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Desert Memorial Park
Details
Established October 31, 1956
Location
Cathedral City, California
Country United States
Coordinates
33°49′04″N 116°26′34″W / 33.8177965°N 116.4427901°W / 33.8177965; -116.4427901Coordinates: 33°49′04″N 116°26′34″W / 33.8177965°N 116.4427901°W / 33.8177965; -116.4427901[1]
Type Public
Owned by Palm Springs Cemetery District
Website Official Site
Find a Grave Desert Memorial Park
The Political Graveyard Desert Memorial Park

Desert Memorial Park is a cemetery in Cathedral City, California, United States, near Palm Springs.[2] Opening in 1956 and receiving its first interment in 1957,[3] it is maintained by the Palm Springs Cemetery District.[4] The District also maintains the Welwood Murray Cemetery in Palm Springs.[5] In 2001, the first American memorial specifically honoring LGBTQ veterans was dedicated in the cemetery, called the LGBTQ Veterans Memorial.[6][7] In 2018, a bill was signed into law designating that LGBTQ Veterans Memorial as California's official LGBTQ veterans memorial. Due to this, California became the first state in the nation to officially recognize LGBTQ military veterans.[7] The memorial is an obelisk of South Dakotan mahogany granite with the logo of American Veterans for Equal Rights on it.[7]




Contents






  • 1 Notable interments


  • 2 See also


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





Notable interments


Among those buried here are:[8]




  • Chris Alcaide (1923–2004), actor


  • Dorothy Arnold (1917–1984), actress, former wife of Joe DiMaggio


  • Busby Berkeley (1895–1976), motion picture director


  • Sonny Bono (1935–1998), record producer, singer, actor, and politician; first husband of Cher


  • Lorraine Brox (1900–1993), one of the Brox Sisters singing group


  • Velma Wayne Dawson (1912–2007), puppeteer and creator of Howdy Doody


  • Brad Dexter (1917–2002), actor


  • Alex Dreier (1916–2000), broadcaster and actor


  • Jolie Gabor (1896–1997), mother of the Gabor sisters


  • Magda Gabor (1915–1997), one of the Gabor sisters


  • Louis Galen (1925–2007), philanthropist and banker


  • Neva Gerber (1894–1974), silent film actress


  • Bill Goodwin (1910–1958), television announcer


  • Irving Green (1916–2006), founder of Mercury Records


  • Earle Hagen (1919–2008), composer


  • Claude Harmon (1916–1989), golfer


  • Josephine Hill (1899–1989), actress


  • Roy W. Hill (1899–1986), philanthropist


  • Eddy Howard (1915–1963), singer


  • Betty Hutton (1921–2007), singer and actress


  • Jennings Lang (1915–1996), film producer


  • Andrea Leeds (1914–1984), actress


  • Patrick Macnee (1922–2015), actor


  • Diana "Mousie" Lewis (1919–1997), actress


  • Frederick Loewe (1901–1988), composer


  • Marian Marsh (1913–2006), actress


  • David J. McDonald (1902–1979), labor leader


  • Maurice "Mac" McDonald (1902–1971), co-founder, with brother Dick, of the original McDonald's chain


  • Cameron Mitchell (1918–1994), actor


  • John J. Phillips (1887–1983), United States Congressman


  • William Powell (1892–1984), actor


  • William David Powell (1925–1968), TV writer


  • Marjorie Rambeau (1889–1970), actress


  • Pete Reiser (1919–1981), baseball player


  • Jilly Rizzo (1917–1992), restaurateur


  • Frank Scully (1892–1964), author


  • Ginny Simms (aka Virginia E. Eastvold) (1913–1994), actress


  • Anthony Martin Sinatra (1892–1969), father of Frank Sinatra


  • Barbara Sinatra (1927–2017), model and showgirl, wife of Frank Sinatra


  • Dolly Sinatra, (1896–1977), mother of Frank Sinatra


  • Frank Sinatra (1915–1998), singer and actor


  • Frank Sinatra, Jr. (1944-2016), son of Frank, singer and composer


  • Jimmy Van Heusen (1913–1990), composer


  • Philip "Mickey" Weintraub (1907–1987), MLB player


  • Ralph Young (1923–2008), singer and entertainer



See also




  • Coachella Valley Public Cemetery


  • Forest Lawn Cemetery (Cathedral City) – across the street from Desert Memorial

  • List of cemeteries in Riverside County, California

  • List of cemeteries in California



References





  1. ^ USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)


  2. ^ Brooks, Patricia; Brooks, Jonathan (2006). "Chapter 8: East L.A. and the Desert". Laid to Rest in California: a guide to the cemeteries and grave sites of the rich and famous. Guilford, CT: Globe Pequot Press. pp. 238–245. ISBN 978-0762741014. OCLC 70284362..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  3. ^ The Palm Springs Cemetery District itself was formed in 1917 and covers 504 square miles, including Palm Springs, Cathedral City, Desert Hot Springs, Thousand Palms, and Rancho Mirage. See: Robinson, Nancy (1992). Palm Springs History Handbook. Palm Springs, CA: Palm Springs Public Library. p. 7. OCLC 31595834.


  4. ^ The Palm Springs Cemetery District is a Special District established under California's Special District Law. See: Kimia Mizany and April Manatt, California Senate Local Government Committee, What's So Special About Special Districts? A Citizen's Guide to Special Districts in California (Third Edition) 2002


  5. ^ Palm Springs Cemetery District


  6. ^ "National LGBT Veterans Memorial". Nlgbtvm.org. Retrieved 2015-05-26.


  7. ^ abc Ring, Trudy (2018). "California Becomes First State to Honor LGBTQ Veterans". Advocate.com. Retrieved 2018-08-22.


  8. ^ Palm Springs Cemetery District "Interments of Interest"




External links



  • Palm Springs District Cemetery USGS Cathedral City Quad, California, Topographic Map at TopoZone








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