Cypress Lawn Memorial Park
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Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, established by Hamden Holmes Noble in 1892, is a cemetery
located in Colma, California
, a place known as the "City of the Silent". It is the final resting site for several members of the celebrated Hearst family plus other prominent citizens from the greater San Francisco area. The cemetery was among those profiled in the 2005 PBS documentary A Cemetery Special
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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 Colma, California
Colma, California
Colma is a small incorporated town in San Mateo County, California, at the northern end of the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area. The population was 1,792 at the 2010 census. The town was founded as a necropolis in 1924....
, a place known as the "City of the Silent". It is the final resting site for several members of the celebrated Hearst family plus other prominent citizens from the greater San Francisco area. The cemetery was among those profiled in the 2005 PBS documentary A Cemetery Special
A Cemetery Special
A Cemetery Special is a 2005 PBS television documentary film by Rick Sebak of WQED. The documentary profiles cemeteries and cemetery-related businesses and events across the United States.The following cemeteries are covered in the film:...
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Notable burials
- Yu-Pen Chu (1909–1984), senator of Taiwan, from 1933–1940
- Shu-Yuan Chu (1955–2009), famous Taiwanese writer, written "Life in the Sacred Palace of Taiwan" and daughter of Yu-Pen Chu, senator of Taiwan
- Isabella Macdonald AldenIsabella Macdonald AldenIsabella Macdonald Alden was an American author, writing under the pseudonym of "Pansy".Alden was born in Rochester, New York to well-educated parents. She was the sixth of seven children, and was initially home-schooled by her father, who also gave her her nickname...
(1841–1930), writer - Gertrude Franklin (Horn) Atherton (1857–1948), author
- Monte AttellMonte AttellMonte "The Nob Hill Terror" Attell , born in San Francisco, California, United States, was a champion boxer.-Early Career:...
(1885–1960), world boxing champion - Hubert Howe BancroftHubert Howe BancroftHubert Howe Bancroft was an American historian and ethnologist who wrote and published works concerning the western United States, Texas, Mexico, Central America, British Columbia and Alaska.-Biography:...
(1832–1918), pre-eminent writer of California history - Lincoln BeacheyLincoln BeacheyLincoln J. Beachey was a pioneer American aviator and barnstormer. He became famous and wealthy from flying exhibitions, staging aerial stunts, helping invent aerobatics, and setting aviation records....
(1887–1915), aviation pioneer - Joseph Paul CretzerJoseph Paul CretzerJoseph Paul Cretzer was an American bank robber and prisoner at Alcatraz who participated in and was slain in the bloody "Battle of Alcatraz" which took place following a failed escape attempt between May 2 and May 4, 1946.-Criminal career:Cretzer started his criminal...
(1911–1946), bank robber and prisoner, died in the escape attempt known as the "Battle of AlcatrazBattle of AlcatrazThe Battle of Alcatraz, which lasted from May 2–4, 1946, was the result of an unsuccessful escape attempt at Alcatraz Island Federal Penitentiary. Two guards—William A. Miller and Harold Stites—were killed along with three of the inmates. Eleven guards and one convict were also injured...
" - John C. CremonyJohn C. CremonyMajor John C. Cremony was an American newspaperman who enrolled in the Massachusetts Volunteers in 1846, serving as a lieutenant....
(1815–1879), Soldier, author, newsman - William H. CrockerWilliam H. Crocker-Biography:He was born in 1861 in Sacramento, California.He attended Phillips Academy, Andover and Yale University, where he was a brother of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity...
(1861–1937), banker - Charles de Young (1845–1880), publishing magnate; co-founder of San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco Chroniclethumb|right|upright|The Chronicle Building following the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake|1906 earthquake]] and fireThe San Francisco Chronicle is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California, but distributed throughout Northern and Central California,...
- James Clair Flood, "Bonanza KingBonanza KingsThe Bonanza Kings, also called the Silver Kings, was a nickname given to the four men who started a stock brokerage called Flood and O'Brien, more commonly known as the Bonanza Firm...
" - Phineas GagePhineas GagePhineas P. Gage was an American railroad construction foreman now remembered for his improbablesurvival of an accident in which a large iron rod was driven completely through his head, destroying much of his brain's left frontal lobe, and for that injury's reported effects on his personality and...
(1823–1860), noted brain-injury survivor - Phoebe HearstPhoebe HearstPhoebe Apperson Hearst was an American philanthropist, feminist and suffragist. She was also the mother of William Randolph Hearst.-Biography:...
(1842–1919), first female Regent of the University of CaliforniaUniversity of CaliforniaThe University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University... - William Randolph HearstWilliam Randolph HearstWilliam Randolph Hearst was an American business magnate and leading newspaper publisher. Hearst entered the publishing business in 1887, after taking control of The San Francisco Examiner from his father...
(1863–1951), publishing magnate - Charles S. Howard (1877–1950), businessman, owner of racehorse SeabiscuitSeabiscuitSeabiscuit was a champion Thoroughbred racehorse in the United States. From an inauspicious start, Seabiscuit became an unlikely champion and a symbol of hope to many Americans during the Great Depression...
- Hiram W. Johnson (1866–1945), statesman, governor
- Willie Jurado (1921–2006), journalist, founder of The Eye International Newspaper, and The Philippine National Press Club
- William LobbWilliam LobbWilliam Lobb was a Cornish plant collector, employed by Veitch Nurseries of Exeter, who was responsible for the commercial introduction to England of Araucaria araucana from Chile and the massive Sequoiadendron giganteum from North America.He and his brother, Thomas Lobb, were the first...
(1809–1864), English botanist and plant collector - Frederick LowFrederick LowFrederick Ferdinand Low was an American politician, US congressman and the ninth Governor of California.-Life:Born in Frankfort in 1828, Low attended the Hampden Academy in Hampden, Maine. Low moved to California, entering the shipping business in San Francisco in 1849...
(1828–1894), Congressman, California Governor, statesman - Tom MooneyThomas MooneyThomas Joseph "Tom" Mooney was an American political activist and labor leader, who was convicted with Warren K. Billings of the San Francisco Preparedness Day Bombing of 1916...
(1882–1942), Wobblie, political prisoner - Lefty O'DoulLefty O'DoulFrancis Joseph "Lefty" O'Doul was an American Major League Baseball player who went on to become an extraordinarily successful manager in the minor leagues, and also a vital figure in the establishment of professional baseball in Japan.-Player:Born in San Francisco, California, O'Doul began his...
(1897–1969), Major League Baseball Player - Joel Samuel PolackJoel Samuel PolackJoel Samuel Polack was one of the first Jewish settlers in New Zealand, arriving in 1831. He is regarded as an authority on pre-colonial New Zealand and his two books are often cited.-Early life:...
(1807–1882), trader, land speculator, writer and artist in pre-colonial New Zealand - Jennie Roosevelt Pool, cousin of President Theodore Roosevelt, her grave is marked by one of the Angel of GriefAngel of GriefAngel of Grief is an 1894 sculpture by William Wetmore Story which serves as the grave stone of the artist and his wife at the Protestant Cemetery, Rome....
monuments - Calvin E. SimmonsCalvin E. SimmonsCalvin Eugene Simmons was an American symphony orchestra conductor. He was the first African-American conductor of a major orchestra.-Biography:...
(1950–1982), musical prodigy, conductor, musician - Charlie SweeneyCharlie SweeneyCharles J. Sweeney was an American Major League Baseball pitcher from 1882 through 1887. He played with moderate success for several teams, but he is best known to historians for the inadvertent career boost that he gave to future Hall of Famer Old Hoss Radbourn.Sweeney began his major league...
(1863–1902), Major League Baseball player - Harry WolvertonHarry WolvertonHarry Sterling Wolverton , nicknamed "Fighting Harry", was a third baseman who played for the Chicago Orphans, Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Senators, Boston Beaneaters, and New York Highlanders.-Biography:...
(1873–1937), Major League Baseball player and manager.