Beechwoods Cemetery (New Rochelle, New York)
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Beechwoods Cemetery is a non-denominational cemetery
Cemetery
A cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried. The term "cemetery" implies that the land is specifically designated as a burying ground. Cemeteries in the Western world are where the final ceremonies of death are observed...

 located in New Rochelle, New York
New Rochelle, New York
New Rochelle is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States, in the southeastern portion of the state.The town was settled by refugee Huguenots in 1688 who were fleeing persecution in France...

. The cemetery was incorporated in 1854.

Notable interments

  • Ruth Chatterton
    Ruth Chatterton
    Ruth Chatterton was an American actress, novelist, and early aviatrix.- Early life :Chatterton was born in New York City, on Christmas Eve 1892, to Walter Smith and Lillian Reed Chatterton...

     (1892 – 1961), American actress, novelist and aviator. Her cremated remains are interred in a niche in the Lugar Mausoleum (Section 11, Lot 303).
  • John Q. Underhill
    John Q. Underhill
    John Quincy Underhill was a U.S. Representative from New York, representing the state's 16th congressional district....

     (1848-1907), U.S. Congressman
  • Max Wertheimer
    Max Wertheimer
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     (1880-1943), one of the founders of gestalt psychology
    Gestalt psychology
    Gestalt psychology or gestaltism is a theory of mind and brain of the Berlin School; the operational principle of gestalt psychology is that the brain is holistic, parallel, and analog, with self-organizing tendencies...


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