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Service and Care since 1889

The Kensico Cemetery was organized in 1889 under the “Act authorizing the incorporation of Rural Cemetery Association” passed April 27th 1847 and the several amendments thereto. The first interment was made September 1, 1889. This Cemetery is in the Hamlet of Valhalla in the township of Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, New York. It has frontage of about one mile on the Rail Road track with a gradual ascent to the highest point of land between Tarrytown and Long Island Sound.

  • May 9, 2025

    Friends of The Kensico Cemetery Inc. to Conduct Nineteenth Annual Pre-Memorial Day Service

    Soldiers from Westchester County who died in Iraq and Afghanistan will be honored as part of the nineteenth annual Veterans Remembrance Service on Friday, May 23 at 2:30 PM held at Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, NY. The public is invited to attend the tribute to these fallen heroes as well as those military personnel who [...]