Cemetery in Alameda County, California, US
Evergreen Cemetery
Evergreen Cemetery is a
cemetery ,
crematorium and
mausoleum located in
Oakland, California , near the
Eastmont Town Center and
Mills College . The cemetery was established in 1903 and is located on a small hill, with a large combined mausoleum, crematorium and chapel at the top of the hill.
[1] It is the second largest cemetery in Oakland, after the
Mountain View Cemetery and
Saint Mary Cemetery complex. It is full, and closed to new interments, but still operates a crematorium.
Jonestown memorial
Memorial plaques to the Jonestown mass killing victims
More than 400 unclaimed bodies of the
Jonestown
mass suicide are buried at Evergreen.
[2]
[3] In 2011, four additional memorial plaques were placed at the site with the names of all 918 people who died in the incident. The new memorial controversially includes the name of
Jim Jones , the leader who ordered the mass suicide. The organizers intended the memorial to be "for historical purposes, listing everyone who died there," including the news reporters and Rep.
Leo Ryan .
[4]
[5]
Notable interments
Hells Angels gravesite at Evergreen
Various notable people are buried at Evergreen:
C. L. Best (1878–1951), son of Daniel Best,
Caterpillar Tractor Company executive
Daniel Best (1838–1923), adventurer and inventor
Park Van Tassel (1853–1930), aerial exhibitionist, balloonist, skydiver
Otto G. Foelker (1875–1943),
U.S. Representative from
New York
[6]
Jesse Fuller (1896–1976), one man band musician
[7]
Earl "Fatha" Hines (1905–1983), early jazz pianist
[8]
Allen Hoskins (1920–1980), child actor who portrayed Farina in the
Our Gang short movies from the 1920s
Henry Kulky (1911–1965), American actor and professional wrestler noted for Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Huey P. Newton (1942–1989), African-American political activist, co-founder of the
Black Panther Party
Irish O'Farrell (1949–1989),
[10] Hells Angels leader
There is a section of the cemetery reserved for members of the
Hells Angels motorcycle club.
[11]
References
^
https://www.cfb.ca.gov/cemetery/public/coa103_2016_03_07_evergreen.pdf .
^
"Unidentified bodies of 'suicide' buried" .
Lodi News-Sentinel . May 12, 1979.
^
"Jonestown Memorial – The Official Memorial and Wall Founded May 1979" . Jones-town.org.
Archived from the original on 2011-10-05. Retrieved 2011-07-01 .
^ Hill, Angela (May 10, 2011).
"Jonestown memorial finally installed in Oakland's Evergreen Cemetery" .
Oakland Tribune . Inside Bay Area. Archived from
the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-07-01 .
^ Jones, Carolyn (May 29, 2011).
"Jonestown memorial unveiled after 32 years" . San Francisco Chronicle .
Archived from the original on August 11, 2014. Retrieved September 5, 2014 .
^
"Foelker, Otto Godfrey (1875–1943)" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . U.S. Congress.
^ Eagle, Bob L.; LeBlanc, Eric S. (2013).
Blues: A Regional Experience . Greenwood Guides to American Roots Music. ABC-CLIO. p. 268.
ISBN
9780313344244 .
^ Wilson, Scott (2016).
Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 342.
ISBN
9780786479924 .
^
Hells Angels bury murdered leader
Alleghany Times (June 11, 1989)
^ Christie, George (2016).
Exile on Front Street: My Life as a Hells Angel ... and Beyond . Macmillan.
ISBN
9781250095695 .
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