Cemetery in Sorrento Valley, California, USA
El Camino Memorial Park
Established 1960 Location Country
United States Type Public Size 220-acre (0.89 km2 )
Sorrento Valley, San Diego, CA, USA - panoramio
El Camino Memorial Park
cemetery is located at 5600 Carroll Canyon Road in the
Sorrento Valley neighborhood of
San Diego . Founded in 1960,
[1] El Camino is a 220-acre (0.89 km2 ) memorial park and is the final resting site for
Jonas Salk (who discovered the polio vaccine and founded the renowned
Salk Institute ), as well as several members of the well-known
Kroc family (humanitarians, philanthropist, former owners of San Diego Padres baseball team, as well as Ray Kroc's position as C.E.O of
McDonald's fast food chain). There are many other prominent citizens from the greater
San Diego and
Los Angeles area as well.
[2]
[3]
Notable interments
Jonas Salk (1914–1995), medical researcher, discoverer of the
polio vaccine
Ray Ceresino (1929–2015), ice hockey player
Kazimierz Deyna (1947–1989), Polish footballer (until 2012)
Billy Daniels (1915–1988), singer
Joseph Coors Sr. (1917–2003), COO of
Coors Brewing Company and grandson of the founder, personal advisor to president
Ronald Reagan
Cedric Montgomery Durst (1896–1971), professional baseball player
Preston Foster (1900–1970), songwriter, guitarist and
Emmy nominated actor
Dorothy Kelly (1894–1966), actress (also known as Dorothy O'Kelly)
Ray Kroc (1902–1984), founding partner of
McDonald's , owner of
San Diego Padres baseball team
Joan Kroc (1928–2003), wife of
Ray Kroc , humanitarian
Violet La Plante (1908–1984), actress, sister of actress
Laura La Plante
Todd Loren (1960–1992), (real name Stuart Shapiro), comic book publisher, founder of
Revolutionary Comics
Maria Goeppert-Mayer (1906–1972), physicist and
Nobel Prize winner
William Nierenberg (1919–2000), scientist, member of the
Manhattan Project
Patti Page (1927–2013), singer and actress
Charles Alan Pownall (1887–1979) WWII Naval Admiral, the last military governor of Guam.
Allard Roen (1921–2008, Managing Director of casinos and resorts in
Las Vegas, Nevada and
Carlsbad, California .
[4]
[5]
Pete Rozelle (1926–1996), commissioner of the
National Football League from 1960 to 1989
Milburn Stone (1904–1980), Emmy award-winning film and television actor
Lee Shippey (1884–1969), author and journalist
Paul Trousdale (1915–1990), real estate developer.
[6]
Barbara Werle (1928–2013), actress
See also
References
^ Mallios, Seth and Caterino, David M. Cemeteries of San Diego. Arcadia Publishing. 2007. p.96
^
Find a Grave.com "El Camino Memorial Park"
^
San Diego Weekly Reader - "Underground With the Celebrity Dead" by Jay Allen Sanford, Oct. 27, 2005
^ Ed Koch,
Desert Inn, Stardust chief helped integrate Las Vegas Strip ,
Las Vegas Sun , September 1, 2008
^ Steve Schmidt,
A. Roen, La Costa co-owner, dies at 87 ,
U-T San Diego , August 31, 2008
^ Myrna Oliver,
Paul Trousdale, Developer and Innovator, Dies ,
Los Angeles Times , April 12, 1990
External links
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