Desert Memorial Park
| Desert Memorial Park | |
|---|---|
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| Details | |
| Established | October 31, 1956 |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 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]
Notable interments
Among those buried here are:[6]
- Chris Alcaide (1923–2004), actor
- Dorothy Arnold (1917–1984), actress, former wife of Joe DiMaggio
- Busby Berkeley (1895–1976), motion picture director and musical choreographer
- Sonny Bono (1935–1998), record producer, singer, actor, 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 and film producer
- 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
- Benjamin Lees (1924–2010), composer
- Diana "Mousie" Lewis (1919–1997), actress
- Frederick Loewe (1901–1988), composer
- Patrick Macnee (1922–2015), actor
- Marian Marsh (1913–2006), actress
- David J. McDonald (1902–1979), labor leader
- Maurice "Mac" McDonald (1902–1971), co-founder, with brother Dick, of the original McDonald's chain
- Cameron Mitchell (1918–1994), actor
- Hugo Mario Montenegro (1925–1981), orchestra leader and composer
- John J. Phillips (1887–1983), United States Congressman
- William Powell (1892–1984), actor and associate producer
- William David Powell (1925–1968), TV writer
- Marjorie Rambeau (1889–1970), actress
- Pete Reiser (1919–1981), baseball player
- Jilly Rizzo (1917–1992), restaurateur and entertainer
- Frank Scully (1892–1964) author, journalist, humorist, and columnist
- Ginny Simms (aka Virginia E. Eastvold) (1913–1994), actress
- Anthony Martin Sinatra (1892–1969), professional boxer, bar owner and the father of Frank Sinatra
- Barbara Sinatra (1927–2017), model and showgirl, wife of Frank Sinatra
- Dolly Sinatra, (1896–1977), mother 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 actor
LGBTQ Veterans Memorial
In 2001 a memorial specifically honoring LGBTQ veterans was dedicated in the cemetery, called the LGBTQ Veterans Memorial.[7] In 2018, a law designating the LGBTQ Veterans Memorial as California's official LGBTQ veterans memorial was enacted. The memorial is an obelisk of South Dakotan mahogany granite with the logo of American Veterans for Equal Rights on it.[8]
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 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)[dead link] 2002
- ^ Palm Springs Cemetery District
- ^ Palm Springs Cemetery District "Interments of Interest"
- ^ "National LGBT Veterans Memorial". www.gayveteransmemorial.com. 2011–2102. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Ring, Trudy (2018). "California Becomes First State to Honor LGBTQ Veterans". Advocate.com. Retrieved 2018-08-22.