Cypress Lawn Memorial Park in Colma, California

Cypress Lawn Memorial Park is a memorial park near Colma, San Mateo County, California. It was established in 1892. The grounds sit at about 190 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 427 notable people buried here, including William Randolph Hearst, Phineas Gage and Henry Cowell. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 221956. The nearest other listed cemetery is Chinese Christian Cemetery, about 0.3 mi to the southwest. The nearest funeral home we know of is Cypress Lawn Funeral Home & Memorial Park in Colma, about 0.4 mi away. It is one of 32 cemeteries we list in San Mateo County, and 25 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in San Mateo County dates to 1850. 11 of the 32 listings in San Mateo County have a phone number or website on record.

This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Colma. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.

Among them: 32 business leaders, 26 artists, 25 writers, 23 actors, 15 journalists, 15 US representatives, 11 musicians, 10 architects.

• William Randolph Hearst1863-1951
  American newspaper publisher
• Phineas Gage1823-1860
  19th century American railway worker who survived a large brain trauma
• Henry Cowell1897-1965
  American composer, music theorist, pianist, teacher, publisher, and impresario
• Hiram Johnson1866-1945
  California governor (1911-17) and senator (1917-45)
• Ed Lee1952-2017
  Mayor of San Francisco from 2011 to 2017
• Gertrude Atherton1857-1948
  American author
• Martin Davis1928-2023
  American mathematician
• George Hearst1820-1891
  American politician
• Linda Arvidson1884-1949
  American actress
• Lincoln Steffens1866-1936
  American journalist
• Betty Ong1956-2001
  American flight assistant
• Laura Hope Crews1879-1942
  American actress

People whose Wikidata entry gives Cypress Lawn Memorial Park as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.

Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.

• Chinese Christian Cemetery

  Colma, CA
  Cemetery

  0.3 mi
• Russian Sectarian Cemetery

  Colma, CA
  Cemetery

  0.3 mi
• Tung Sen Cemetery

  Colma, CA
  Cemetery

  0.4 mi
• Greek Orthodox Memorial Park

  Colma, CA
  Memorial park

  0.5 mi
• Greenlawn Cemetery

  Colma, CA · est. 1904
  Cemetery

  0.5 mi
• Hills of Eternity Memorial Park

  1301 El Camino Real, Colma, CA
  Memorial park

  0.5 mi
• Home of Peace Cemetery

  1299 El Camino Real, Colma, CA
  Jewish cemetery

  0.6 mi
• Salem Memorial Park

  1171 El Camino Real, Colma, CA
  Memorial park

  0.6 mi
• Eternal Home Cemetery

  1051 El Camino Real, Colma, CA
  Jewish cemetery

  0.7 mi
• Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery

  1500 Mission Road, Colma, CA · est. 1887
  Catholic cemetery

  0.7 mi

• Cypress Lawn Funeral Home & Memorial Park

  Funeral home · Colma · (650) 550-8868
  0.4 mi
• All County Cremation Service

  Cremation provider · Colma · (650) 343-3914
  0.4 mi
• Golden Hill Monument 金山華人石碑

  Monument dealer · Colma · (650) 755-1133
  0.8 mi
• Olivet Gardens Chapel

  Funeral home · Colma · (650) 756-7700
  0.8 mi
• Golden Hill Memorial Park & Funeral Home

  Funeral home · Colma · (650) 757-5566
  0.9 mi
• Colma Cremation and Funeral Services

  Funeral home · Colma · (650) 757-1300
  1.0 mi

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