Greenwood Memorial Park (San Diego)
Greenwood Memorial Park is a cemetery located on unincorporated land at 4300 Imperial Avenue in San Diego County, California. The cemetery is adjacent to Mount Hope Cemetery.
Opened in 1908, Greenwood covers approximately 125 acres (0.51 km2) five miles east of Downtown San Diego. The cemetery is an example of a Rural cemetery, incorporating architecture, art, and landscaping into its design.[1] Greenwood and its accompanying mortuary are now part of NorthStar Memorial Group (NSMP).
Notable interments
- Belle Benchley (1882–1973), director of the San Diego Zoo from 1927–1953
- Dan Broderick, attorney, and his wife Linda, murdered by his ex-wife, Betty Broderick, in 1989
- Victor Buono (1938–1982), character actor
- George Burnham (1868–1939), banker, politician
- Marvel Crosson (1904–1929) pioneer female aviator
- Walter Fuller (1910–2003), jazz trumpeter and vocalist, civil-rights activist
- Ulysses S. "Buck" Grant, Jr. (1852–1929), son of Ulysses S. Grant, attorney and investment capitalist, developer of the U.S. Grant Hotel
- Burke Hanford (1872–1928), sailor, recipient of the Medal of Honor
- William "Bill" Kettner (1864–1930), United States Congressman, civic booster
- Moses A. Luce (1842–1933), Civil War veteran, Medal of Honor winner, attorney, founder of Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps
- Ernestine Schumann-Heink (1861–1936), operatic contralto
- Phil Swing (1884–1963), United States Congressman
- Harold Bell Wright (1872–1944), best-selling writer
- Ulysses S. Grant IV (1893–1977), grandson of President Ulysses S. Grant and former chairman of the Department of Geology, University of California at Los Angeles
References
- ↑ Mallios, Seth and Caterino, David M. Cemeteries of San Diego. Arcadia Publishing. 2007.
Further reading
- Culbertson, Judi; Randall, Tom (1989). "13: San Diego Cemeteries". Permanent Californians: an illustrated guide to the cemeteries of California. Chelsea, VT: Chelsea Green. pp. 216–217. ISBN 978-0930031213. OCLC 19322965.
External links
- Journal of San Diego History – San Diego Cemeteries: A Brief Guide
- Greenwood Memorial Park at Find a Grave
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Greenwood Cemetery
Coordinates: 32°42′21″N 117°06′12″W / 32.70583°N 117.10333°W