Caballero Rivero Woodlawn Park North Cemetery and Mausoleum
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Caballero Rivero Woodlawn North Park Cemetery and Mausoleum is one of the oldest cemeteries in Miami, Florida
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In 1913, Thomas O. Wilson, William N. Urmey and Clifton D. Benson established Woodlawn Park Cemetery. They invested thousands of dollars importing rare tropical trees and shrubs, including the first schefflera
(umbrella trees) and mahogany trees, to this country.
Woodlawn Park in 1926 commissioned a noted mausoleum architect, McDonald Lovell, to design a mausoleum
for the park. The present building covers more than a city block, accented with marble, stained glass and hand-wrought bronze gates.
In 1990, Caballero Funeral Homes (established in 1857 in Havana, Cuba) joined Woodlawn Park Cemeteries and Funeral Home and in 1993, Rivero Funeral Homes (established in 1946 in Havana, Cuba), the largest funeral home business in Florida, was acquired also and the name was changed to Caballero Rivero Woodlawn North Park Cemetery
and Mausoleum.
Caballero Rivero Woodlawn North Park Cemetery and Mausoleum is located on SW 8 Street, between 32 and 33 Avenue.
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
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In 1913, Thomas O. Wilson, William N. Urmey and Clifton D. Benson established Woodlawn Park Cemetery. They invested thousands of dollars importing rare tropical trees and shrubs, including the first schefflera
Schefflera
Schefflera is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae. The plants are trees, shrubs or lianas, growing tall, with woody stems and palmately compound leaves. The circumscription of the genus has varied greatly...
(umbrella trees) and mahogany trees, to this country.
Woodlawn Park in 1926 commissioned a noted mausoleum architect, McDonald Lovell, to design a mausoleum
Mausoleum
A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or persons. A monument without the interment is a cenotaph. A mausoleum may be considered a type of tomb or the tomb may be considered to be within the...
for the park. The present building covers more than a city block, accented with marble, stained glass and hand-wrought bronze gates.
In 1990, Caballero Funeral Homes (established in 1857 in Havana, Cuba) joined Woodlawn Park Cemeteries and Funeral Home and in 1993, Rivero Funeral Homes (established in 1946 in Havana, Cuba), the largest funeral home business in Florida, was acquired also and the name was changed to Caballero Rivero Woodlawn North Park Cemetery
Cemetery
A cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried. The term "cemetery" implies that the land is specifically designated as a burying ground. Cemeteries in the Western world are where the final ceremonies of death are observed...
and Mausoleum.
Caballero Rivero Woodlawn North Park Cemetery and Mausoleum is located on SW 8 Street, between 32 and 33 Avenue.
Notable burials
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and his wife, Mary - one of the founders of Miami - Fernando BujonesFernando BujonesFernando Bujones was an American ballet dancer.Born in Miami, Florida to Cuban parents, Bujones is regarded as one of the finest male dancers of the 20th century and hailed as one of the greatest American male dancers of his generation.Bujones' first formal ballet classes were in Alicia Alonso's...
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- Cuban-American activist - George Merrick - Founder of Coral Gables and the University of Miami
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- American writer - Indalecio Pertierra - former Representative of Cuba
- Antonio Prío Socarrás- former minister of Cuba
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- Maria Regla Prío Socarrás - former Representative of Cuba
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- cartoonist who created the comic strip Spy vs. SpySpy vs. SpySpy vs. Spy is a black and white comic strip that debuted in Mad magazine #60, dated January 1961, and was originally published by EC Comics. The strip was created by Antonio Prohías.The Spy vs...
for MAD Magazine - Manolo ReyesManolo ReyesManolo de Jesus Reyes Xiques, J.D. was a Cuban-American Spanish-language television news broadcaster in Miami, Florida. Reyes became a television news pioneer in the 1960s when he began one of South Florida's first Spanish-language newscasters...
- pioneering Spanish-language newsNewsNews is the communication of selected information on current events which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or word of mouth to a third party or mass audience.- Etymology :...
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of Cuba, wife of Carlos Prío SocarrásCarlos Prío SocarrásCarlos Prío Socarrás was the President of Cuba from 1948 until he was deposed by a military coup led by Fulgencio Batista on March 10, 1952, three months before new elections were to be held.- Governance :... - Alfonso, Prince of Asturias (1907-1938), Count of CovadongaCovadongaCovadonga is a village and one of 11 parishes in Cangas de Onís, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northwestern Spain...
, entombed there from (1938-1985)