Cypress Lawn Memorial Park

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Established 1892 No. of interments 175,004 Founded 1892		Country United States Website www.cypresslawn.com Phone +1 650-550-8808

Location 1370 El Camino Real Colma, California Find a Grave Cypress Lawn Memorial Park Address 1370 El Camino Real, Colma, CA 94014, USA Hours Open today · 8AM–7PMTuesday8AM–7PMWednesday8AM–7PMThursday8AM–7PMFriday8AM–7PMSaturday8AM–7PMSunday8AM–7PMMonday8AM–7PM Burials William Randolph Hearst, Phineas Gage, George Hearst Similar Holy Cross Cemetery, San Francisco National, Lone Mountain, San Bruno Mountain State Park, San Bruno Mountain Profiles Facebook

Cypress lawn memorial park and funeral home

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.

Notable burials

Isabella Macdonald Alden (1841–1930), writer

Gertrude Franklin (Horn) Atherton (1857–1948), author

Monte Attell (1885–1960), world boxing champion

Hubert Howe Bancroft (1832–1918), pre-eminent writer of California history

Lincoln Beachey (1887–1915), aviation pioneer

David Colbreth Broderick (1820–1859), U.S. Senator from California; opponent of slavery, considered martyred in a duel by a pro-slavery opponent

Dolph Camilli (1907–1997), 1941 National League's Baseball Most Valuable Player

John C. Cremony (1815–1879), Soldier, author, newsman

Joseph Paul Cretzer (1911–1946), bank robber and prisoner, died in the escape attempt known as the "Battle of Alcatraz"

Laura Hope Crews (1879-1942), actress

William H. Crocker (1861–1937), banker

Eddie Fisher (1928–2010), entertainer

James Clair Flood, "Bonanza King"

Phineas Gage (1823–1860), noted brain-injury survivor

Andrew Smith Hallidie (1836–1900), First cable car system designer, Inventor

George Hearst (1820–1891), businessman, father of William Randolph Hearst

Phoebe Hearst (1842–1919), first female Regent of the University of California

William Randolph Hearst (1863–1951), publishing magnate

Charles S. Howard (1877–1950), businessman, owner of racehorse Seabiscuit

Hiram W. Johnson (1866–1945), statesman, governor

Thomas O. Larkin (1802–1858), businessman, signer of the original California Constitution

William Lobb (1809–1864), English botanist and plant collector

Frederick Low (1828–1894), Congressman, California Governor, statesman

Tom Mooney (1882–1942), Wobblie, political prisoner

William W. Morrow (1843–1929), U.S. Congressman, American Red Cross incorporator

James Van Ness (1808–1872), 7th Mayor of San Francisco

Lefty O'Doul (1897–1969), Major League Baseball Player

Joel Samuel Polack (1807–1882), trader, land speculator, writer and artist in pre-colonial New Zealand

Calvin E. Simmons (1950–1982), musical prodigy, conductor, musician

Jack Spicer (1925–1965), poet

Lincoln Steffens (1866–1936), McClure's Magazine writer, Muckraking journalist

Charlie Sweeney (1863–1902), Major League Baseball player

Harry 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.

References

Cypress Lawn Memorial Park Wikipedia

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