Holy Sepulchre Cemetery (Southfield, Michigan)

{{Short description|Cemetery in Oakland County, Michigan}}

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Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Southfield, Michigan, is an American cemetery operated by [https://www.cfcsdetroit.org/ Catholic Funeral and Cemetery Services], a ministry of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit.

Notable people

Among the notable figures buried there are:

  • Larry Aurie, hockey player for the Detroit Red Wings{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5215442/aurie-was-still-living-hockey-when/ |title=Aurie Was Still Living Hockey When Death Came at 47 |first=Marshall |last=Dann |newspaper=Detroit Free Press |page=13 |date=1952-12-13 |access-date=2023-04-10 |via=Newspapers.com}}
  • Vince Banonis, football player for the Detroit Lions[https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/detroitnews/obituary.aspx?n=vincent-joseph-banonis&pid=181721720 The Detroit News]
  • Vincent M. Brennan, U.S. Representative from Michigan[https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/B/BRENNAN,-Vincent-Morrison-(B000800)/ United States House of Representatives]
  • Anthony Giacalone, a Detroit Mafia Member & Suspect in the murder of Jimmy Hoffa
  • William Bufalino, Mafia Lawyer and Legal Counsel to Jimmy Hoffa, rumored member of the Mafia
  • Angelo Meli, a known member of the Detroit Mafia
  • William Tocco, known member of the Detroit Mafia
  • Walter Briggs Sr., owner of the Detroit Tigers[https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2019/08/20/mike-ilitch-family-building-mausoleum-detroit-business-icon/1985632001/ The Detroit News]
  • Al Cicotte, baseball player for the Detroit Tigers[https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/al-cicotte/ Society for American Baseball Research]
  • Charles Coughlin, Roman Catholic priest and noted radio commentator during the 1930s and 1940s[https://books.google.com/books?id=hxONBgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Holy+Sepulchre+Cemetery%22+charles+coughlin&pg=PT132 Dictionary of Basilian Biography]
  • John Francis Dearden, Archbishop of Detroit, 1958–1980, created Cardinal in 1969[https://books.google.com/books?id=4C0KAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Holy+Sepulchre+Cemetery%22+john+dearden New Catholic Encyclopedia]
  • John Dingell Sr., American politician

File:Grave of Frank Joseph Navin (1871–1935) at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, Michigan 1.jpg

References