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Permanent Californians: an illustrated guide to the cemeteries of California. Chelsea, VT: Chelsea Green. ISBN 978-0930031213. OCLC 19322965. Brooks, Patricia; Brooks, Jonathan (2006). Laid to Rest in California: a guide to the cemeteries and grave sites of the rich and famous. Guilford, CT: Globe Pequot Press. ISBN 978-0762741014. OCLC 70284362.
Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary is a cemetery and mortuary located in the Westwood area of Los Angeles. It is located at 1218 Glendon Avenue in Westwood, with an entrance from Glendon Avenue. [1] The cemetery was established as Sunset Cemetery in 1905, but had been used for burials since the 1880s.
Woodlawn Cemetery, Mausoleum & Mortuary, formerly Ballona Cemetery, is located at 1847 14th Street, alongside Pico Boulevard in Santa Monica, California, United States. The cemetery was founded in 1897 and sits on 26 acres. [ 1 ]
Eaton opened the first mortuary (funeral home) on dedicated cemetery grounds after a battle with established funeral directors, who saw the "combination" operation as a threat. He remained as general manager until his death in 1966, when he was succeeded by his nephew, Frederick Llewellyn.
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery is a cemetery in Hayward, California. It is a Catholic cemetery run by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland, which also operates the Holy Angels Funeral and Cremation Center at the same location. [1] It was the first Catholic Church-owned funeral home in the U.S. [2]
A pilot died after two single-engine planes collided midair on Sunday in Southern California, officials said. The planes, a single-engine Nanchang CJ-6 and a single-engine Yakovlev Yak-52 ...
Pacific View Memorial Park & Mortuary Pacific View Memorial Park is a cemetery located in the Corona del Mar neighborhood of Newport Beach , in Orange County, California . It first opened in 1958, [ 1 ] and is the final resting place of actor John Wayne and basketball player Kobe Bryant .
Rainbow Chapel, built in 1942 as "Rose Chapel", is an example of early California Mission architecture. This chapel has a maximum seating capacity of 90 people. It is located behind El Portal de la Paz Mausoleum. Hillside Chapel, built in 1956, is a contemporary diamond-shaped structure surrounded by a garden area.