Desert Memorial Park
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Desert Memorial Park is a cemetery
in Cathedral City, California
, United States, near Palm Springs
. It is maintained by the Palm Springs Cemetery District (a Special District
established under California's Special District Law). The District also maintains the Welwood Murray Cemetery in Palm Springs.
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...
in Cathedral City, California
Cathedral City, California
Cathedral City is a city in Riverside County, California, United States. The population was 51,200 at the 2010 census. Sandwiched between Palm Springs and Rancho Mirage, it is one of the cities in the Coachella Valley of southern California...
, United States, near Palm Springs
Palm Springs, California
Palm Springs is a desert city in Riverside County, California, within the Coachella Valley. It is located approximately 37 miles east of San Bernardino, 111 miles east of Los Angeles and 136 miles northeast of San Diego...
. It is maintained by the Palm Springs Cemetery District (a Special District
Special-purpose district
Special-purpose districts or special district governments in the United States are independent governmental units that exist separately from, and with substantial administrative and fiscal independence from, general purpose local governments such as county, municipal, and township governments. As...
established under California's Special District Law). The District also maintains the Welwood Murray Cemetery in Palm Springs.
Notable interments
Among those buried here are:- Chris AlcaideChris AlcaideChristopher "Chris" Alcaide was an American actor particularly known for his role in television westerns. He surfaced to national attention as Deputy Joshua Tate in the 1956 film Gunslinger, co-starring Beverly Garland as a woman marshal.In 2003, Alcaide was among recipients, including the Sons of...
(1923-2004), American actor - Busby BerkeleyBusby BerkeleyBusby Berkeley was a highly influential Hollywood movie director and musical choreographer. Berkeley was famous for his elaborate musical production numbers that often involved complex geometric patterns...
(1895-1976), American motion picture director - Sonny BonoSonny BonoSalvatore Phillip "Sonny" Bono was an American recording artist, record producer, actor, and politician whose career spanned over three decades.-Early life:...
(1935-1998), American record producer, singer, actor, and politician - Lorraine BroxBrox SistersThe Brox Sisters were an American trio of singing sisters, enjoying their greatest popularity in the 1920s and early 1930s.-Early life:The members were*Bobbe...
(1900-1993), one of the Brox Sisters singing group - Velma Wayne DawsonVelma Wayne DawsonVelma Wayne Dawson was an American puppet maker and puppeteer. She was best known for creating the Howdy Doody marionettes for the Howdy Doody Show...
(1912-2007), American puppeteer and creator of Howdy DoodyHowdy DoodyHowdy Doody is an American children's television program that was created and produced by E. Roger Muir and telecast on NBC in the United States from 1947 until 1960. It was a pioneer in children's television programming and set the pattern for many similar shows... - Brad DexterBrad DexterBrad Dexter , was an American actor.-Life and career:Dexter was born Boris Malanovich , in Goldfield, Nevada, of Serbian parentage. He spoke Serbian as his first language. Burly, dark and handsome, Brad Dexter was usually given supporting roles of a rugged character...
(1917-2002), American actor - Alex DreierAlex DreierAlex Dreier was an American news reporter and commentator who worked with NBC Radio during the 1940s, and later with the ABC Information Radio network in the 1960s and early '70s.-Early years and broadcasting:...
(1916-2000), broadcaster and actor - Jolie Gabor (1900-1997), mother of the Gabor sistersGabor sistersThe Gabor sisters are three famous Hungarian actresses/socialites:* Magda Gabor 1918-1997* Zsa Zsa Gabor 1917-present* Eva Gabor 1919-1995...
- Magda Gabor (1918-1997), one of the Gabor sistersGabor sistersThe Gabor sisters are three famous Hungarian actresses/socialites:* Magda Gabor 1918-1997* Zsa Zsa Gabor 1917-present* Eva Gabor 1919-1995...
- Louis GalenLouis GalenLouis "Lou" J. Galen was an American philanthropist. Before he retired he was a successful banker and CEO of Golden West Financial Corporation....
(1925-2007), American philanthropist and banker - Bill GoodwinBill GoodwinBill Goodwin was for many years the announcer and regular character of the Burns and Allen radio program, and subsequently The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show on television from 1950-51...
(1910-1958), American television announcer - Irving GreenIrving GreenIrving B. Green was an American record industry executive, and founder and president of Mercury Records....
(1916-2006), founder of Mercury RecordsMercury RecordsMercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Motown Music Group in the US; both are subsidiaries of Universal Music Group. There is also a Mercury Records in Australia, which is a local artist and repertoire division of Universal... - Earle HagenEarle HagenEarle Harry Hagen was an American composer who created music for movies and television. He is remembered for co-writing and whistling "The Fishin' Hole", the melody of the main theme to The Andy Griffith Show, the instrumental classic "Harlem Nocturne" used as the theme to television's Mickey...
(1919-2008), American composer - Claude HarmonClaude HarmonEugene Claude Harmon, Sr. was an American golfer.Harmon was born in Savannah, Georgia, and spent much of his boyhood in the Orlando area. A youthful prodigy, Harmon qualified for the U.S. Amateur at age 15 in 1931...
(1916-1989), American golfer - Josephine HillJosephine HillJosephine Hill was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 107 films between 1917 and 1933. She was married to Western star Jack Perrin from 1920 until their divorce in 1937....
(1899-1989), American actress - Roy W. HillRoy W. HillRoy William Hill was an automobile dealer, philanthropist, and early trustee and benefactor of Eisenhower Medical Center.-Career:...
(1899-1986), philanthropist - Eddy HowardEddy HowardEddy Howard was an American vocalist and bandleader who was popular during the 1940s and 1950s.-Biography:...
(1915-1963), American singer - Betty HuttonBetty HuttonBetty Hutton was an American stage, film, and television actress, comedienne and singer.-Early life:Hutton was born Elizabeth June Thornburg, daughter of a railroad foreman, Percy E. Thornburg and his wife, the former Mabel Lum . While she was very young, her father abandoned the family for...
(1921-2007), American actress - Andrea LeedsAndrea LeedsAndrea Leeds was an American film actress. A popular supporting player of the late 1930s, Leeds was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Stage Door...
(1914-1984), American actress - Diana "Mousie" LewisDiana LewisDiana "Mousie" Lewis was an American film actress and a MGM contract star.Born in Asbury Park, New Jersey, Lewis began her film career in All the King's Horses and worked steadily over the next few years, usually in minor roles...
(1919–1997), American actress - Frederick Loewe (1901-1988), American composer
- Marian MarshMarian MarshMarian Marsh was an American film actress, and later, environmentalist.-Early life:Violet Ethelred Krauth was born on October 17, 1913 in Trinidad, British West Indies , the youngest of four children of a German chocolate manufacturer and his French-English wife.Due to World War I, Violet's...
(1913-2006), American actress - Cameron MitchellCameron Mitchell (actor)Cameron Mitchell was an American film, television and Broadway actor with close ties to one of Canada's most successful families, and considered, by Lee Strasberg, to be one of the founding members of The Actor's Studio in New York City.-Early life and career:Born Cameron MacDowell Mitzel in...
(1918-1994, American actor - John J. PhillipsJohn J. PhillipsJohn Phillips was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California.John Philips was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He moved to St. David, Pennsylvania, in 1891. He graduated from Haverford College in 1910. During the First World War, he served in the Adjutant General’s Office...
(1887-1983), United States Congressman - William PowellWilliam PowellWilliam Horatio Powell was an American actor.A major star at MGM, he was paired with Myrna Loy in 14 films, including the popular Thin Man series in which Powell and Loy played Nick and Nora Charles...
(1892–1984), American actor - William David PowellWilliam David PowellWilliam David Powell , an American, was a writer for television.-Early life:Powell was the only child of actor William Powell and actress Eileen Wilson...
(1925-1968), American TV writer - Marjorie RambeauMarjorie RambeauMarjorie Rambeau was an American film and stage actress.-Early life:Rambeau was born in San Francisco, California to Marcel Rambeau and Lilian Garlinda Kindelberger. Her parents split up when she was a girl. She and her mother went to Nome, Alaska where young Marjorie dressed as a boy, sang and...
(1889-1970), American actress - Pete ReiserPete ReiserHarold Patrick "Pete" Reiser , nicknamed "Pistol Pete," was an outfielder in Major League Baseball during the 1940s and early 1950s. He played primarily for the Brooklyn Dodgers, and later for the Boston Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Cleveland Indians.-Early career:A native of St...
(1919-1981), American baseball player - Jilly RizzoJilly RizzoErmenigildo "Jilly" Rizzo was an American restaurateur and entertainer.-Biography:A long-time friend of Frank Sinatra, Rizzo was mentioned in several of Sinatra's recordings and made cameo appearances in several of Sinatra's films. Mr...
(1917-1992), American restaurateur - Ginny SimmsGinny SimmsGinny Simms was an American Popular Singer and film actress. She labeled with Dinah Shore, Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, Jo Stafford and others. Born in San Antonio, Texas, she sang with big bands and worked as MGM contract player film actress.She appeared in 11 movies from 1939 to 1951, when she...
(aka Virginia E. Eastvold) (1913-1994), American actress - Anthony Martin SinatraAnthony Martin SinatraAnthony Martin Sinatra , born Antonino Sinatra, was a Hoboken city fireman, professional boxer, bar owner, and father of singer and actor Frank Sinatra....
(1892-1969), father of Frank Sinatra - Frank SinatraFrank SinatraFrancis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the...
(1915-1998), American singer and actor - Jimmy Van Heusen (aka, James Van Heusen; originally, Edward Chester Babcock) (1913-1990), American composer
- Ralph YoungRalph Young (singer)Ralph Young was an American singer and actor. He was best known as the partner of Tony Sandler in the singing duo of Sandler and Young....
(1923-2008), American singer and entertainer
See also
- Forest Lawn Cemetery (Cathedral City)Forest Lawn Cemetery (Cathedral City)Forest Lawn Cemetery , renamed from Palm Springs Mortuary & Mausoleum in 2005, is a cemetery in Cathedral City, California near Palm Springs...
- List of cemeteries in California#Riverside County