Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery
.jpg) Historic Chatsworth Community Church located on grounds of Oakwood Memorial Park | |
  Location of Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1924 |
| Location | Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 34°15′11″N 118°37′12″W / 34.253°N 118.620°WCoordinates: 34°15′11″N 118°37′12″W / 34.253°N 118.620°W |
| Type | Public |
| Find a Grave | Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery |
The Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery is located at 22601 Lassen Street, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California. It is the resting place for several movie stars such as Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Gloria Grahame, and Stephen Boyd.[1]
History and description
Oakwood Memorial Park is located in the San Fernando Valley, surrounded by rocky hills that have served as a backdrop for many a film setting. It has been used as a cemetery since 1924, and there was a Native American graveyard next to the cemetery before a fire destroyed the old wooden crosses that marked the site. The Old Stagecoach Trail passed beside it. The historic Chatsworth Community Church is located within the cemetery grounds.
Notable burials
Notables buried here include:
- Adele Astaire (1897–1981), actress, dancer
- Fred Astaire (1899–1987), actor, singer, dancer
- James S. Bealle (1911–1971), Vice President, LA Dodgers
- Dehl Berti (1921–1991), actor
- Derya Arbaş Berti (1968–2003), actress
- Stephen Boyd (1928–1977), actor
- Scott Bradley (1891-1977), composer
- Bob Crane (1928-1978), actor (former burial location)[2]
- Grace Cunard (1893–1967), actress, director
- Lloyd G. Davies, Los Angeles City Council member, 1943–51
- Frank Kelly Freas (1922–2005), illustrator
- Gloria Grahame (1923–1981), actress
- Raymond Greenleaf (1892–1963), actor
- Russell Hayden (1912–1981), actor
- Jack Ingram (1902–1969), actor
- Al Jennings (1863–1961), lawyer, outlaw, actor
- Adele Jergens (1917–2002), actress
- Milton Kibbee (1896–1970), actor
- Trinity Loren (1964–1998), adult film star
- Dorothy Mackaye (1899–1940), actress
- Anthony Magro (1923–2004), actor
- Montie Montana (1910–1998), cowboy
- Freddie Perren (1943–2004), songwriter, record producer
- Floyd Roberts (1900–1939), Indianapolis 500 winner
- Ginger Rogers (1911–1995), actress, singer, dancer
- Robert F. Simon (1908–1992), actor
- Carl Skelton (1916-1978), Accountant/auditor, Paramount Pictures, (1937-1973)
- Ted Snyder (1881–1965), composer
- Ken Terrell (1904–1966), actor
- Henry Victor (1892–1945), actor
- Nydia Westman (1902–1970), actress
- Dallas Willard (1935–2013), Christian philosopher
See also
References
- ↑ "Oakwood Memorial Park". Seeing Stars. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ↑ Crane was reinterred at Westwood Memorial Park in 1999. See Find A Grave bio at http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7419 and Seeing Stars site at http://www.seeing-stars.com/Buried2/PierceBros.shtml
External links
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