About Pacific Crest Cemetery
Pacific Crest Cemetery is a cemetery near Lawndale, Los Angeles County, California. It lies about 1.4 mi north of Lawndale. The grounds sit at about 112 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 8 notable people buried here, including Mae Marsh, Marvel Rea and Kelly Petillo. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1675876. The nearest other listed cemetery is Roosevelt Memorial Park, about 3.7 mi to the east. The nearest cremation provider we know of is LA Cremation in Redondo Beach, about 0.1 mi away. It is one of 101 cemeteries we list in Los Angeles County, and 11 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Los Angeles County dates to 1860. 20 of the 101 listings in Los Angeles County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Lawndale. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Pacific Crest Cemetery
Among them: 2 actors, 1 artist, 1 inventor or engineer.
- Mae Marsh1894-1968American actress
- Marvel Rea1901-1937Actress from the United States
- Kelly Petillo1903-1970American racing driver
- Norman Anderson1902-1978American shot putter
- Måns Birger Bruzelius1866-1944Swedish photographer
- Donald H. Potts1921-2001Ph.D. California Institute of Technology 1947
- Fay Bernice Lee1902-1941
- Robert Waitman Clothier1871-1945US agronomist
People whose Wikidata entry gives Pacific Crest 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
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What Pacific Crest 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
- Roosevelt Memorial ParkGardena, CAMemorial park3.7 mi
- Pet Haven Cemetery18300 South Figueroa Street, Gardena, CAPet cemetery4.5 mi
- Lincoln Memorial ParkWest Rancho Dominguez, CAMemorial park6.3 mi
- Woodlawn CemeteryCompton, CACemetery6.6 mi
- Inglewood Park CemeteryInglewood, CACemetery7.0 mi
- Green Hills Memorial ParkLomita, CAMemorial park7.0 mi
- Mausoleum of the Golden WestInglewood, CA · est. 2003Catholic cemetery7.3 mi
- Wilmington CemeteryCarson, CACemetery7.9 mi
- Hillside Memorial ParkInglewood, CAMemorial park8.0 mi
- Holy Cross CemeteryInglewood, CACatholic cemetery8.7 mi
Funeral homes near Pacific Crest Cemetery
- LA Cremation0.1 miCremation provider · Redondo Beach · (310) 792-7585
- Acp Funeral Transportation, Inc.2.0 miFuneral home · Hermosa Beach · (310) 698-8790
- McKay Family Funeral Home2.1 miFuneral home · Lawndale · (310) 973-1037
- McKay's South Bay Mortuary2.1 miMortuary · Lawndale · (310) 978-8877
- Mc Cormick Mortuary2.2 miMortuary · Torrance · (310) 792-7580
- Rice Mortuary2.2 miMortuary · Torrance · (310) 792-7575
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