About Dearborn Memorial Park
Dearborn Memorial Park is a memorial park near Poway, San Diego County, California. It lies about 0.9 mi southwest of Poway. The grounds sit at about 597 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 6 notable people buried here, including Tony Gwynn, Deron Johnson and Jerry Smith. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 241334. The nearest other listed cemetery is Smith Pioneer Cemetery, about 1.8 mi to the southeast. The nearest funeral home we know of is California Funeral Alternatives in Poway, about 1.2 mi away. It is one of 71 cemeteries we list in San Diego County, and 4 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, Poway. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at Dearborn Memorial Park
Among them: 2 football players, 2 baseball players, 1 basketball player.
- Tony Gwynn1960-2014American Hall of Fame baseball right fielder; 1960-2014
- Deron Johnson1938-1992American baseball player and coach
- Jerry Smith1930-2011American football player and coach
- Paul Platz1920-1991American football player and coach
- Bob Pierce1941-1997American athletics competitor
- James F. Stengel1904-1991American educator
People whose Wikidata entry gives Dearborn 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.
Map
32.97355, -117.02657
What Dearborn Memorial Park 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
- Smith Pioneer CemeteryPoway, CACemetery1.8 mi
- Susan S Cashmore Memorial ColumbariumPoway, CACemetery2.9 mi
- San Pasqual Indian CemeteryEscondido, CACemetery8.4 mi
- San Pasqual CemeteryEscondido, CACemetery9.3 mi
- Church of the Nativity ColumbariumFairbanks Ranch, CAChurch cemetery10 mi
- San Diego Pet Memorial ParkPoway, CAPet cemetery10 mi
- El Camino Memorial ParkDel Mar, CAMemorial park11 mi
- Oak Hill Memorial ParkEscondido, CAMemorial park11 mi
- Nuevo Memory GardensRamona, CACemetery11 mi
- Carmel Valley CemeteryDel Mar, CACemetery11 mi
Funeral homes near Dearborn Memorial Park
- California Funeral Alternatives1.2 miFuneral home · Poway · (858) 842-3000
- Poway-Bernardo Mortuary1.6 miMortuary · Poway · (858) 748-4101
- Affordable Funeral Solutions California4.2 miFuneral home · San Diego · (858) 217-6776
- AAA Cremations - Commerce Avenue10 miCremation provider · San Diego · (619) 573-4777
- Alhiser-Comer Mortuary11 miMortuary · Escondido · (760) 745-2162
- La Paz Funeral Home11 miFuneral home · Escondido · (760) 489-9900
Listings from our sister site, Funeral Home Directory USA, sorted by straight-line distance. Call ahead: services, prices and hours are not shown here.
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