About Home of Peace Cemetery
Home of Peace Cemetery is a jewish cemetery in Colma, San Mateo County, California. The grounds sit at about 187 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 44 notable people buried here, including Levi Strauss, Walter Wanger and Adolph Sutro. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 225492. The nearest cremation provider we know of is All County Cremation Service in Colma, about 0.2 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.
Notable people buried at Home of Peace Cemetery
Among them: 11 business leaders, 2 inventors and engineers, 2 physicians, 2 US representatives, 1 actor, 1 musician, 1 World War I veteran, 1 writer.
- Levi Strauss1829-1902German-Jewish-born American businessman
- Walter Wanger1894-1968American film producer
- Adolph Sutro1830-1898American mayor
- Florence Prag Kahn1866-1948Member of US House of Representatives
- Alfred Hertz1872-1942German musician
- Albert Abrams1863-1924American doctor
- Julius Kahn1861-1924American politician
- Isaias W. Hellman1842-1920American financier of German-Jewish descent
- James David Zellerbach1892-1963American ambassador
- Mrs. I. Lowenberg1845-1924American author and clubwoman
- Albert M. Bender1866-1941Arts patron
- Isaias W. Hellman Jr.1871-1920American financier
Show all 44 notable burials
- Joseph Owades1919-2005American brewer
- Louis Sloss1823-1902German-born American businessman
- Abraham Haas1847-1921American businessman
- Herbert Fleishhacker1872-1957American baseball executive
- Samuel Braunhart1848-1906American businessman and politician
- Aaron Fleishhacker1820-1898Founder of paper box manufacturer, A. Fleishhacker & Co.
- Ignatz Steinhart1840-1917American banker and philanthropist
- Martin A. Meyer1879-1923American rabbi
- Simon J. Lubin1876-1936American businessman
- Adele Mack1886-1973
- Anthony Zellerbach1832-1911German-American businessman
- Bertha Gerstle1860-1933
- Bobbie Lyons1922-2010American actress and public speaking instructor
- Charles Bransten1872-1937American businessman
- Edith Mack1883-1962
- Edward H. Heller1900-1962
- Ernest Reuben Lilienthal1850-1922
- Flora Brandenstein1856-1915Heiress
- Frances Jacobi1877-1959
- Gustav Samuel Sutro1827-1897Millionaire
- Hanna Isabelle Sloss1856-1923
- Hannah Greenebaum Gerstle1838-1930
- Henry Manheim1893-1952American mountaineer, first ascent of Picket Guard Peak (1936)
- Jacob Voorsanger1852-19081852-1908 , rabbi
- Jesse H. Steinhart1881-1965American lawyer
- John Leo Lilienthal1853-1893
- Joseph O. Hirschfelder1854-1920Professor Clinical Medicine, Cooper Medical College, San Francisco
- Mortimer Fleishhacker1866-1953American businessman
- Rebecca Strauss1800-1869Est. 4 Jan 1800 - 6 Jan 1869
- Ruth C. Elkus1883-1967
- Sarah Greenebaum1836-1920
- William Steinhart1830-1895German-American San Francisco businessman
People whose Wikidata entry gives Home of Peace Cemetery 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.
Map
37.67750, -122.45361
What Home of Peace Cemetery offers
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.
Nearby cemeteries
- Hills of Eternity Memorial Park1301 El Camino Real, Colma, CAMemorial park0.1 mi
- Salem Memorial Park1171 El Camino Real, Colma, CAMemorial park0.2 mi
- Pet's Rest1905 Hillside Boulevard, Colma, CAPet cemetery0.3 mi
- Serbian Cemetery1801 Hillside Boulevard, Colma, CACemetery0.3 mi
- Eternal Home Cemetery1051 El Camino Real, Colma, CAJewish cemetery0.3 mi
- Greek Orthodox Memorial ParkColma, CAMemorial park0.4 mi
- Golden Hill Memorial Park and Funeral Home2019 Hillside Boulevard, Colma, CAMemorial park0.4 mi
- Italian Cemetery540 F Street, Colma, CA · est. 1899Cemetery0.4 mi
- Hoy Sun Memorial Cemetery2101 Hillside Boulevard, Colma, CACemetery0.5 mi
- Japanese Cemetery1300 Hillside Boulevard, Colma, CACemetery0.5 mi
Funeral homes near Home of Peace Cemetery
- All County Cremation Service0.2 miCremation provider · Colma · (650) 343-3914
- Olivet Gardens Chapel0.3 miFuneral home · Colma · (650) 756-7700
- Cypress Lawn Funeral Home & Memorial Park0.3 miFuneral home · Colma · (650) 550-8868
- Golden Hill Monument 金山華人石碑0.3 miMonument dealer · Colma · (650) 755-1133
- Golden Hill Memorial Park & Funeral Home0.4 miFuneral home · Colma · (650) 757-5566
- Colma Cremation and Funeral Services0.7 miFuneral home · Colma · (650) 757-1300
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
Frequently asked questions
Where is Home of Peace Cemetery located?
Home of Peace Cemetery is at 1299 El Camino Real, Colma, CA 94014 in San Mateo County. GPS coordinates: 37.67750, -122.45361.
Is Home of Peace Cemetery a Jewish cemetery?
Our records list a Jewish affiliation, based on the recorded religion of the cemetery. Burial rules for people outside the congregation vary, so ask the cemetery.
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