Cypress Lawn Memorial Park Totally Explained

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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.

Notables

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
William H. Crocker (1861-1937), banker
Charles de Young (1845-1880), publishing magnate; co-founder of San Francisco Chronicle
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
Tom Mooney (1882–1942), Wobblie, political prisoner
Willie Jurado (1921-2006), journalist, founder of The Eye International Newspaper, and The Philippine National Press Club
Frederick Low (1828-1894), Congressman, California Governor, statesman
Lefty O'Doul (1897-1969), Major League Baseball Player
Jennie Roosevelt Pool, cousin of President Theodore Roosevelt, her grave is marked by one of the Angel of Grief monuments
Calvin E. Simmons (1950-1982), musical prodigy, conductor, musician
Nick Traina (1978-1997), musician, son of author Danielle Steel
Joseph Paul Cretzer (1911–1946), bank robber and prisoner, died in the escape attempt known as the "Battle of Alcatraz"

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