About El Carmelo Cemetery
El Carmelo Cemetery is a church cemetery near Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California. It lies about 1.3 mi southeast of Pacific Grove. It is operated by City of Pacific Grove. The grounds sit at about 59 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 22 notable people buried here, including Eric Berne, Barbara O'Neil and Joseph Schuster. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 223025. The nearest other listed cemetery is San Carlos Cemetery, about 3.6 mi to the southeast. The nearest mortuary we know of is The Paul Mortuary in Pacific Grove, about 1.3 mi away. It is one of 24 cemeteries we list in Monterey County, and 6 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. 3 of the 24 listings in Monterey County have a phone number or website on record.
This record has no mailing address, so it is listed under the nearest town, Pacific Grove. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at El Carmelo Cemetery
Among them: 4 artists, 3 actors, 2 scientists, 2 World War II veterans, 2 writers, 1 inventor or engineer, 1 musician, 1 Spanish-American War veteran.
- Eric Berne1910-1970Canadian psychiatrist
- Barbara O'Neil1910-1980Actress
- Joseph Schuster1903-1969American cellist
- Ernest de Koven Leffingwell1875-1971American geologist and explorer
- Chauncey Thomas, Jr.1850-1919Naval Officer, Rear Admiral, Commander Pacific Fleet
- Roswell P. Bishop1843-1920Union Army soldier, politician
- Esther Rose1901-1990American artist
- Irén Biller1897-1989Hungarian actress
- Leonard Benedict Loeb1891-1978Swiss-born American physicist
- Earle W. Mills1896-1968American Navy admiral
- Etta Belle Lloyd1860-1929
- Herb Schmalenberger1925-2006American football player and coach, basketball coach, college athletics administrator
Show all 22 notable burials
- James E. Addicott1869-1957American football coach and professor
- Jules Erbit1889-1968
- Lee Fritz Randolph1880-1956American painter, educator, academic administrator
- Mabel Judson1877-1956
- Newton Phelps Stallknecht1906-1981Scholar of philosophy and comparative literature
- Ethel Alice Prouty Seale1880-1936American botanical collector
- Harriet Marguerite Baker1898-1957Marine biologist
- Ida M Onorato1941-2006Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; St. Christopher's Hospital for Children; Mount Sinai Hospital; National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases; National Center for Infectious Diseases; Center for Prevention Services; University
- Louis Silvestri1918-2016Alan Silvestri's father
- Patricia Tiernan1930-2013American actress
People whose Wikidata entry gives El Carmelo 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.
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What El Carmelo 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
- San Carlos Cemetery792 Fremont Street, Monterey, CACemetery3.6 mi
- Saint Johns CemeteryMonterey, CACemetery3.6 mi
- El Encinal CemeteryMonterey, CACemetery3.6 mi
- Mission Memorial ParkSeaside, CAMemorial park6.2 mi
- Pastures of Heaven Pet Memorial ParkDel Rey Oaks, CAPet cemetery6.3 mi
- California Central Coast Veterans CemeteryMarina, CAVeterans cemetery7.4 mi
- Castroville Moss Landing CemeteryCastroville, CACemetery14 mi
Funeral homes near El Carmelo Cemetery
- The Paul Mortuary1.3 miMortuary · Pacific Grove · (831) 375-4191
- Bermudez Family Cremations and Funerals3.2 miFuneral home · Monterey · (831) 207-4255
- Mission Mortuary3.3 miMortuary · Monterey · (831) 200-3043
- Bayside Community Mortuary5.4 miMortuary · Seaside · (831) 899-8850
- Mission Mortuary & Mission Memorial Park6.1 miMortuary · Seaside · (831) 200-8890
- Marina Cremation & Burial Alternatives7.8 miCremation provider · Marina · (831) 384-5800
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