star |page=2 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2022-10-08}}{{Open access}}
• Joseph M. Patterson (1837–1914), member of the Illinois Senate
• Tom Pendergast (1872–1945), Political boss in Kansas City from 1925 to 1939{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111221629/truman-leads-the-mourners-at-tom/ |title=Truman Leads the Mourners at Tom Pendergast's Burial |date=1945-01-29 |newspaper=Springfield Leader and Press |page=1 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2022-10-13}}{{Open access}}
• Mason S. Peters (1844–1914), U.S. Representative from Kansas{{Cite web |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/P000254 |title=Peters, Mason Summers |work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=2022-10-08}}
• Charles H. Price II (1931–2012), businessman and U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom and Belgium
• John H. Ricksecker (1843–1929), Civil War Medal of Honor recipient{{Cite web |url=http://www.vconline.org.uk/john-h-ricksecker/4594173037.html |title=John H Ricksecker - victoriacross |access-date=2022-10-08 |website=vconline.org.uk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008153720/http://www.vconline.org.uk/john-h-ricksecker/4594173037.html |archive-date=2022-10-08 |url-status=live}}
• Frank P. Sebree (1854–1940), lawyer and member of the Missouri House of Representatives{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112563651/sebree-30-sep-1940-the-kansas-city/ |title=Sebree |date=1940-09-30 |newspaper=The Kansas City Star |page=12 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2022-11-05}}{{Open access}}
• Joe Shannon (1867–1943), U.S. Representative from Missouri and Democratic political boss{{Cite web |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S000287 |title=Shannon, Joseph Bernard |work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=2022-10-13}}
• Joseph O. Shelby (1830–1897), Confederate States Army general{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110929612/general-shelby-at-rest-13-feb-1897/ |title=General Shelby At Rest |date=1897-02-13 |newspaper=The Kansas City Star |page=1 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2022-10-08}}{{Open access}}
• George M. Shelley (1850–1929), Mayor of Kansas City{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111281453/the-kansas-city-times/ |title=Political Leaders of Both Parties Attend Rites for G. M. Shelley |date=1929-01-09 |newspaper=Kansas City Times |page=7 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2022-10-14}}{{Open access}}
• Kate Spade, fashion designer and entrepreneur, she was the co-founder and co-owner of the designer brand Kate Spade New York{{cite web|title='A beautiful soul': Kate Spade's funeral full of family and friends who celebrated love|url=https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article213519764.html|website=kansascity.com|date=August 15, 2018|accessdate=December 16, 2024}}
• Kenneth A. Spencer (1902–1960), coal miner and philanthropist{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110937882/kenneth-spencer-rites-24-feb-1960-the/ |title=Kenneth Spencer Rites |date=1960-02-24 |newspaper=The Kansas City Times |page=3 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2022-10-08}}{{Open access}}
• Robert Nelson Spencer (1877–1961), bishop of Episcopal Diocese of West Missouri{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110938345/rites-for-bishop-26-aug-1961-the/ |title=Rites for Bishop |date=1961-08-26 |newspaper=The Kansas City Times |page=25 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2022-10-08}}{{Open access}}
• Carrie Westlake Whitney (1854–1934), librarian and first director of Kansas City Public Library{{Cite web |url=https://scenicregional.org/carrie-westlake-whitney/ |title=Carrie Westlake (Judson) Whitney |website=scenicregional.org |access-date=2022-10-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008184850/https://scenicregional.org/carrie-westlake-whitney/ |archive-date=2022-10-08 |url-status=live}}
• Hazel Browne Williams (1907–1986), educator at the University of Missouri–Kansas City{{cite web |last1=Riley |first1=Kimberly R. |title=Hazel Browne Williams |url=https://pendergastkc.org/article/biography/hazel-browne-williams |website=The Pendergast Years |access-date=November 20, 2021 |date=February 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008154256/https://pendergastkc.org/article/biography/hazel-browne-williams |archive-date=2022-10-08 |url-status=live}}

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