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Inglewood Park Cemetery

January 17, 2023

Inglewood Park Cemetery, 720 East Florence Avenue in Inglewood, California, was founded in 1905. [1][2][3] A number of notable people, including entertainment and sports personalities, have been interred or entombed there.

Inglewood Park Cemetery
Details
Established1905
Location
Inglewood, California
CountryUnited States
TypeNon-profit
Size200 acres (0.81 km2)
Websitehttp://www.inglewoodparkcemetery.com

History

 
Left, the chapel; right, entrance and general view, from a newspaper advertisement, 1907
 
Aerial view, 2008
 
Florence Avenue entrance, 2013

The proposed establishment of "the largest cemetery in the world" was announced in November 1905, to be "on a high strip of ground two miles southwest of Los Angeles".[4]

In 1907, a "handsome, two-story, white granite chapel" was completed at a cost of "about $40,000".[5]

Also in 1907 the management placed an order "with the factory in the East" for a $12,000 funeral car to be used "on the electric line"[6] that ran on a right-of-way off Redondo Boulevard (today's Florence Avenue) in front of the cemetery.

Between 1928 and 1948 Inglewood Park advertised itself as the "Largest in California," with a mausoleum, cemetery, and columbarium.[7][8][9] From 1948 through 1950 it said it had the "Greatest number of interments in the West".[10][11]

Organizers and directors

Early backers of the Inglewood Cemetery Association were Senator Robert N. Bulla, Mark G. Jones, Robert H. Raphael, Tom Hughes, P.W. Powers, Byron Oliver, B.J. or V.J. Rowan, F.K. Eckley, C.B. Hopper, Harry M. Jack, John R. Powers, George Letteau, Jennie Wild, and Will G. Nevin. Others were P.W. Powers and D.S. Patterson.[4][12]

In 1907 the directors were Mark G. Jones, F.K. Eckley, Robt. N. Bulls, John C. Rupp, Robt. H. Raphael, Geo. H. Letteau, and Chas. B. Hopper. The officers were Mark G. Jones, president and treasurer; Chas. B. Hopper, vice-president; F.K. Eckley, secretary; V.J. Rowan, engineer, and Captain L.G. Loomis, superintendent.[13]

Early burials

One of the earliest notable burials was that of Webster Street, justice of the Supreme Court of Arizona between 1897 and 1900, on September 23, 1908.[14]

Another was the September 12, 1908, funeral of Los Angeles city Police Chief Walter H. Auble, who was shot and killed in the line of duty. Thousands came from Los Angeles on carriages and aboard special Los Angeles Railway streetcars.[15][16]

Notable interments

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Inglewood Park Cemetery.

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See also

References

References to burials or entombments at this cemetery can be found in the articles if not listed below.

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Inglewood Park Cemetery
  2. ^ . Inglewood Park Cemetery. Archived from the original on November 25, 2010. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
  3. ^ U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration; Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (July 2011). "Crenshaw/LAX Corridor Project: Final Environmental Impact Statement/Final Environmental Impact Report". 4.11.2.3 Archaeological Resources. pp. 4–195. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Los Angeles Men Plan an Immense Cemetery," Los Angeles Herald, November 26, 1905, image 14
  5. ^ "Chapel Is Completed," Los Angeles Times, December 22, 1907, image 45
  6. ^ "Inglewood: Order Is Placed for Special Car," Los Angeles Times, November 26, 1907, image 24
  7. ^ "Cemeteries," Los Angeles Times, April 29, 1928, image 14
  8. ^ "Funeral Directors," Los Angeles Times, May 24, 1936, image 46
  9. ^ "Funeral Directors," Los Angeles Times, March 16, 1948, image 29
  10. ^ "Cemeteries," Los Angeles Times, November 7, 1948, image 30
  11. ^ "Cemeteries," Los Angeles Times, March 24, 1950, image 49
  12. ^ "Large Beautiful Cemetery," Los Angeles Times, March 25, 1906, image 74
  13. ^ Advertisement, Los Angeles Times, October 30, 1907, image 25
  14. ^ "Former Justice Street Will Be Buried Today," Los Angeles Herald, September 23, 1908, image 10
  15. ^ "City to Honor the Memory of Brave Captain," Los Angeles Herald, September 12, 1908, image 12
  16. ^ "Thousands at the Funeral of Captain Auble," Los Angeles Herald, September 13, 1908, image 5
  17. ^ Baha'i Encyclopedia Project
  18. ^ BOYER, EDWARD J. (1989-05-11). "Stylish Performer Taught Stars to Do His Steps : Willie Covan, 92; Veteran Tap-Dancer". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  19. ^ Benoit, Tod (2003-05-06). Where are they buried?: how did they die?. Black Dog Publishing. p. 423. ISBN 978-1-57912-287-4. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
  20. ^ "Etta James Honored at Inglewood Cemetery Memorial," KPCC, January 28, 2012
  21. ^ "Councilman Evan Lewis' Funeral Services Conducted," Los Angeles Times, May 9, 1941, page 20Library card required
  22. ^ "Dr. Lindley Is Laid to Rest," Los Angeles Times, January 29, 1922, page I–4 Library card required.
  23. ^ Gamson, Joshua (2005). The Fabulous Sylvester: The Legend, the Music, the 70s in San Francisco. New York City: Henry Holt and Co. pp. 272. ISBN 978-0805072501..
  24. ^ Allan R. Ellenberger (2001). Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory. McFarland. p. 181. ISBN 978-0-786-40983-9.

External links

  • Inglewood Park Cemetery website
  • Inglewood Park Cemetery at Find a Grave

Coordinates: 33°58′03″N 118°20′20″W / 33.96750°N 118.33889°W / 33.96750; -118.33889

January 17, 2023
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Contents A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P R S T V W Y See also References Further reading Inglewood Park Cemetery 720 East Florence Avenue in Inglewood California was founded in 1905 1 2 3 A number of notable people including entertainment and sports personalities have been interred or entombed there Inglewood Park CemeteryDetailsEstablished1905LocationInglewood CaliforniaCountryUnited StatesTypeNon profitSize200 acres 0 81 km2 Websitehttp www inglewoodparkcemetery comHistory Edit Left the chapel right entrance and general view from a newspaper advertisement 1907 Aerial view 2008 Florence Avenue entrance 2013 The proposed establishment of the largest cemetery in the world was announced in November 1905 to be on a high strip of ground two miles southwest of Los Angeles 4 In 1907 a handsome two story white granite chapel was completed at a cost of about 40 000 5 Also in 1907 the management placed an order with the factory in the East for a 12 000 funeral car to be used on the electric line 6 that ran on a right of way off Redondo Boulevard today s Florence Avenue in front of the cemetery Between 1928 and 1948 Inglewood Park advertised itself as the Largest in California with a mausoleum cemetery and columbarium 7 8 9 From 1948 through 1950 it said it had the Greatest number of interments in the West 10 11 Organizers and directors Edit Early backers of the Inglewood Cemetery Association were Senator Robert N Bulla Mark G Jones Robert H Raphael Tom Hughes P W Powers Byron Oliver B J or V J Rowan F K Eckley C B Hopper Harry M Jack John R Powers George Letteau Jennie Wild and Will G Nevin Others were P W Powers and D S Patterson 4 12 In 1907 the directors were Mark G Jones F K Eckley Robt N Bulls John C Rupp Robt H Raphael Geo H Letteau and Chas B Hopper The officers were Mark G Jones president and treasurer Chas B Hopper vice president F K Eckley secretary V J Rowan engineer and Captain L G Loomis superintendent 13 Early burials Edit One of the earliest notable burials was that of Webster Street justice of the Supreme Court of Arizona between 1897 and 1900 on September 23 1908 14 Another was the September 12 1908 funeral of Los Angeles city Police Chief Walter H Auble who was shot and killed in the line of duty Thousands came from Los Angeles on carriages and aboard special Los Angeles Railway streetcars 15 16 Notable interments Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Inglewood Park Cemetery Note This is a partial list See also Category Burials at Inglewood Park Cemetery A Edit Margaret Queen Adams 1874 1974 first woman deputy sheriff in the United States Jewel Akens 1933 2013 singer Coit Albertson 1880 1953 actor Curtis Amy 1929 2002 musician Joseph H August 1890 1947 cinematographer Lloyd Avery II 1969 2005 actorB Edit Chet Baker 1929 1988 musician W Lester Banks 1911 1986 American civil rights leader Reginald Barker 1886 1945 director Earl Battey 1935 2003 baseball player Beals Becker 1886 1943 baseball player Ricky Bell 1955 1984 NFL running back George Bennard 1873 1958 composer Edgar Bergen 1903 1978 actor and ventriloquist Wally Berger 1905 1988 baseball player Paul Bern 1885 1932 director screenwriter and producer Richard Berry 1935 1997 singer and songwriter Elmer Booth 1882 1915 actor Margaret Booth 1898 2002 film editor Lyman Bostock 1950 1978 baseball player Fletcher Bowron 1887 1968 Los Angeles mayor and judge Tom Bradley 1917 1998 Los Angeles mayor Byron B Brainard 1894 1940 Los Angeles City Council member Layne Britton 1907 1993 makeup artist Charles Brown 1922 1999 singer Nacio Herb Brown 1896 1964 composer Robert L Burns 1876 1955 Los Angeles City Council member 1929 45 Jheryl Busby 1949 2008 former CEO of Motown RecordsC Edit Horace G Cates Ray Charles Harry Caesar 1928 1994 singer actor Bebe Moore Campbell 1951 2006 author Caesar Cardini 1896 1956 credited as creator of Caesar Salad Horace G Cates 1864 1911 Los Angeles County coroner Ray Charles 1930 2004 musician Thornton Chase 1847 1912 first western Baha i Annual memorial in September draws large crowds 17 James Cleveland 1931 1991 gospel singer composer arranger Johnnie Cochran 1937 2005 trial lawyer Anthony Cornero 1899 1955 bootlegger gambling entrepreneur Ray Crash Corrigan 1902 1976 actor Willie Covan 1897 1989 dancer actor 18 Al Cowens 1951 2002 baseball player Pee Wee Crayton 1914 1985 guitarist blues singer Sam Crawford 1880 1968 baseball playerD Edit Julian Dixon 1934 2000 U S Congressman Badja Djola 1948 2005 actor Robert DoQui 1934 2008 actor William Duncan 1879 1961 actorE Edit Dock Ellis 1945 2008 baseball player Zari Elmassian Vartian 1906 1990 singerF Edit Louise Fazenda 1895 1962 actress Ella Fitzgerald 1917 1996 singer 19 Curt Flood 1938 1997 baseball player Clara Shortridge Foltz 1849 1934 first female lawyer on the West Coast Byron Foulger 1899 1970 actor Lowell Fulson 1921 1999 blues musicianG Edit Hoot Gibson 1892 1962 actor Jim Gilliam 1928 1978 baseball player Betty Grable 1916 1973 actress singer and dancer Leroy Milton Grider 1854 1919 Los Angeles real estate man Ferde Grofe 1892 1973 composerH Edit Kenneth Hahn 1920 1997 county supervisor and city council member Jester Hairston 1901 2000 actor musician arranger Lois Hall 1926 2006 actress Robin Harris 1953 1990 actor and comedian Helen Humes 1913 1981 singer Flo Hyman 1954 1986 volleyball playerJ Edit Bud Jamison 1894 1944 actor James J Jeffries 1875 1953 world heavyweight boxing champion Etta James 1938 2012 singer 20 K Edit Robert Kardashian 1944 2003 attorney businessman Kirk Kerkorian 1917 2015 businessman Brady Keys 1936 2017 football player Cecil R King 1898 1974 U S Congressman Jerry Knight 1952 1996 musician Fred Kohler 1888 1938 actorL Edit Allan Rocky Lane 1909 1973 actor Walter Lang 1896 1972 film director Lucille La Verne 1872 1945 actress Gypsy Rose Lee 1911 1970 actress and burlesque dancer Lillian Leitzel 1892 1931 acrobat Evan Lewis 1869 1941 Los Angeles City Council member 21 Walter Lindley 1852 1922 Los Angeles physician and educational leader 22 M Edit D Urville Martin 1939 1984 actor producer and director Lee Maye 1934 2002 baseball player Fred McMullin 1891 1952 baseball player Irish Meusel 1893 1963 baseball player Louis Meyer 1904 1995 race car driver Cleo Moore 1928 1973 actress Juanita Moore 1914 2014 actress Ernest Sunshine Sammy Morrison 1912 1989 actor Herbert Mundin 1898 1939 actor Don Myrick 1940 1993 musicianN Edit Grave marker for Gordon W Norris Gordon W Norris 1907 1961 poet laureate of CaliforniaO Edit Fred Offenhauser 1888 1973 automotive inventor Orval Overall 1881 1947 Major League Baseball PitcherP Edit LaWanda Page 1920 2002 actress and comedian George H Peck 1856 1940 real estate broker amp developer Lawrence Phillips 1975 2016 NFL running back Billy Preston 1946 2006 singer and songwriter George W Prince 1854 1939 U S Congressman Brad Pye Jr 1931 2020 sports journalist and broadcasterR Edit Cesar Romero Robert Riskin 1897 1955 screenwriter Sugar Ray Robinson 1921 1989 World Champion boxer LaTasha MC Trouble Rogers 1970 1991 rapper Cesar Romero 1907 1994 actorS Edit Evelyn Selbie 1871 1950 actress Blanche Sewell 1898 1949 editor Frank L Shaw 1877 1958 Los Angeles mayor Orfa Jean Shontz 1876 1954 the first woman in California to sit on the bench and administer justice Charles A Siringo 1855 1928 author Myrtle Stedman 1883 1938 actress Slim Summerville 1892 1946 actor Big Syke 1968 2016 rapper Sylvester 1947 1988 singer 23 T Edit Richard Talmadge 1892 1981 actor and film director 24 David Torrence 1864 1951 Scottish born actor Billie Buckwheat Thomas 1931 1980 actor Big Mama Thornton 1926 1984 singer and songwriterV Edit Joseph W Vance 1841 1927 military officerW Edit T Bone Walker 1910 1975 musician Bobby Wallace 1873 1960 baseball Hall of Famer Lalomie Washburn 1941 2004 singer songwriter Laura L Whitlock 1862 1934 mapmaker Larry Williams 1935 1980 singer and actor Paul Williams 1894 1980 architect Murry Wilson 1917 1973 musician record producer and businessman Parke Wilson 1867 1934 baseball player Arthur Winston 1906 2006 centenarian John Downey Works 1847 1928 U S Senator Syreeta Wright 1946 2004 singerY Edit Carleton G Young 1907 1971 actor Lee Thompson Young 1984 2013 actor service held here buried in South Carolina See also Edit Los Angeles portalList of United States cemeteries Centinela Park located across the streetReferences EditReferences to burials or entombments at this cemetery can be found in the articles if not listed below U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Inglewood Park Cemetery Inglewood Park Cemetery Heritage Inglewood Park Cemetery Archived from the original on November 25 2010 Retrieved 12 October 2010 U S Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority July 2011 Crenshaw LAX Corridor Project Final Environmental Impact Statement Final Environmental Impact Report 4 11 2 3 Archaeological Resources pp 4 195 Retrieved 17 August 2016 a b Los Angeles Men Plan an Immense Cemetery Los Angeles Herald November 26 1905 image 14 Chapel Is Completed Los Angeles Times December 22 1907 image 45 Inglewood Order Is Placed for Special Car Los Angeles Times November 26 1907 image 24 Cemeteries Los Angeles Times April 29 1928 image 14 Funeral Directors Los Angeles Times May 24 1936 image 46 Funeral Directors Los Angeles Times March 16 1948 image 29 Cemeteries Los Angeles Times November 7 1948 image 30 Cemeteries Los Angeles Times March 24 1950 image 49 Large Beautiful Cemetery Los Angeles Times March 25 1906 image 74 Advertisement Los Angeles Times October 30 1907 image 25 Former Justice Street Will Be Buried Today Los Angeles Herald September 23 1908 image 10 City to Honor the Memory of Brave Captain Los Angeles Herald September 12 1908 image 12 Thousands at the Funeral of Captain Auble Los Angeles Herald September 13 1908 image 5 Baha i Encyclopedia Project BOYER EDWARD J 1989 05 11 Stylish Performer Taught Stars to Do His Steps Willie Covan 92 Veteran Tap Dancer Los Angeles Times ISSN 0458 3035 Retrieved 2016 03 04 Benoit Tod 2003 05 06 Where are they buried how did they die Black Dog Publishing p 423 ISBN 978 1 57912 287 4 Retrieved 4 March 2011 Etta James Honored at Inglewood Cemetery Memorial KPCC January 28 2012 Councilman Evan Lewis Funeral Services Conducted Los Angeles Times May 9 1941 page 20Library card required Dr Lindley Is Laid to Rest Los Angeles Times January 29 1922 page I 4 Library card required Gamson Joshua 2005 The Fabulous Sylvester The Legend the Music the 70s in San Francisco New York City Henry Holt and Co pp 272 ISBN 978 0805072501 Allan R Ellenberger 2001 Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries A Directory McFarland p 181 ISBN 978 0 786 40983 9 External links EditInglewood Park Cemetery website Inglewood Park Cemetery at Find a GraveCoordinates 33 58 03 N 118 20 20 W 33 96750 N 118 33889 W 33 96750 118 33889 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Inglewood Park 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