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Holy Cross Cemetery (Colma, California)
Holy Cross Cemetery (Spanish: Cementerio de la Santa Cruz)[1][2] is a Roman Catholic cemetery in Colma, California, operated by the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Established in 1887 on 300 acres (1.2 km2), it is one of the oldest and largest cemeteries in California.
| Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery | |
|---|---|
Holy Cross Mausoleum | |
| Details | |
| Established | 1887 |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 37°40′16″N 122°26′43″W / 37.671155°N 122.445191°W |
| Type | Catholic |
| Owned by | Archdiocese of San Francisco |
| Size | 300 acres (1.2 km2) |
| Website | Holy Cross Cemetery |
| Find a Grave | Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery |
| The Political Graveyard | Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery |
History
Several notable people are buried at Holy Cross, including former politicians, and people of the California Gold Rush.
Many of the people interred at the Catholic Calvary Cemetery of San Francisco, were reburied between 1937 and 1945 at Holy Cross in a project to relocate graves outside of the city.[3][4] There is a memorial sculpture features three crosses and reads: “Interred here are the remains of 39,307 Catholics moved from Mt. Calvary Cemetery in 1940 and 1941 by order of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Rest in God’s Loving Care.”[5]
This cemetery also contains one British Commonwealth war grave, of a Canadian Infantry soldier of World War I.[6]
Two of the three cemetery sequences in the film Harold and Maude were filmed here.[7]
Notable burials
A
- Joseph Alemany, San Francisco's first archbishop
- Joseph Alioto, Mayor of San Francisco (1968-1976)
- Pedro Altube, rancher
- Delos R. Ashley, Nevada U.S. Representative
B
- Winifred Bonfils, reporter and columnist
- Jimmy Britt, boxer
- Pat Brown, 32nd Governor of California
- Benny Bufano, sculptor
C
- Joe Carcione, "The Green Grocer" columnist and personality
- Eugene Casserly, U.S. Senator
- John Chapman, Civil War soldier, Medal of Honor recipient
- Joe Corbett, Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher
- Frank Crosetti, New York Yankees MLB player, teammate of Joe DiMaggio
D
- Joe DiMaggio (1914–1999), MLB player, Hall of Fame member[8]
- John G. Downey, 7th Governor of California
E
- Eddie Erdelatz, first head coach of Oakland Raiders football team
F
- James Graham Fair, Bonanza King, U.S. Senator
- Cy Falkenberg, baseball player[9]
- Abigail Folger, Heiress, socialite, Manson murder victim
- Edwin Alexander Forbes, Adjutant-General of California
- Kathryn Forbes, writer
- Tirey L. Ford, Attorney-General for California
- Charlie Fox, MLB manager, coach, and scout
G
- Oliver Gagliani (1917–2002) photographer, and educator
- A.P. Giannini, founder of Bank of America
- Charlie Geggus, MLB player, who played one season for the 1884 Washington Nationals of the Union Association
- Vince Guaraldi, jazz musician known for composing music for animated television adaptations of the Peanuts comic strip including their signature melody, "Linus and Lucy"
H
- Edward Joseph Hanna, San Francisco's Third Archbishop
- Michael A. Healy, American Captain in United States Revenue Cutter (predecessor of the United States Coast Guard)
- William Edward Hickman, American convicted murderer
- Edward Higgins, General of the Salvation Army
- Eric Hoffer, American moral and social philosopher
I
- Samuel Williams Inge, U.S. Representative for Alabama
K
- Paul Kantner, guitarist for Jefferson Airplane
- George Kelly, MLB Hall of Famer
L
- Bill Lange, MLB player for Chicago Cubs (1893–1899)
- William Joseph Levada, San Francisco's Seventh Archbishop, Prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (elevated to Cardinal in 2006)
M
- Ralph Maradiaga (1934–1985), Chicano artist, printmaker, muralist
- Leo McCarthy, former California Lieutenant Governor
- Pete McDonough, bail bondsmen
- James A. McDougall. U.S. Senator
- Joseph Thomas McGucken, San Francisco's Fifth Archbishop
- Theresa Meikle, first woman elected to Superior Court Judge in a major American city
- John J. Mitty, San Francisco's Fourth Archbishop
- John J. Montgomery, pioneer aviator, aerodynamicist, and physicist; first American to fly in a heavier-than-air machine
- Maggie Moore, silent film actress
- George Moscone, Mayor of San Francisco
N
- George Hugh Niederauer, San Francisco's Eighth Archbishop
- John I. Nolan, U.S. Representative
- Mae Nolan, California's first female congressperson
O
- William S. O'Brien, Bonanza King
- Bryan O'Byrne, actor
- M.M. O'Shaughnessy, San Francisco city engineer
P
- James D. Phelan, Mayor of San Francisco, U.S. Senator
- Ralph Pinelli, MLB player
Q
- John Raphael Quinn, San Francisco's Sixth Archbishop
R
- Patrick William Riordan, San Francisco's Second Archbishop
- Angelo Joseph Rossi, Mayor of San Francisco (1931–1944)
- Pietro Carlo Rossi, wine maker and first President Italian Swiss Colony
- Charles M. Rousseau (1848–1918) Kingdom of Belgium-born American architect[10]
- Oliver Rousseau (1891–1977), American architect, home builder/contractor, and real estate developer
S
- Hank Sauer, MLB player
- Eugene Schmitz, Mayor of San Francisco (1902–1907)
- Fred Scolari, professional basketball player
- John F. Shelley, Mayor of San Francisco (1964–1968)
- William M. Stewart, U.S. Senator
T
- Ethel Teare, American silent film actress
W
- Richard J. Welch, U.S. Representative
- Kaisik Wong, fashion designer
- William J. Wynn, U.S. Representative
Y
- Michael de Young, co-founder of the San Francisco Chronicle, namesake of the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum.
Z
- Frank Zupo, MLB player with the Baltimore Orioles
References
- ^ Arquidiócesis de San Francisco - Cruzada Guadalupana
- ^ San Francisco Católico - Noviembre 17, 2019
- ^ Svanevik, Michael; Burgett, Shirley (2017-05-17). "Matters Historical: How dead San Franciscans were moved to Colma". The Mercury News. ISSN 0747-2099. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
- ^ Kastler, Deanna L. (2010-07-22). . Encyclopedia of San Francisco. SF Museum and Historical Society. Archived from the original on 2010-07-22. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
- ^ Branch, John (2016-02-05). "The Town of Colma, Where San Francisco's Dead Live". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
- ^ [1] CWGC casualty record.
- ^ Hartlaub, Peter (2018-05-30). "'Harold and Maude': meeting cute at a funeral". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
- ^ Mino-Bucheli, Sebastian (October 7, 2021). "Some of the Most Famous People Buried in Colma (With Map)". KQED.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Enders, Eric. "Cy Falkenberg". Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
- ^ "Rousseau". San Francisco Chronicle. 1918-11-17. p. 12. ISSN 1932-8672. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
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