Los Gatos Cemetery in San Jose, California

Los Gatos Cemetery is a cemetery in San Jose, Santa Clara County, California. The grounds sit at about 292 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 16 notable people buried here, including George Bernard Dantzig, Bill Hewlett and Steve Harwell. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 227671. The nearest other listed cemetery is Madronia Cemetery, about 5.2 mi to the west. The nearest funeral chapel we know of is Darling & Fischer Chapel of the Hills in Los Gatos, about 2.1 mi away. It is one of 23 cemeteries we list in Santa Clara County, and 11 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Santa Clara County dates to 1857. 8 of the 23 listings in Santa Clara County have a phone number or website on record.

Among them: 1 artist, 1 basketball player, 1 business leader, 1 inventor or engineer, 1 musician, 1 scientist, 1 World War II veteran, 1 writer.

• George Bernard Dantzig1914-2005
  American mathematician
• Bill Hewlett1913-2001
  American electrical engineer, co-founder of Hewlett-Packard
• Steve Harwell1967-2023
  American musician
• Nathan Rosenberg1927-2015
  American economist
• Cora Miranda Baggerly Older1875-1968
  American historian, writer and activist
• Fremont Older1856-1935
  American newspaper editor
• Clark Hobart1868-1948
  American painter, educator
• Flora Lamson Hewlett1914-1977
  American philanthropist
• John Thomas Wahlquist1899-1990
  American college administrator
• Ray Van Cleef1910-1964
  Baseball player
• Robert Henry Chandless1880-1951
  American businessman and photographer
• Ed Huse1934-2012
  College basketball player (1953-1956) Wyoming

People whose Wikidata entry gives Los Gatos 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.

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.

• Madronia Cemetery

  14766 Oak Street, Saratoga, CA
  Cemetery

  5.2 mi
• Chinese American Cemetery

  San Jose, CA · est. 1902
  Cemetery

  5.5 mi
• Oak Hill Memorial Park

  San Jose, CA
  Memorial park

  5.8 mi
• Home of Peace Cemetery

  San Jose, CA · est. 1857
  Jewish cemetery

  6.0 mi
• Mission City Memorial Park

  420 North Winchester Boulevard, Santa Clara, CA
  Memorial park

  6.3 mi
• Santa Clara Catholic Cemetery

  Santa Clara, CA
  Catholic cemetery

  6.6 mi
• Older Pet Cemetary

  Saratoga, CA
  Pet cemetery

  7.0 mi
• Old Mexican Cemetery (historical)

  Los Gatos, CA
  Cemetery

  7.4 mi
• Hidalgo Cemetery (historical)

  Los Gatos, CA
  Cemetery

  7.8 mi
• Hacienda Cemetery and Memorial Park

  Los Gatos, CA
  Memorial park

  8.2 mi

• Darling & Fischer Chapel of the Hills

  Funeral chapel · Los Gatos · (844) 277-4040
  2.1 mi
• Darling Fischer Campbell Memorial Chapel

  Funeral chapel · Campbell · (408) 379-5010
  3.0 mi
• San Jose Funeral Service

  Funeral home · San Jose · (408) 288-8383
  4.3 mi
• Crematelocal.com.inc

  Funeral home · San Jose · (855) 822-8060
  5.0 mi
• Willow Glen Funeral Home

  Cremation provider · San Jose · (408) 295-6446
  5.1 mi
• Lima Family Erickson Memorial Chapel

  Cremation provider · San Jose · (408) 295-5160
  5.3 mi

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