Mount Olivet Cemetery (Detroit)
Mount Olivet Cemetery is a cemetery at 17100 Van Dyke Avenue in the city of Detroit in Wayne County, Michigan. It opened in 1888 and is owned and operated by the Mount Elliott Cemetery Association, a not-for-profit Catholic organization. At, it is the largest cemetery in Detroit, although it no longer promotes itself publicly as a Roman Catholic institution.Notables
- U.S. Senator Patrick Vincent McNamara.
- U.S. Representative Louis Charles Rabaut
- U.S. Representative Clarence J. McLeod
- U.S. Representative John Lesinski, Sr.
- U.S. Representative George D. O'Brien
- U.S. Representative George Gregory Sadowski
- U.S. Representative Robert Henry Clancy
- U.S. Representative Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz
- Jimmy Barrett, Major League Baseball player
- Jerry Buckley, radio journalist; led the recall of Mayor Charles Bowles in 1930
- Salvatore Catalanotte, leader of Detroit Cosa Nostra family and Unione Siciliane
- Leo Diegel, professional golfer, winner of PGA Championship in 1928 and 1929
- Joe Lafata, Major League Baseball player, New York Giants
- Judge Thomas Patrick Thornton
- Tom Tyler, actor
- Maurice Van Robays, Major League baseball player
- Joseph Zerilli, leader of Detroit Cosa Nostra family
- Zeke Zettner, member of rock band The Stooges
The cemetery contains 3 British Commonwealth war graves, a Royal Air Force Cadet and two Canadian soldiers, of World War I.
