About Holy Cross Cemetery
Holy Cross Cemetery is a cemetery near National City, San Diego County, California. It lies about 2.7 mi south of National City. The grounds sit at about 200 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 12 notable people buried here, including Anita Page, William Gargan and Charles F. Buddy. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 243578. The nearest other listed cemetery is Greenwood Cemetery, about 0.8 mi to the south. The nearest mortuary we know of is Anderson-ragsdale Mortuary in San Diego, about 0.8 mi away. It is one of 71 cemeteries we list in San Diego County, and 15 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 2 of the 71 listings in San Diego County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, National City. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Holy Cross Cemetery
Among them: 2 actors, 2 business leaders, 1 football player, 1 architect, 1 baseball player, 1 inventor or engineer, 1 US representative.
- Anita Page1910-2008American actress
- William Gargan1905-1979American actor
- Charles F. Buddy1887-1966Bishop of San Diego
- John Moody1868-1958American financial businessman
- Étienne Dormoy1885-1959French engineer, aircraft designer
- Leo Thomas Maher1915-1991Bishop of San Diego
- Lewis D. Thill1903-1975American politician
- Mary Moore1922-1962American baseball player
- Paul Governali1921-1978American football player and coach
- Sidney Craig1932-2008American businessman
- Cyril Van der Donckt1865-1939Belgian-American clergyman
- Frank Lewis Hope Sr.1901-1994American architect, active in California
People whose Wikidata entry gives Holy Cross 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
32.71699, -117.09835
What Holy Cross 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
- Greenwood CemeteryNational City, CACemetery0.8 mi
- Mount Hope CemeteryNational City, CACemetery1.0 mi
- Beth Israel CemeteryNational City, CAJewish cemetery1.1 mi
- Cypress View MausoleumNational City, CACemetery1.1 mi
- Home of Peace CemeteryNational City, CACemetery1.3 mi
- la Vista CemeteryChula Vista, CACemetery4.0 mi
- First United Methodist Church ColumbariumSan Diego, CAMethodist cemetery4.3 mi
- Calvary CemeterySan Diego, CACemetery5.1 mi
- Glen Abbey Memorial ParkBonita, CAMemorial park5.4 mi
- El Campo SantoSan Diego, CACatholic cemetery6.0 mi
Funeral homes near Holy Cross Cemetery
- Anderson-ragsdale Mortuary0.8 miMortuary · San Diego · (619) 263-3141
- Greenwood Memorial Park & Mortuary0.8 miMortuary · San Diego · (619) 450-1479
- San Diego Memorial Chapel0.9 miFuneral chapel · San Diego
- Funeraria del Angel San Diego1.0 miFuneral home · San Diego · (619) 241-4704
- Cypress View Mausoleum, Mortuary and Crematory1.1 miCremation provider · San Diego · (619) 264-3168
- Thresholds Home and Family-Directed Funerals2.4 miFuneral home · San Diego · (619) 719-1156
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