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Queen of Heaven was consecrated in 1947 . The cemetery maintained its own office until 1965 , when operations were combined with neighboring Mount Carmel Cemetery. Currently, the cemetery is 472 Acre s in size, and there are currently over 122,450 people buried there. There are approximately 3,215 annual internments at Queen of Heaven. In addition to regular graves, Queen of Heaven was the first area cemetery to have religious shrine sections. In these sections families could purchase plots for all its members all at once, and not incur future charges. The cemetery has an indoor mausoleum with 30,000 crypts, plus an additional 64 columbarium niches. There is also a garden crypt complex, with 25,729 crypts and 720 columbarium niches. Former U.S. Representative Frank Annunzio is buried at Queen of Heaven, as is former football team owner Charles Bidwell. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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