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词条 Greenwood Memorial Park (San Diego)
释义

  1. Notable interments

  2. References

  3. Further reading

  4. External links

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 1907, Greenwood covers approximately {{convert|125|acre|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
  • Bob Elliott (1916–1966), Major League Baseball player, 1947 National League MVP
  • David Faber (1928–2015), Polish-born Holocaust survivor, author, lecturer
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 recipient, attorney, founder of Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps
  • Charles Schroeter (1837-1921), Civil War and Apache War veteran, Medal of Honor recipient; re-interred at Miramar National Cemetery in 2015[2]
  • Ernestine Schumann-Heink (1861–1936), operatic contralto
  • Phil Swing (1884–1963), United States Congressman
  • Gregon A. Williams, Marine Corps Major general; served in Nicaragua, World War II and Korean War
  • Harold Bell Wright (1872–1944), best-selling writer

There is one British Commonwealth war grave to a Lieutenant-Commander Surgeon of the Royal Navy of World War I.[3]

References

1. ^ Mallios, Seth and Caterino, David M. Cemeteries of San Diego. Arcadia Publishing. 2007.
2. ^{{cite news |last=Steele |first=Jeanette Steele |date=30 May 2015 |title=Medal of Honor soldier in unmarked crypt |url=http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/may/30/medal-honor-schroeter-miramar/ |newspaper=San Diego Union Tribune |access-date=30 May 2015 }}
3. ^{{cite web|title=Casualty Record, J Hadwen|url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/401021/HADWEN,%20J|publisher=Commonwealth War Graves Commission date accessed = 22 December 2016}}

Further reading

  • {{cite book|last1=Culbertson|first1=Judi|last2=Randall|first2=Tom|title=Permanent Californians: an illustrated guide to the cemeteries of California|chapter=13: San Diego Cemeteries|pages=216–217|year=1989|publisher=Chelsea Green|location=Chelsea, VT|isbn=978-0930031213|oclc=19322965}}

External links

  • Journal of San Diego HistorySan Diego Cemeteries: A Brief Guide
  • Greenwood Memorial Park at Find a Grave
  • {{GNIS|243023|Greenwood Cemetery}}
  • Greenwood Memorial Park Official Website
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4 : Cemeteries in San Diego County, California|Geography of San Diego|History of San Diego|Burials at Greenwood Memorial Park (San Diego)

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