Los Gatos Memorial Park
| Los Gatos Memorial Park | |
|---|---|
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| Details | |
| Established | 1889 |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 37°14′40″N 121°56′29″W / 37.24444°N 121.94139°W |
Los Gatos Memorial Park is the principle cemetery of Los Gatos, California, established in 1889. It occupies some thirty acres, with the main entrance at 2255 Los Gatos-Almaden Road, San Jose, California 95124.[1]
By the late 1880s, Los Gatos needed a cemetery, and the matter was considered by the Odd Fellows Lodge. As a result, on December 9, 1889, some members of the lodge formed the Los Gatos Cemetery Association, with J. H. Lyndon as president, and it went on to acquire land and establish a burial ground which was at first known as the Los Gatos Cemetery.[2]
In 1901, the cemetery was advertised as "2½ miles E on Almaden rd", with offices in Los Gatos at Main near Railroad Avenue.[3]
By 1997, the Los Gatos Cemetery had been renamed as a Memorial Park and had also been taken into its city limits by the San Jose City Council.[4]
Notable memorials
[edit]- John Beecher (1904–1980), poet and journalist
- James F. Boccardo (1911–2003), lawyer and philanthropist
- Sidney Dolores Bunce (1892–1965), British-born portrait artist
- Al Gould (1893–1982), Major League baseball player[5]
- Steve Harwell (1967–2023), lead singer of the band Smash Mouth[6]
- Bill Hewlett (1913–2001), co-founder of the Hewlett-Packard Company[7]
- Clark Hobart (1868–1948), painter[8]
- Alan Passaro, killer of Meredith Hunter Jr. (died 1985)
- Jason Jurman (1979–2014), actor[9]
- Alice MacGowan (1858–1947), writer[10]
- Fremont Older (1856–1935), newspaperman and editor[7]
- Lillian McNeill Palmer (1871–1961), Arts and Crafts metalsmith
- Nathan Rosenberg (1927–2015), economist[11]
- Emily Eolian Williams (1869–1942), architect[12]
- Katka Zupančič (1889–1967), Slovene-American author and teacher[13]
- Duong Trong Lam (died 1981), an assassinated Vietnamese journalist, was briefly buried at the cemetery in 1981, but his remains were removed by his father after anti-communist protests by the Vietnamese community.[14]
Notes
[edit]- ^ "History", losgatosmemorialpark.com, accessed 20 November 2024
- ^ George G. Bruntz, The History of Los Gatos: Gem of the Foothills (1971), p. 61: "December 9, 1889... Los Gatos Cemetery Association was incorporated with J. H. Lyndon, President, E. E. Dow, Vice - President..."
- ^ San Jose City Directory Including Santa Clara County (1901), p. 567: "... Los Gatos Cemetery, 21 miles e on Almaden rd LOS GATOS CEMETERY ASSOCIATION 567 EE Dow president"
- ^ Willys I. Peck, Saratoga Stereopticon: A Magic Lantern of Memory (1997), p. 14: "I recall covering the San Jose City Council meeting at which the Los Gatos Cemetery, now Memorial Park, was officially annexed , I presume as being uninhabited."
- ^ "Al Gould's Stats", retrosheet.org, accessed 2008-04-06
- ^ "SINGER STEVE HARWELL CREMATED... Memorial Open to Public", TMZ.com, February 10, 2023, accessed November 20, 2024
- ^ a b "Beyond the Grave: The ultimate guide for the famous graves throughout the Santa Clara Valley", Metroactive, accessed November 20, 2024
- ^ "S.F. Artist Dies", Santa Rosa Republican, February 24, 1948, p. 10
- ^ "Jason Jurman" (obituary), The Mercury News, October 15, 2014
- ^ "Alice MacGowan, 87, Is Called By Death", Los Gatos Times-Saratoga Observer, March 14, 1947, p. 1
- ^ Kylie Jue, "Stanford professor emeritus of public policy, Nathan Rosenberg, dies at 87", stanforddaily.com, 7 September 2015, accessed November 20, 2024
- ^ "Death Claims Emily Williams, Noted Architect", Los Gatos Times, June 5, 1942; "E. Williams Passes Away. Rites Friday", Los Gatos Mail News, June 4, 1942
- ^ "Katka Zupančič – Belokranjka v ameriškem velemestu", Radio Odeon, August 14, 2016
- ^ "Duong Trong Lam", Mother Jones, Feb/March 1983, p. 45