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On December 31, 1898, the Society purchased a property on F Street in Colma for the new Italian Cemetery; since then, it has expanded to both sides of F Street, covering 35 acres (14 ha) in total. [5]: 94 John (Giovanni) Fugazi, a prominent San Francisco banker, sponsored a monument for the new cemetery, selecting a design by Zocchi. [6]
Holy Cross Cemetery (Spanish: Cementerio de la Santa Cruz) [1] [2] is a Catholic cemetery in Colma, California, operated by the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Established in 1887 on 300 acres (1.2 km 2), it is one of the oldest and largest cemeteries in California.
The most commonly proposed origin of the name "Colma" is the Ohlone word mean "springs" or "many springs". [10] [5] [6]There are several other proposed origins of Colma. Erwin Gudde's California Place Names states seven possible sources of the town's being called Colma: [11] William T. Coleman (a local landowner), Thomas Coleman (a local resident), misspelling of Colmar in France, misspelling ...
Greenlawn Memorial Park, also known as the Odd Fellows Cemetery, is a private cemetery located at 1100 El Camino Real in Colma, California, United States. It was established in 1904. [ 1 ] In 1933, after ongoing city litigation the Odd Fellows Cemetery in San Francisco, part of the Lone Mountain Cemetery complex, reinterred some 26,000 graves ...
Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma; Holy Cross Cemetery, Menlo Park; Home of Peace Cemetery, Colma; The Italian Cemetery, Colma [22] Japanese Cemetery, Colma; Olivet Gardens of Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma [23] Salem Memorial Park, Colma; Skylawn Memorial Park, San Mateo; Union Cemetery, Redwood City, on the National Register of Historic Places ...
Philip N. Lilienthal (1849–1908), banker and philanthropist; initially interred at the family vault at Home of Peace Cemetery and later moved to Salem Fields Cemetery, in Brooklyn, New York. Martin A. Meyer (1879–1923), rabbi; Joseph Owades (1919–2005), biochemist and brewer of light and industrially produced beer.
When the former Masonic Cemetery in San Francisco closed around 1935, approximately 40,000 remains were moved to this cemetery in a project that spanned many years. [1] [3] [4] The Masonic Cemetery Association erected a memorial pillar in April 1933 to honor those moved. [2]: 119
Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma, California, is an American Roman Catholic cemetery operated by the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Pages in category "Burials at Holy Cross Cemetery (Colma, California)" The following 59 pages are in this category, out of 59 total.