Skylawn Memorial Park (San Mateo, California)
Skylawn Memorial Park is an 84-acre (34 ha) cemetery, mausoleum, crematorium, columbarium and funeral home complex in San Mateo, California, directly accessible from State Route 92. Interment records are at 1,308.[1] The park's owners, Lifemark Group, also operate the Chapel of the Chimes columbarium in Oakland, the Chapel of the Chimes memorial park in Hayward, and Sunset Lawn Chapel of the Chimes in Sacramento.[2][3]
Notable burials
- Wilbur Bestwick, the first Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps
- Bobby Lee Bonds,[4] Major League Baseball right fielder, father of Barry Bonds
- Chub Feeney, president of the National League, in Major League Baseball
- Glenn Morris, winner of the gold medal in the Olympic decathlon in 1936
- Edwin Arnold Panagabko, professional ice hockey player with the National Hockey League
- Glen Hearst Taylor, United States Senator from Idaho, the vice presidential candidate on the Progressive Party ticket in the 1948 election
- Willard Lewis Waterman, character actor, played The Great Gildersleeve
- Bill Werle, Major League Baseball pitcher from Oakland[5]
References
External links
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Skylawn Memorial Gardens
- Skylawn at Find a Grave
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Coordinates: 37°29′29″N 122°22′23″W / 37.4913°N 122.3730°W
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