Greenlawn Memorial Park (Colma, California)
{{Short description|Cemetery in San Mateo County, California}}
{{Infobox cemetery
|name=Greenlawn Memorial Park
|type=Private
|graves=approx. 33,600
|findagraveid=1091398
|website={{URL|www.greenlawnmemorialparkca.com/}}
|coordinates= {{Coord|37.67733|-122.46328|display=inline,title}}
|size= |location=1100 El Camino Real,
Colma, San Mateo County, California|country=United States|established={{start date and age|1904}}|image=Green lawn Memorial Park, Colma, California 2.jpg}}
Greenlawn Memorial Park, also known as the Odd Fellows Cemetery, is a private cemetery located at 1100 El Camino Real in Colma, California, United States.
It was established in 1904.{{Cite book |last=Smookler |first=Michael |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jfEo-rCwM7YC |title=Colma |date=2007 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-0-7385-4727-5 |pages=68 |language=en}} In 1933, after ongoing city litigation the Odd Fellows Cemetery in San Francisco, part of the Lone Mountain Cemetery complex, reinterred some 26,000 graves to Greenlawn Memorial Park.{{Cite web |last=Kastler |first=Deanna L. |date=July 22, 2010 |others=SF Museum and Historical Society |title=Cemeteries |url=http://www.sfhistoryencyclopedia.com/articles/c/cemeteries.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100722233945/http://www.sfhistoryencyclopedia.com/articles/c/cemeteries.html |archive-date=2010-07-22 |access-date=April 17, 2024 |website=Encyclopedia of San Francisco}}
Notable burials
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- John Dempsey ({{Circa|1848}}–1884), Irish-born American military officer; awarded the Medal of Honor{{Cite web |title=John Dempsey; Interim 1871 - 1899 |url=https://www.cmohs.org/kiosk/recipients/john-dempsey |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=Congressional Medal of Honor Society |language=en}}
- Eugene Francis Loud (1847–1908), politician, lawyer, and merchant{{Cite web |title=Index to Politicians: Lou to Lovatus |url=https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/louanner-louwet.html#601.32.71 |access-date= |website=The Political Graveyard}}
- James George Maguire (1853–1920), politician, served three terms as U.S. Representative, for California's 4th congressional district{{Cite book |last=Shuck |first=Oscar Tully |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t-lYAAAAMAAJ |title=History of the Bench and Bar of California: Being Biographies of Many Remarkable Men, a Store of Humorous and Pathetic Recollections, Accounts of Important Legislation and Extraordinary Cases, Comprehending the Judicial History of the State |publisher=Commercial Printing House |year=1901 |pages=722–725 |language=en |via=Google Books}}{{CongBio|M000059}}
- William Adam Piper (1826–1899), politician, businessperson{{Cite web |title=Index to Politicians: Pink to Pittoni |url=https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#267.74.80 |access-date= |website=The Political Graveyard}}
- James Rolph (1869–1934), politician, 27th governor of California
- Hociel Thomas (1904–1952), vaudevillian, blues and jazz singer{{Cite web |last=Head |first=James |title=Thomas, Hociel |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/thomas-hociel |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) |language=en}}
- Victor Sen Yung (1915–1980), actor{{Cite web |last=Yau |first=John |date=2020-07-25 |title=Another Asian American Actor's Not-So-Hollywood Ending |url=http://hyperallergic.com/578485/victor-sen-yung-and-hollywood/ |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=Hyperallergic |language=en-US}}
See also
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Category:1904 establishments in California