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Compiled and displayed is a non-inclusive list of notable burials at Calvary Catholic Cemetery, please scroll down to read some of the biographical information compiled about each individual. Information for this area will be updated periodically as additional information is compiled or updated.

JOHN & EDWARD BIDDLE

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JAMES FRANCIS BURKE

BIRTH: Oct. 21, 1867
DEATH: 1932
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US Congressman. Elected to represent Pennsylvania's 31st District in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1905 to 1915.

WILLIAM JOSEPH BURKE

BIRTH: 1862
DEATH: 1925
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US Congressman. Elected to represent Pennsylvania as At-Large in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1919 to 1923. He also served as a Member of the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1915 to 1918, and as a Progressive Candidate for United States Senator from Pennsylvania in 1922.

RICHARD J. CALIGUIRI

BIRTH: Oct. 20, 1931
DEATH: May 6, 1988
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Pittsburgh Mayor

BILLY "The Pittsburgh Kid" CONN

BIRTH: Oct. 8, 1917
DEATH: May 29, 1993
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Hall of Fame boxer who was the Light Heavyweight Champion from 1939-41. His fight with Joe Louis on June 18, 1941 at the Polo Grounds in NYC was one the greatest fights of the century. Conn, outweighed by more than 25 pounds came within two rounds of dethroning Louis. He was ahead on the scorecards of two of the officials and even on the third, when in the 13th round, overconfident, he decided to slug it out with the "Brown Bomber." He ran into a left hook and then a hard right by Louis and was counted out by the referee with only 2 seconds left in the round. Conn's career ring record was 63 wins 12 loses and 1 draw. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990.

HERBERT JOSEPH 'Herb' DRURY

BIRTH: Mar. 2, 1895
DEATH: Jul. 1, 1965
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Professional Hockey Player. Played defense for the Pittsburgh Stars from 1921 to 1922, Pittsburgh Yellowjackets from 1923 to 1925, Pittsburgh Pirates from 1925 to 1930, and the Philadelphia Quakers from 1930 to 1931.

JAMES F. "Pud" GALVIN

BIRTH: Dec. 25, 1856
DEATH: Mar. 7, 1902
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Baseball player. Pioneer era Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher for several teams (1875-92). He won 365 games and lost 311 games. His Hall of Fame plaque reads " When elected, only four pitchers had won more games. Pitched no hit games in 1880 and 1884. Pitched 649 complete games." A placid, gentle man, Galvin opened a saloon in Pittsburgh after he retired from baseball. Reportedly the place was always packed, but he went broke anyway. Then the nine bartenders he'd hired each opened a bar.

FRANK GORSHIN

BIRTH: Apr. 5, 1933
DEATH: May 17, 2005
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Actor. He was born in Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania). Appearing in more than 100 films, he is best remembered for his portrayal of the character 'The Riddler' in the classic 1960s TV series "Batman," for which he received an Emmy Award nomination. In films, he worked in "The Proud and the Profane" (1956), "The True Story of Jesse James" (1957), "Bells Are Ringing" (1960), "That Darn Cat" (1965). His last work was the role of George Burns in the Broadway hit, "Say Goodnight, Gracie”

HARRY "The Human Windmill" GREB

BIRTH: Jun. 6, 1894
DEATH: Oct. 22, 1926
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Hall of Fame boxer who was the Middleweight Champion from 1923-26. His career ring record was 264 wins and 23 loses with 12 draws. He was blind in one eye, but kept it secret most of his fighting career. He died during surgery to repair facial injuries from boxing and an accident.

ENOS KIRKPATRICK

BIRTH: December 8, 1885
DEATH: April 14, 1964
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Major League Baseball Player. The utility infielder played for the Brooklyn Dodgers, hitting .191 in 32 games in 1912 and .247 in 48 games in 1913. He then jumped to Baltimore Terrapins of the Federal League, batting .253 in 55 games in 1914 and .240 in 68 games in 1915. The right-handed hitter had lifetime totals of .237 with 20 doubles, six triples, three homers, 46 runs batted in and 32 stolen bases.

DAVID L. LAWRENCE

BIRTH: Jun. 18, 1889
DEATH: Nov. 21, 1966
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Former Mayor of Pittsburgh and Governor of Pennsylvania from 1959-63.

GENE LYONS

BIRTH: Feb. 9, 1921
DEATH: Jul. 8, 1974
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Actor. Lyons is best remembered for his television roles as 'Steve Rockwell' on "Woman With A Past" in 1954, and as 'Commissioner Dennis Randall' on "Ironside" from 1967 to 1974. He also appeared in the films, "Daddy's Gone A-Hunting" (1969), "Sylvia" (1965), "Kiss Her Goodbye" (1959), and "The Young Don't Cry" (1957). Also made several guest appearnces on television in, "The F.B.I.," "The Invaders," "Star Trek," "Bonanza," "I Spy," "Ben Casey," "The Fugitive," "Gunsmoke," "The Great Adventure," and "Have Gun-Will Travel" (1957), among many others.

JAMES MCDEVITT MAGEE

BIRTH: April 5, 1877
DEATH: 1949
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US Congressman. A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he served in the United States Army during World War I. Elected to represent Pennsylvania's 35th District in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1923 to 1927.

JOSEPH A. MCARDLE

BIRTH: June 29, 1903
DEATH: December 27, 1967
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US Congressman. Elected to represent Pennsylvania's 33rd District in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1939 to 1942. He also served as a Member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from 1936 to 1938.

JOHN MARY MORIN

BIRTH: April 18, 1868
DEATH: March 3, 1942
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US Congressman. Elected to represent Pennsylvania's 31st and 34th Districts, and as At-large in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1913 to 1929.

MOSSIE MURPHY

BIRTH: Sep. 21, 1935
DEATH: Jan. 25, 1997
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MICHAEL JOSEPH MULDOWNEY

BIRTH: August 10, 1889
DEATH: March 30, 1947
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US Representative from Pennsylvania. In 1908 he graduated from Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, was a member of the State house of representatives, 1925 to 1929 and served in the city council of Pittsburgh, 1930 to 1933. He was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-third Congress serving March 4, 1933 to January 3, 1935. A unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he served as a member of the State board of mercantile appraisers, 1935 to 1937. He was appointed State unemployment compensation...

BOB O'CONNOR

BIRTH: Dec. 9, 1944
DEATH: Sep. 1, 2006
HOME TOWN: Pittsburgh

Politician. Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

BILL REGAN

BIRTH: Jan. 23, 1899
DEATH: Jun. 11, 1968
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Major league baseball player who was a Catcher for the Boston Red Sox.

JAMES "Greenfield Jimmy" SMITH

BIRTH: May 15, 1895
DEATH: Jan. 1, 1974
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Major League Baseball Player. Born James Lawrence, he changed his name to Jimmy Smith and was nicked named Greenfield Jimmy, because he grew up in Greenfield, Pennsylvania. He made his professional debut as an infielder for the Chicago Chi-Feds, on September 9, 1914. He played for eight seasons for the Chicago Chi-Feds, Chicago Whales, Baltimore Terrapins, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Giants, Boston Braves, Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies. He retired in 1922, having played in 128 games with 247 hits, 12 homeruns, 108 runs batted in and a .219 batting average.

JULIUS JOSEPH (Moose) SOLTERS

BIRTH: Mar. 22, 1906
DEATH: Sep. 28, 1975
HOME TOWN: Pittsburgh

Major League Baseball Player. He was an American League outfielder for the Boston Red Sox, St Louis Browns, Cleveland Indians and the Chicago White Sox for 9 years. He had a lifetime Batting Average of .289.

HARRY A. STUHLDREHER

BIRTH: Oct. 14, 1901
DEATH: Jan. 26, 1965
HOME TOWN: Pittsburgh

Football player. He was one of Notre Dame's "Four Horsemen."

PATRICK JOSEPH SULLIVAN

BIRTH: 1877
DEATH: 1946
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US Congressman. Elected to represent Pennsylvania's 34th District in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1929 to 1933.

MARY LOU WILLIAMS

BIRTH: May 8, 1910
DEATH: May 28, 1981
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Phenomenal pianist, arranger, and composer of remarkable versatility and power, and probably the most influential woman in the history of jazz. She worked with, among others, Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman. Mary Lou Williams was born (Mary Elfrieda Scruggs) in Atlanta, Georgia on May 8, 1910 and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, an illegitimate child of an impoverished and indifferent mother. Mary Lou Williams childhood, like that of Ethel Waters and Billie Holiday, was rough and short. Like Waters and Holiday, she had to earn her own livelihood while still a child, and became a woman before she was ready. At age six Williams was already helping to support her ten half-brothers and sisters by playing for parties. She began performing publicly at the age of seven, when she became known admiringly in her native Pittsburgh as "the little piano girl of East Liberty." At seventeen Williams married a saxophone player named John Williams, one of her many tumultuous marriages and love affairs she went through throughout her life. She found comfort for her many disappointments and hurts not only in her music but in her spirituality. Mary Lou Williams wrote the well known "Trumpets No End" (1946) for Duke Ellington. Among her recordings "Zodiac Suite" (1945), "Waltz Boogie" (1946) and "Black Christ of The Andes" (1963). In 1970 as solo pianist and commentator she recorded The History of Jazz, she also during her musical career composed three complete masses and wrote other sacred music. Mary Lou Williams died in Durham, North Carolina on May 28, 1981. She was buried in Calvary Cemetery in a peaceful hilly section of Pittsburgh. As Mary Lou Williams said, looking back at the end of her life, "I did it, didn't I? Through muck and mud."

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