Cypress Lawn Memorial Park
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Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, established by Hamden Holmes Noble in 1892, is a cemetery located in Colma, California, a place known as the "City of the Silent". It is the final resting site for several members of the celebrated Hearst family plus other prominent citizens from the greater San Francisco area.
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- Isabella Macdonald Alden (1841-1930), writer
- Gertrude Franklin (Horn) Atherton (1857-1948), author
- Monte Attell (1885-1960), world boxing champion
- Hubert Howe Bancroft (1832-1918), pre-eminent writer of California history
- Lincoln Beachey (1887-1915), aviation pioneer
- William H. Crocker (1861-1937), banker
- Charles de Young (1845-1880), publishing magnate; co-founder of San Francisco Chronicle[1]
- Phoebe Hearst (1842-1919), first female Regent of the University of California
- William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951), publishing magnate
- Charles S. Howard (1877-1950), businessman, owner of racehorse Seabiscuit
- Hiram W. Johnson (1866-1945), statesman
- Willie Jurado (1921-2006), journalist, founder of The Eye International Newspaper, and The Philippine National Press Club
- Frederick Low (1828-1894), Congressman, California Governor, statesman[2]
- Lefty O'Doul (1897-1969), Major League Baseball Player
- Jenny Roosevelt Pool, one of the Angel of Grief monuments
- Calvin E. Simmons (1950-1982), musical prodigy, conductor, musician
- Nick Traina (1978-1997), musician, son of author Danielle Steel