Lone Tree Cemetery (Fairview, California)

Lone Tree Cemetery
Lone Tree Cemetery
	Original "Lone Tree"
Details
Established	1868
Location	Hayward, Alameda County, California
Coordinates	37°40′29″N 122°02′58″W / 37.67472°N 122.04944°W
No. of interments	5,600+
Website	Official
Find a Grave	Lone Tree Cemetery

Lone Tree Cemetery is a 42-acre (17 ha), active, nonprofit cemetery, mausoleum and columbarium complex in unincorporated Fairview, California, adjacent to the city of Hayward. The site was first established in 1868.^[2] The cemetery has hosted, since 1903, the oldest continuous Memorial Day celebration in southern Alameda County.^[3] It contains a memorial to 73 soldiers from Hayward, Castro Valley and San Lorenzo who died in the Vietnam War,^[4] and a memorial to Alameda County Sheriff's Deputies and police officers from cities in the county.^[5]

Notable burials

Medal of Honor recipients
- Robert McDonald (1822–1901), for action in the American Indian Wars with the 5th Infantry Regiment^[6]
Others
- Charlie Becker (1887–1968), actor who played the "Mayor of Munchkinland" in The Wizard of Oz^[7]
- William Dutton Hayward, namesake of the city of Hayward^[8]
- Bob Sweikert (1926–1956), racing driver, 1955 Indianapolis 500 champion^[9]
- Pete Knight (1903–1937), 1930s rodeo champion^[10] (reinterred in 1960 at Greenwood Cemetery in Hot Springs, Arkansas)

^ newsbank.com
^ "Lone Tree Cemetery". Lone Tree Cemetery. Retrieved 2012-06-07.
^ [1] "Cooper denied Memorial Day address", Hayward Daily Review, May 27, 2006
^ [2] "Fairview cemetery seeking families of Vietnam casualties", Oroville Mercury Register 08/26/07
^ "Hayward memorial honors fallen Alameda County heroes – California Beat". Californiabeat.org. 2009-05-30. Retrieved 2012-06-07.
^ Robert McDonald at Find a Grave
^ Charles "Charlie Charley" Becker at Find a Grave
^ William D. Hayward at Find a Grave
^ Bob Sweikert at Find a Grave
^ Pete Knight at Find a Grave