Coachella Valley Public Cemetery

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Location Indio, California Type Public		Country United States Phone +1 760-398-3221
Owned by Coachella Valley Cemetery District Find a Grave Coachella Valley Public Cemetery The Political Graveyard Coachella Valley Public Cemetery Address 82925 Avenue 52, Coachella, CA 92236, USA Hours Open today · Open 24 hoursTuesdayOpen 24 hoursWednesdayOpen 24 hoursThursdayOpen 24 hoursFridayOpen 24 hoursSaturdayClosedSundayOpen 24 hoursMondayOpen 24 hours Burials Frank Capra, Walter Kerr, John Van Druten Similar Forest Lawn ‑ Coachella, Palm Springs Cemetery, Cemetery Headston, FitzHenry Indio Mortuary, Coachella Valley Adult Sch

The Coachella Valley Public Cemetery is a cemetery in the Coachella Valley of California. It is near Indio and La Quinta.

Notable interments

Among those buried here are:

Frank Capra (1897–1991), American film director during the 1930s and 1940s. Filmed the 1937 Lost Horizon in Palm Springs, with some scenes shot in Tahquitz Canyon. He died in La Quinta.

Jacqueline Cochran (1906–1980), pioneer American aviator, considered to be one of the most gifted racing pilots of her generationbkjbkj

"Desert Steve" Ragsdale (1882–1971), eccentric founder of Desert Center, California

Tommy Shepard (1923–1993), trombonist

John William Van Druten (1901–1957), English playwright and theatre director

Stan Wrightsman (1910–1975), jazz pianist

References

Coachella Valley Public Cemetery Wikipedia

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