Sharon Memorial Park, Massachusetts

This article is about a graveyard in Massachusetts. For the graveyard in North Carolina, see Sharon Memorial Park, North Carolina.

Sharon Memorial Park
Details
Established	1948 (1948)
Location	Sharon, Massachusetts
Type	Jewish cemetery
Size	317 acres (128 ha)

Sharon Memorial Park is a Jewish cemetery located in Sharon, Massachusetts.^[1][2] This memorial park, established in 1948, the same year as the formation of Israel, is situated on 317 acres of land within the towns of Sharon and Canton.

Notable interments

• Irving Fine (1914–1962), composer and conductor
• Richard Frank (1953–1995), actor
• Elizabeth Glaser (1947–1994), AIDS activist and former wife of actor Paul Michael Glaser
• Melvin J. Glimcher^[3]
• Edith Fishtine Helman (1905–1994), professor at Simmons College
• Minuetta Kessler (1914–2002), concert pianist, classical music composer, and educator^[4]
• Simon Kuznets (1901–1985), Nobel Prize recipient
• Daniel Lewin (1970–2001), entrepreneur who co-founded Akamai Technologies and September 11 attacks victim
• Sumner Redstone (1923–2020), businessman (ViacomCBS)^[5]
• William Rosenberg (1916–2002), founder of Dunkin' Donuts
• Mark Sandman (1952–1999), rock musician and songwriter
• Ruth Wallis (1920–2007), cabaret singer

References

1. "Sharon Memorial Park". jcam.org. Jewish Cemetery Association. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
2. Lebeaux, Rachel (20 September 2015). "What is it like to live in Sharon?". Boston Globe. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
3. Stickgold, Emma (5 June 2014). "Melvin Glimcher, 88; doctor fascinated by bones' structure". Boston Globe. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
4. Nilsen, Jeff (1 December 2002). "Minuetta Kessler, Pianist and Teacher". The Boston Globe.
5. Sumner M. Redstone

External links

• Sharon Memorial Park
• Sharon Memorial Park, Massachusetts at Find a Grave

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