About San Gabriel Cemetery
San Gabriel Cemetery is a cemetery near San Marino, Los Angeles County, California. The grounds sit at about 518 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 39 notable people buried here, including Jack McGrath, Merlin Olsen and Lina Romay. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1732559. The nearest other listed cemetery is San Gabriel Mission Cemetery, about 1.1 mi to the south. The nearest mortuary we know of is Pierce Brothers Turner & Stevens Mortuary in San Gabriel, about 1.6 mi away. It is one of 101 cemeteries we list in Los Angeles County, and 30 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, San Marino. The pin on the map shows the recorded location.
Notable people buried at San Gabriel Cemetery
Among them: 3 actors, 3 architects, 3 business leaders, 2 football players, 2 musicians, 2 physicians, 1 artist, 1 inventor or engineer.
- Jack McGrath1919-1955American racing driver
- Merlin Olsen1940-2010American football player and actor
- Lina Romay1919-2010Mexican-American singer and actress
- Pete Jolly1932-2001American musician
- Gloria Joy1910-1970American film actress
- Herman C. Raymaker1893-1944American film director
- John C. Elliott1919-2001Governor of American Samoa
- Myron Hunt1868-1952American architect
- Laura Scudder1881-1959American businessman
- Mark R. Bacon1852-1941American politician
- Richard Knerr1925-2008American inventor
- Silas Reese Burns1855-1940American architect
Show all 39 notable burials
- Charles Wesley Leffingwell1840-1928American writer and priest
- Frederick A. Speik1882-1940American football player and coach
- Kenneth Newell Avery1882-1949American painter
- W. Bertrand Stevens1884-1947Bishop of Los Angeles (Episcopal)
- Albert A. Clapp1841-1911Medal of Honor recipient
- Charles West1901-1997American film technician
- Chi Mui1952-2006Asian-American mayor (died 2006)
- Edward Leodore Mayberry Jr.1871-1957American architect and engineer
- James Loper1931-2013American television executive
- Susanna Bixby Bryant1880-1946American horticulturalist, rancher, botanical collector and founder of the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden (now the California Botanic Garden)
- Anna Elisabeth Wilson1864-1932
- Beatrice W. Mayberry1896-1982
- Charles Warring Leffingwell1871-1962California citrus grower
- Edward Leodore Mayberry1834-1902
- Edwin John Howell1864-194120 Apr 1867 Bristol, co.Gloucester - 10 Jan 1941 Los Angeles, California
- Emma Josephine Monk1874-194029 Nov 1874 in Canada - 21 Dec 1940 Los Angeles
- George Ensign Bushnell1853-1924American physician
- Harry H. Mayberry1867-1920American businessman
- Jay Gould III1920-1987
- John B. Elliott1878-1967American politician
- Peerage person ID=184770
- John Herbert Avery1855-1938Heir
- John Stewart Rowley1866-1928American museum curator and taxidermist
- Ruth Wilson1861-1928Mother of American general George S. Patton
- Samuel Sylvester Warmbrodt1861-19488 Oct 1861 Illinois - 6 Jan 1948 Los Angeles
- Theresa Gertrude Williamson1866-1953Botanical collector
- William Preston Harrison1869-1940Heir
People whose Wikidata entry gives San Gabriel 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 San Gabriel 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 Gabriel Mission CemeterySan Gabriel, CACatholic cemetery1.1 mi
- Campo SantoSan Gabriel, CACatholic cemetery1.2 mi
- Savannah Memorial ParkRosemead, CAMemorial park3.2 mi
- Resurrection CemeterySouth San Gabriel, CACatholic cemetery5.0 mi
- Sierra Madre Pioneer Cemetery535 East Sierra Madre Boulevard, Sierra Madre, CAChurch cemetery5.1 mi
- Mountain View Mausoleum2300 North Marengo Avenue, Altadena, CA · est. 1931Cemetery5.3 mi
- Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum2400 Fair Oaks Avenue, Altadena, CA · est. 1931Cemetery5.5 mi
- Live Oak CemeteryMonrovia, CACemetery6.4 mi
- Chinese CemeteryEast Los Angeles, CACemetery6.5 mi
- Old Russian Molokan CemeteryEast Los Angeles, CACemetery6.6 mi
Funeral homes near San Gabriel Cemetery
- Pierce Brothers Turner & Stevens Mortuary1.6 miMortuary · San Gabriel · (626) 287-0595
- Universal Chung Wah Funeral Directors1.6 miFuneral home · Alhambra · (626) 726-6497
- Primavera Funeral Parlor2.3 miFuneral home · Alhambra
- Primavera Funeral Services2.3 miFuneral home · Alhambra · (626) 975-7080
- Allay Direct Cremation2.7 miCremation provider · Pasadena · (888) 554-8825
- Avalon Pasadena Funeral Home and Cremation2.8 miFuneral home · Pasadena · (626) 449-2121
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