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.
Isabella Macdonald Alden (1841–1930), writerGertrude Franklin (Horn) Atherton (1857–1948), authorMonte Attell (1885–1960), world boxing championHubert Howe Bancroft (1832–1918), pre-eminent writer of California historyLincoln Beachey (1887–1915), aviation pioneerDavid Colbreth Broderick (1820–1859), U.S. Senator from California; opponent of slavery, considered martyred in a duel by a pro-slavery opponentDolph Camilli (1907–1997), 1941 National League's Baseball Most Valuable PlayerJohn C. Cremony (1815–1879), Soldier, author, newsmanJoseph Paul Cretzer (1911–1946), bank robber and prisoner, died in the escape attempt known as the "Battle of Alcatraz"Laura Hope Crews (1879-1942), actressWilliam H. Crocker (1861–1937), bankerEddie Fisher (1928–2010), entertainerJames Clair Flood, "Bonanza King"Phineas Gage (1823–1860), noted brain-injury survivorAndrew Smith Hallidie (1836–1900), First cable car system designer, InventorGeorge Hearst (1820–1891), businessman, father of William Randolph HearstPhoebe Hearst (1842–1919), first female Regent of the University of CaliforniaWilliam Randolph Hearst (1863–1951), publishing magnateCharles S. Howard (1877–1950), businessman, owner of racehorse SeabiscuitHiram W. Johnson (1866–1945), statesman, governorThomas O. Larkin (1802–1858), businessman, signer of the original California ConstitutionWilliam Lobb (1809–1864), English botanist and plant collectorFrederick Low (1828–1894), Congressman, California Governor, statesmanTom Mooney (1882–1942), Wobblie, political prisonerWilliam W. Morrow (1843–1929), U.S. Congressman, American Red Cross incorporatorJames Van Ness (1808–1872), 7th Mayor of San FranciscoLefty O'Doul (1897–1969), Major League Baseball PlayerJoel Samuel Polack (1807–1882), trader, land speculator, writer and artist in pre-colonial New ZealandCalvin E. Simmons (1950–1982), musical prodigy, conductor, musicianJack Spicer (1925–1965), poetLincoln Steffens (1866–1936), McClure's Magazine writer, Muckraking journalistCharlie Sweeney (1863–1902), Major League Baseball playerHarry Wolverton (1873–1937), Major League Baseball player and manager.Three British Commonwealth service personnel of World War I were buried here, but only one, Lieutenant Norman Travers Simpkin, Royal Field Artillery, has a marked grave in the cemetery. Two others, Canadian Army soldiers, are alternatively commemorated on a special memorial in Colma Greenlawn Memorial Park.
