List of cemeteries in Riverside County, California
This list of cemeteries in Riverside County, California includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea in Riverside County, California. It does not include pet cemeteries. Selected interments are given for notable people.
Cemetery | City | Coordinates | Notable interments | References and Notes (U.S. Geological Survey GNIS) |
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Bergman Family Cemetery | Aguanga | 33°26′54″N 116°53′29″W / 33.44831°N 116.89128°W / 33.44831; -116.89128 (Coachella Valley Public Cemetery) | Bergman Family Cemetery | |
Cahuilla Indian Cemetery | Anza | 33°32′21″N 116°44′43″W / 33.5393°N 116.7453°W / 33.5393; -116.7453 (Cahuilla Indian Cemetery) | Cahuilla Indian Cemetery | |
Coachella Valley Public Cemetery | Coachella Valley | 33°40′08″N 116°13′06″W / 33.6689°N 116.2183°W / 33.6689; -116.2183 (Coachella Valley Public Cemetery) | Frank Bogert, Frank Capra, Jacqueline Cochran, "Desert Steve" Ragsdale, Tommy Shepard, John Van Druten | Coachella Valley Cemetery |
Corona Sunnyslope Cemetery | Corona | 33°52′09″N 117°32′47″W / 33.8692°N 117.5464°W / 33.8692; -117.5464 (Corona Sunnyslope Cemetery) | USC Trojans Athletic Director Jess Hill | Corona Sunnyslope Cemetery Sunny Shope Cemetery |
Crestlawn Memorial Park | Riverside | 33°57′10″N 117°31′11″W / 33.9527°N 117.5197°W / 33.9527; -117.5197 (Crestlawn Memorial Park) | Medal of Honor recipient George Alan Ingalls. MLB player Mike Darr; Actors Darwood Kaye and Roland Harrah III | Crestlawn Memorial Park Pierce Brothers: Crestlawn Memorial Park |
Desert Lawn Funeral Home and Memorial Park | Calimesa | 33°57′24″N 117°01′16″W / 33.9567°N 117.0211°W / 33.9567; -117.0211 (Desert Lawn Funeral Home and Memorial Park) | Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens (Variant Name) | |
Desert Memorial Park | Cathedral City | 33°49′06″N 116°26′30″W / 33.8183°N 116.4417°W / 33.8183; -116.4417 (Desert Memorial Park) | See: Desert Memorial Park: Notable interments | Palm Springs District Cemetery Palm Springs Cemetery District |
Elsinore Valley Cemetery Includes the Jewish Home of Peace Cemetery, a.k.a. Mt. Sinai Memorial Park | Lake Elsinore | 33°41′39″N 117°20′34″W / 33.6941°N 117.3428°W / 33.6941; -117.3428 (Elsinore Valley Cemetery) | Elsinore Valley Cemetery Elsinore Valley Cemetery District | |
Evergreen Cemetery | Riverside | 33°58′48″N 117°23′13″W / 33.9799°N 117.3869°W / 33.9799; -117.3869 (Evergreen Cemetery) | Medal of Honor recipient Cornelius C. Smith. See also: Evergreen Cemetery: Notable interments | Evergreen Memorial Historic Cemetery |
Forest Lawn Cemetery – Cathedral City | Cathedral City | 33°48′55″N 116°26′29″W / 33.8154°N 116.4413°W / 33.8154; -116.4413 (Forest Lawn Cemetery – Cathedral City) | See: Forest Lawn Cemetery: Notable interments | Forest Lawn: Cathedral City |
Hope Lutheran Church Columbarium | Palm Desert | 33°42′56″N 116°22′21″W / 33.7155°N 116.3726°W / 33.7155; -116.3726 (Hope Lutheran Church Columbarium) | Hope Lutheran Church Columbarium Hope Lutheran Church | |
Jane Augustine Patencio Cemetery | Palm Springs | 33°49′20″N 116°32′03″W / 33.8222°N 116.5341°W / 33.8222; -116.5341 (Jane Augustine Patencio Cemetery) | Artist Carl Eytel | Jane Augustine Patencio Cemetery Palm Springs |
Laurel Cemetery | Murrieta | 33°32′32″N 117°13′19″W / 33.5422°N 117.2220°W / 33.5422; -117.2220 (Laurel Cemetery) | Actor Douglas Fowley[1] | Murrieta Valley Cemetery District Laurel Cemetery |
Louis Wolf Tombstone | Temecula | 33°27′50″N 117°07′12″W / 33.4640°N 117.1200°W / 33.4640; -117.1200 (Louis Wolf Tombstone) | Louis Wolf Tombstone Maintained by the Temecula Valley Historical Society.[2][3][4][5] | |
Manker Family Cemetery | Lake Elsinore | 33°40′08″N 117°14′43″W / 33.6689°N 117.2452°W / 33.6689; -117.2452 (Manker Family Cemetery) | Manker Family Cemetery Managed by the Lake Elsinore Genealogical Society.[6] | |
Martinez Cemetery | Thermal | 33°33′37″N 116°09′09″W / 33.5603°N 116.1525°W / 33.5603; -116.1525 (Martinez Cemetery) | Martinez Cemetery | |
McCanna Family Cemetery | Perris | 33°46′49″N 117°12′57″W / 33.7802°N 117.2158°W / 33.7802; -117.2158 (McCanna Family Cemetery) | Abandoned/Lost.[7][8][9] | |
Moravian Cemetery | Morongo Reservation | 33°57′15″N 116°49′12″W / 33.9541°N 116.8199°W / 33.9541; -116.8199 (Moravian Cemetery) | Moravian Cemetery Banning Library District | |
Mountain View Cemetery | Beaumont | 33°56′38″N 116°58′51″W / 33.9438°N 116.9809°W / 33.9438; -116.9809 (Mountain View Cemetery) | Mount View Cemetery Summit Cemetery District: Mountain View Cemetery | |
Olivewood Memorial Park | Riverside | 33°57′12″N 117°22′49″W / 33.9533°N 117.3803°W / 33.9533; -117.3803 (Olivewood Cemetery) | Medal of Honor recipients Jesus S. Duran and Ysmael R. Villegas.[10] Travis Alexander, Dorothy Burgess, Ben H. Lewis, Del Lord, Gloria Ramirez, Eric Show | Olivewood Cemetery Olivewood Memorial Park |
Palo Verde Cemetery | Blythe | 33°37′51″N 114°36′03″W / 33.6308°N 114.6007°W / 33.6308; -114.6007 (Palo Verde Cemetery) | Palo Verde Cemetery | |
Perris Valley Cemetery | Perris | 33°47′40″N 117°13′32″W / 33.7945°N 117.2256°W / 33.7945; -117.2256 (Perris Valley Cemetery) | Perris Valley Cemetery | |
Radec Cemetery | Radec | 33°27′54″N 116°54′48″W / 33.4649°N 116.9134°W / 33.4649; -116.9134 (Radec Cemetery) | Radec Cemetery Maintained by the County of Riverside.[11][12] | |
Riverside National Cemetery | Riverside | 33°53′05″N 117°16′34″W / 33.8846°N 117.2760°W / 33.8846; -117.2760 (Riverside National Cemetery) | Medal of Honor recipients John H. Balch, Walter D. Ehlers, Lewis Millett, Mitchell Paige, and Ysmael R. Villegas. See also: Riverside National Cemetery: Notable interments | Riverside National Cemetery Veterans Department: Riverside National Cemetery |
Ryan Ranch Cemetery | Joshua Tree National Park | 33°59′01″N 116°09′00″W / 33.9836°N 116.1499°W / 33.9836; -116.1499 (Ryan Ranch Cemetery) | Ryan Ranch Cemetery | |
Saint Boniface Indian School Cemetery | Banning | 33°56′21″N 116°53′20″W / 33.9393°N 116.8888°W / 33.9393; -116.8888 (Saint Boniface Indian School Cemetery) | Saint Boniface Indian School Cemetery | |
Saint Mary's Catholic Cemetery | Morongo Indian Reservation | 33°57′40″N 116°49′28″W / 33.9612°N 116.8244°W / 33.9612; -116.8244 (Saint Mary's Catholic Cemeteryy) | Indian culture scholar Katherine Siva Saubel | Saint Mary's Catholic Cemetery Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic Community: St. Mary's Mission Banning Library District |
San Gorgonio Memorial Park | Banning | 33°56′58″N 116°52′56″W / 33.9494°N 116.8822°W / 33.9494; -116.8822 (San Gorgonio Memorial Park) | Medal of Honor recipient William Powers Morris[13][14] | San Gorgonio Memorial Park Summit Cemetery District: San Gorgonio Memorial Park |
San Jacinto Valley Cemetery | San Jacinto | 33°45′37″N 116°57′41″W / 33.7603°N 116.9613°W / 33.7603; -116.9613 (San Jacinto Valley Cemetery) | Danish cartoonist Henning Dahl Mikkelsen | San Jacinto Valley Cemetery San Jacinto Valley Cemetery District |
Sherman Indian School Cemetery | Home Gardens | 33°52′44″N 117°30′14″W / 33.8789°N 117.5040°W / 33.8789; -117.5040 (Sherman Indian School Cemetery) | Sherman Indian School Cemetery Sherman Indian Museum: Cemetery | |
St. Margaret's Episcopal Church Columbarium | Palm Desert | 33°42′12″N 116°23′53″W / 33.7032°N 116.3980°W / 33.7032; -116.3980 (St. Margaret's Episcopal Church Columbarium) | Saint Margaret's Episcopal Church Columbarium http://www.stmargarets.org/ St. Margaret's Episcopal Church] Episcopal Diocese of San Diego | |
Stewart Sunnyslope Cemetery | Beaumont | 33°55′10″N 116°57′54″W / 33.9195°N 116.9650°W / 33.9195; -116.9650 (Stewart Sunnyslope Cemetery) | Sunnyslope Cemetery Summit Cemetery District: Stewart Sunnyslope Cemetery | |
Sunnylands | Rancho Mirage | 33°46′38″N 116°24′39″W / 33.7771°N 116.4107°W / 33.7771; -116.4107 (Sunnylands) | Walter and Leonore Annenberg | Sunnylands |
Temecula Massacre Cemetery | Temecula | 33°28′54″N 117°05′27″W / 33.4816°N 117.0907°W / 33.4816; -117.0907 (Temecula Massacre Cemetery) | Temecula Massacre Cemetery An historical cemetery, walled but not maintained.[15] | |
Temecula Public Cemetery | Temecula | 33°29′30″N 117°08′29″W / 33.4916°N 117.1415°W / 33.4916; -117.1415 (Temecula Public Cemetery) | Temecula Cemetery History of the Temecula Public Cemetery District The Press-Enterprise | |
Toro Cemetery | Thermal | 33°33′30″N 116°13′50″W / 33.5584°N 116.2306°W / 33.5584; -116.2306 (Toro Cemetery) | Toro Cemetery | |
Welwood Murray Cemetery | Palm Springs | 33°49′50″N 116°33′10″W / 33.8306°N 116.5527°W / 33.8306; -116.5527 (Welwood Murray Cemetery) | J. Smeaton Chase, Charles Farrell, Albert Frey, Hugo Montenegro, Jackie Saunders, Virginia Valli, E. Stewart Williams | Welwood Murray Cemetery Palm Springs Cemetery District Desert Sun |
Wildomar Cemetery | Wildomar | 33°36′22″N 117°16′32″W / 33.6061°N 117.2755°W / 33.6061; -117.2755 (Wildomar Cemetery) | Wildomar Cemetery |
See also
Footnotes
- ^ NNDB
- ^ "Restoration of the Wolf Tomb". Restoration & Preservation Projects. Temecula Valley Historical Society. 2010.
- ^ Herrmann, Babette (December 31, 2004). "Local historian spearheads restoration of Wolf's tomb". Fallbrook-Bonsall Village News. 8 (53).
- ^ Ammenheuser, Maura (January 1, 2011). "A Look Back: 19th century businessman dreamed of town". The Press-Enterprise.
- ^ Hudson, Tom (1981). A Thousand Years in Temecula Valley. Temecula, CA: Old Town Temecula Museum. p. 86. ISBN 978-0931700064. OCLC 8262626.
- ^ "Lake Elsinore Genealogical Society: Cemetery Links". Archived from the original on 2014-10-22. Retrieved 2014-01-21.
- ^ Thorne, Will (September 27, 1970). "Grain growing on this hallowed ground?". The Press-Enterprise.
- ^ "There's a Cemetery There ... Somewhere". San Jose News. Associated Press. October 6, 1970.
- ^ Max, Nathan (January 16, 2005). "Man says lot sits on sacred ground". The Press-Enterprise.
- ^ Original post-war burial location for Villegas; he was reburied at Riverside National Cemetery as the first burial when the cemetery opened in 1978.
- ^ Hunneman, John (July 13, 2001). "Nothing backward about Radec". San Diego Union Tribune.
- ^ Note: Cemetery is maintained by the Riverside County Coroner and Public Administrator. Also see: Interment.net: Radec
- ^ "William Powers Morris". Military Times Hall of Valor. Gannett Government Media. Archived from the original on January 1, 2014. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
- ^ Stoneman Dispatch
- ^ Kevin Hallaran, Allene Archibald, Lowell J. Bean, Sylvia B. Vane (1991). The Indian Cemetery at Old Temecula. OCLC 44431925.
Further reading
- Brooks, Patricia; Brooks, Jonathan (2006). "Chapter 8: East L.A. and the Desert". 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.
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