Lone Tree Cemetery, Fairview, California

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Established 1868 Website Official Founded 1868		No. of interments 5,600+ Find a Grave Lone Tree Cemetery Phone +1 510-582-1274

Location Hayward, Alameda County, California Address 24591 Fairview Ave, Hayward, CA 94542, USA Hours Open today · 9AM–6PMSunday9AM–6PMMonday9AM–6PMTuesday9AM–6PMWednesday9AM–6PMThursday9AM–6PMFriday9AM–6PMSaturday9AM–6PM Similar Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Chapel of the Chimes, Evergreen Cemetery, Piedmont Funeral Home Mo

Lone Tree Cemetery is a 42-acre (17 ha), active, nonprofit cemetery, mausoleum and columbarium complex in unincorporated Fairview, California, adjacent to the city of Hayward. The site was first established in 1868. The cemetery has hosted, since 1903, the oldest continuous Memorial Day celebration in southern Alameda County. It contains a memorial to 73 soldiers from Hayward, Castro Valley and San Lorenzo who died in the Vietnam War, and a memorial to Alameda County Sheriff's Deputies and police officers from cities in the county.

Notable burials

Medal of Honor recipients

Robert McDonald (1822–1901), for action in the American Indian Wars with the 5th Infantry Regiment

Others

Charlie Becker (1887–1968), actor who played the "Mayor of Munchkinland" in The Wizard of Oz

William Dutton Hayward, namesake of the city of Hayward

Bob Sweikert (1926–1956), racing driver, 1955 Indianapolis 500 champion

Pete Knight (1903–1937), 1930s rodeo champion (reinterred in 1960 at Greenwood Cemetery in Hot Springs, Arkansas)

References

Lone Tree Cemetery, Fairview, California Wikipedia

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