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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 )
Bergman Family Cemetery
Aguanga
33°26′52″N 116°53′29″W / 33.4479°N 116.8914°W / 33.4479; -116.8914 (Coachella Valley Public Cemetery )
Bergman Family Cemetery
Coachella Valley Public Cemetery
Coachella Valley
33°40′11″N 116°13′02″W / 33.6697°N 116.2172°W / 33.6697; -116.2172 (Coachella Valley Public Cemetery )
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°56′58″N 117°31′01″W / 33.9495°N 117.5170°W / 33.9495; -117.5170 (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′13″W / 33.9567°N 117.0203°W / 33.9567; -117.0203 (Desert Lawn Funeral Home and Memorial Park )
Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens (Variant Name)
Desert Memorial Park
Cathedral City
33°49′04″N 116°26′34″W / 33.8178°N 116.4428°W / 33.8178; -116.4428 (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′40″N 117°20′29″W / 33.6945°N 117.3414°W / 33.6945; -117.3414 (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 Hope Lutheran Church
Jane Augustine Patencio Cemetery
Palm Springs
33°49′21″N 116°32′02″W / 33.8224°N 116.5340°W / 33.8224; -116.5340 (Jane Augustine Patencio Cemetery )
Artist Carl Eytel
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′51″N 117°07′12″W / 33.4642°N 117.1199°W / 33.4642; -117.1199 (Louis Wolf Tombstone )
Maintained by the Temecula Valley Historical Society. [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
Maniker Family Cemetery
Lake Elsinore
33°40′08″N 117°14′43″W / 33.6689°N 117.2452°W / 33.6689; -117.2452 (Maniker 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′10″W / 33.9543°N 116.8194°W / 33.9543; -116.8194 (Moravian Cemetery )
Banning Library District
Mountain View Cemetery
Beaumont
33°56′37″N 116°58′48″W / 33.9436°N 116.9800°W / 33.9436; -116.9800 (Mountain View Cemetery )
Mount View Cemetery Summit Cemetery District: Mountain View Cemetery
Olivewood Cemetery
Riverside
33°57′10″N 117°22′44″W / 33.9528°N 117.3789°W / 33.9528; -117.3789 (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 / 33.6309°N 114.6008°W / 33.6309; -114.6008 (Palo Verde Cemetery )
Palo Verde Cemetery
Perris Valley Cemetery
Perris
33°47′41″N 117°13′25″W / 33.7947°N 117.2236°W / 33.7947; -117.2236 (Perris Valley Cemetery )
Perris Valley Cemetery
Radec Cemetery
Radec
33°27′53″N 116°54′48″W / 33.4648°N 116.9134°W / 33.4648; -116.9134 (Radec Cemetery )
Maintained by the County of Riverside. [ 11] [ 12]
Riverside National Cemetery
Riverside
33°53′03″N 117°16′36″W / 33.8842°N 117.2767°W / 33.8842; -117.2767 (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
Saint Boniface Indian School Cemetery
Banning
33°56′18″N 116°53′19″W / 33.9384°N 116.8886°W / 33.9384; -116.8886 (Saint Boniface Indian School Cemetery )
Saint Boniface School
San Gorgonio Memorial Park
Banning
33°56′46″N 116°52′43″W / 33.9461°N 116.8786°W / 33.9461; -116.8786 (San Gorgonio Memorial Park )
Medal of Honor recipient William Powers Morris [ 13] [ 14]
Sunnyslope Cemetery Summit Cemetery District: San Gorgonio Memorial Park
San Jacinto Valley Cemetery
San Jacinto
33°45′34″N 116°57′39″W / 33.7595°N 116.9609°W / 33.7595; -116.9609 (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 Museum: Cemetery
St. Margaret's Episcopal Church Columbarium
Palm Desert
33°42′12″N 116°23′52″W / 33.7034°N 116.3978°W / 33.7034; -116.3978 (St. Margaret's Episcopal Church Columbarium )
St. Margaret's Episcopal Church Episcopal Diocese of San Diego
St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery
Morongo Reservation
33°57′36″N 116°49′29″W / 33.9600°N 116.8248°W / 33.9600; -116.8248 (St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery )
Indian culture scholar Katherine Siva Saubel
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic Community: St. Mary's Mission Banning Library District
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 / 33.4817°N 117.0908°W / 33.4817; -117.0908 (Temecula Massacre Cemetery )
An historical cemetery, walled but not maintained. [ 15]
Temecula Public Cemetery
Temecula
33°29′26″N 117°08′30″W / 33.4906°N 117.1417°W / 33.4906; -117.1417 (Temecula Public Cemetery )
History of the Temecula Public Cemetery District The Press-Enterprise
Toro Cemetery
Thermal
33°35′18″N 116°13′50″W / 33.5884°N 116.2306°W / 33.5884; -116.2306 (Toro Cemetery )
Toro Cemetery
Welwood Murray Cemetery
Palm Springs
33°49′52″N 116°33′10″W / 33.8310°N 116.5527°W / 33.8310; -116.5527 (Welwood Murray Cemetery )
J. Smeaton Chase , Charles Farrell , Albert Frey , Hugo Montenegro , Jackie Saunders , Virginia Valli , E. Stewart Williams
Palm Springs Cemetery District Desert Sun
Wildomar Cemetery
Wildomar
33°36′20″N 117°16′33″W / 33.6056°N 117.2759°W / 33.6056; -117.2759 (Wildomar Cemetery )
Wildomar Cemetery
See also
^ 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
^ 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 and Radec Cemetery at Find a Grave
^ "William Powers Morris" . MilitaryTimes 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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