Desert Memorial Park
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Established | October 31, 1956 |
| Location | Cathedral City, California |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 33°49′04″N 116°26′34″W / 33.8177965°N 116.4427901°WCoordinates: 33°49′04″N 116°26′34″W / 33.8177965°N 116.4427901°W[1] |
| Type | Public |
| Owned by | Palm Springs Cemetery District |
| Website | Official Site |
| Find a Grave | Desert Memorial Park |
| The Political Graveyard | Desert Memorial Park |
Desert Memorial Park is a cemetery in Cathedral City, California, United States, near Palm Springs.[2] Opening in 1956 and receiving its first interment in 1957,[3] it is maintained by the Palm Springs Cemetery District.[4] The District also maintains the Welwood Murray Cemetery in Palm Springs.[5] In 2001, the first American memorial specifically honoring LGBT veterans was dedicated in the cemetery.[6]
Notable interments
Among those buried here are:[7]
- Chris Alcaide (1923–2004), actor
- Dorothy Arnold (1917–1984), actress, former wife of Joe DiMaggio
- Busby Berkeley (1895–1976), motion picture director
- Sonny Bono (1935–1998), record producer, singer, actor, and politician; first husband of Cher
- Lorraine Brox (1900–1993), one of the Brox Sisters singing group
- Velma Wayne Dawson (1912–2007), puppeteer and creator of Howdy Doody
- Brad Dexter (1917–2002), actor
- Alex Dreier (1916–2000), broadcaster and actor
- Jolie Gabor (1896–1997), mother of the Gabor sisters
- Magda Gabor (1915–1997), one of the Gabor sisters
- Louis Galen (1925–2007), philanthropist and banker
- Neva Gerber (1894–1974), silent film actress
- Bill Goodwin (1910–1958), television announcer
- Irving Green (1916–2006), founder of Mercury Records
- Earle Hagen (1919–2008), composer
- Claude Harmon (1916–1989), golfer
- Josephine Hill (1899–1989), actress
- Roy W. Hill (1899–1986), philanthropist
- Eddy Howard (1915–1963), singer
- Betty Hutton (1921–2007), singer and actress
- Jennings Lang (1915–1996), film producer
- Andrea Leeds (1914–1984), actress
- Diana "Mousie" Lewis (1919–1997), actress
- Frederick Loewe (1901–1988), composer
- Marian Marsh (1913–2006), actress
- David J. McDonald (1902–1979), labor leader
- John "Bloody" McNally, (1903–1985), NFL football player[8]
- Cameron Mitchell (1918–1994), actor
- John J. Phillips (1887–1983), United States Congressman
- William Powell (1892–1984), actor
- William David Powell (1925–1968), TV writer
- Marjorie Rambeau (1889–1970), actress
- Pete Reiser (1919–1981), baseball player
- Jilly Rizzo (1917–1992), restaurateur
- Frank Scully (1892–1964), author
- Ginny Simms (aka Virginia E. Eastvold) (1913–1994), actress
- Anthony Martin Sinatra (1892–1969), father of Frank Sinatra
- Frank Sinatra (1915–1998), singer and actor
- Jimmy Van Heusen (1913–1990), composer
- Philip "Mickey" Weintraub (1907–1987), MLB player
- Ralph Young (1923–2008), singer and entertainer
See also
- Coachella Valley Public Cemetery
- Forest Lawn Cemetery (Cathedral City) – across the street from Desert Memorial
- List of cemeteries in Riverside County, California
- List of cemeteries in California
References
- ↑ USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
- ↑ 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. pp. 238–245. ISBN 978-0762741014. OCLC 70284362.
- ↑ The Palm Springs Cemetery District itself was formed in 1917 and covers 504 square miles, including Palm Springs, Cathedral City, Desert Hot Springs, Thousand Palms, and Rancho Mirage. See: Robinson, Nancy (1992). Palm Springs History Handbook. Palm Springs, CA: Palm Springs Public Library. p. 7. OCLC 31595834.
- ↑ The Palm Springs Cemetery District is a Special District established under California's Special District Law. See: Kimia Mizany and April Manatt, California Senate Local Government Committee, What's So Special About Special Districts? A Citizen's Guide to Special Districts in California (Third Edition) 2002
- ↑ Palm Springs Cemetery District
- ↑ "National LGBT Veterans Memorial". Nlgbtvm.org. Retrieved 2015-05-26.
- ↑ Palm Springs Cemetery District "Interments of Interest"
- ↑ Jim Campbell (2002). "McNally, John Victor ('Johnny Blood')." Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, Thematic Series: Sports Figures. Charles Scribner's Sons. Retrieved January 07, 2013 from HighBeam Research
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