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In the News (Tue 17 Nov 09)

  
  BART Sued by Cypress Lawn to Protect California History - 1997
Cypress Lawn has been negotiating with BART and SamTrans for more than two years to identify mitigations that would reduce or eliminate significant adverse environmental impacts of the project, such as noise, vibration and dust on the sacred, tranquil atmosphere of the cemetery.
Cypress Lawn is also a living memorial to the thousands of Californians interned in the cemetery, which is visited daily by friends and family of the deceased.
Cypress Lawn's lawsuit challenges the certification of BART's EIR on the extension project in order to protect the cemetery from unmitigated impacts.
www.sfmuseum.org /hist6/lawn.html   (546 words)

  
 Cypress Lawn Heritage Foundation
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park was established in 1892 by a group of civic-minded men led by Hamden Noble in answer to a need for a place where people can bury their loved ones with dignity and respect.
In time, Cypress Lawn became, and still is, the choice cemetery for the most prominent and powerful families in San Francisco and the State of California.
Beautiful monuments and edifice to memorialize the achievements of these men and women who helped shape the Golden State were built by the leading architects, sculptors, and artists of the early 20th century.
cypresslawnheritagefoundation.com /history.html   (351 words)

  
 ICFA
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park and Mortuary, Colma, California, serves immigrants from all over the world who have brought with them their own traditions, including ones which express reverence for the dead.
At Cypress Lawn, two Chinese remembrance festivals are observed, including the Chung Yeung Festival, for which the cemetery received an honorable mention in the Special Events Over $1,000 category.
in memory of your loved one" and in recognition of "your recent loss as well as those that have occurred in the past." Facilitators and guest speakers were brought in from a voluntary grief and bereavement support group operated by a church near the cemetery.
www.icfa.org /6.04_kip.htm   (2502 words)

  
 Forest Lawn Cypress: Stars' Graves   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
This Forest Lawn park out in Cypress (near the L.A./Orange County border) is tiny compared with its larger and more famous siblings in Glendale and Hollywood Hills.
From the park's main entrance, just drive west through the gates and park on that road so that your car is alligned with the large "Ascension" mural to the far north (your right).
Forest Lawn Cypress is located near the western Orange County/L.A. border, just a few minutes north of Los Alamitos race track, and about three miles southwest of Knott's Berry Farm.
www.seeing-stars.com /Buried2/ForestLawnCypress.shtml   (1289 words)

  
 City of Cypress
As Cypress trees were planted around the schoolyard for a windbreak, the name of Cypress was given to the school, and ultimately to the community.
Most of the Cypress area was under two to three feet of water, but the damage was largely physical.
Within Cypress, the need was most noticeable in the schools where free hot lunches were often the only meal some the children received.
www.ci.cypress.ca.us /about_cypress/history_sugar_beets.htm   (1189 words)

  
 cemetery cypress forest lawn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
She was buried at Forest Lawn, in Cypress, California, under a bright blue sky...
Gravestone at Forest Lawn Cemetery Cypress, California, USA Eddie Cochran was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987 We'll Always Remember The Cochran Connection Eddie Cochran Story The...
A lawn mower was purchased in the spring for the cemetery department for $4,175.
www.lawncarpet.com /lakelawn/cemeterycypressforestlawn   (1170 words)

  
 Three slices of history (February 05, 2003)
More than 300,000 people are buried in Cypress Lawn, which was established in Colma in 1892 by stockbroker and financier Hamden H. Noble.
"Cypress Lawn is a classroom of national, California, and local history," say the authors.
The new Cypress Lawn book is an expansion of an earlier book the same authors wrote when the historic cemetery celebrated its centennial in 1992.
www.almanacnews.com /morgue/2003/2003_02_05.books.html   (1991 words)

  
 City of the Silent - Tales from Colma - Timeline
Ishi, the last Yahi Indian, is cremated and interred at Olivet Memorial Park after his brain is removed during an autopsy.
The Historical Monuments Committee of the National Recreation Association, California Pioneers Society, and Native Sons of the Golden West campaign to preserve part of Laurel Hill, in situ, as a memorial park to the California pioneers.
Cypress Lawn Cemetery Association files suit against Bay Area Rapid Transit and San Mateo County Transit District to prevent the extension of BART through Colma cemeteries.
www.notfrisco.com /colmatales/timeline.html   (698 words)

  
 Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks and Mortuaries is an American not-for-profit corporation that owns and operates a chain of cemeteries and mortuaries in Los Angeles, Orange, and Riverside counties in Southern California.
Doctor Hubert Eaton assumed management control in 1917 and is credited with being Forest Lawn's "founder" because of his origination of the "memorial-park" plan.
The parks are best known for the large number of celebrity burials, especially in the Glendale and Hollywood Hills locations.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Forest_Lawn_Memorial_Park_Cemetery   (193 words)

  
 Forest Lawn Glendale: Stars' Graves   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The park's sheer size is overwhelming, a seemingly endless vista of rolling green hills; over 300 acres dotted with white sculptures and quaint English chapels.
Because of the sheer size of the park, sightseeing here for the casual visitor interested in visiting their favorite stars' grave can be an exercise in frustration.
The park's aversion to loyal fans who wish to visit the final resting place of their favorite star is particularly surprising coming from a cemetery that is often the butt of jokes for its own flamboyant style.
www.seeing-stars.com /Buried2/ForestLawnGlendale.shtml   (677 words)

  
 Mezzanotte - Wiesee - Bauder - Forsell - pafg03 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
He was buried on 2 May 1941 in Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Everett Block D section 88 Lot 6.
Letta Ivine PALMER was born on 23 Aug 1874 in Ohio.
She was buried on 13 Dec 1948 in Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Everett Block D section 88 Lot 5.
www.greatnorthern.net /~thl/VFH/pafg03.htm   (903 words)

  
 Cypress Lawn Memorial Park - Events
Cypress Lawn will again provide a buffet lunch to visiting family members on Saturday or Sunday, April 3 or 4, 1999
Every Memorial Day Cypress Lawn Memorial Park pays tribute to all veterans for defending our country's freedom.
Cypress Lawn invites its Chinese community to a free buffet lunch on Saturday or Sunday, mid October, 1999, in recognition of this holiday.
www.cypresslawn.com /index_events.html   (137 words)

  
 STAFF ACCOUNTANT   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park was established in 1892.
In time, Cypress Lawn became, and still is, the choice cemetery for some of the most prominent and powerful families of San Francisco and the Peninsula.
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.
sfbay.craigslist.org /pen/acc/243917239.html   (410 words)

  
 Forest Lawn Cypress   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
This Forest Lawn park is just 10 Minutes from Knot's Berry Farm.
This was requested by her brother Richard, she is now interred at Pierce Brothers Valley Oaks Memorial Park, Westlake Village, LA in a private mausoleum.
Legendary Rock N Roll singer Eddie Cochran is also buried here at Forest Lawn Cypress.
www.hollywoodusa.co.uk /MemorialParks/forestlawncypress.htm   (93 words)

  
 San Francisco finds resting place for remains of early residents - North County Times - State / West -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park in Colma, a small city with 17 cemeteries just south of San Francisco, has offered to take the remains of 97 men, women and children who were originally buried in the city's first public cemetery -- now the site of City Hall, the museum and the new city library.
Last year, the Cypress Lawn Cemetery offered to donate space to bury the remains.
"Cypress Lawn is a repository for prominent San Franciscans and San Francisco's pioneers."
www.nctimes.com /articles/2004/02/20/news/state/2_19_0422_31_42.txt   (945 words)

  
 CPRA Studio Projects: Cemetery design, pet cemetery design, and cremation and urn gardens
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, CA – Estate Garden Planning
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, CA – Newall Chapel Landscape Renovation Design
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, CA – Hillside Campus Frontage Landscape Renovation Design
www.cprastudio.com /currentprojects.htm   (245 words)

  
 U.S. way of death changing / Funeral homes, cemeteries cater to immigrants' customs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Two years ago, Woo reburied his mother, father and older brother at San Mateo's Skylawn Memorial Park, where the family plot sits at the base of a hill that overlooks the Pacific Ocean.
Like nearby Skylawn, Cypress Lawn Memorial Park in Colma is catering to immigrant clients, with Chinese as its largest market, followed by Filipinos and Latinos.
On holidays such as Qing Ming in the spring and Chung Yeung earlier this month, Cypress Lawn brings in Buddhist nuns to bless graves and serves items such as egg tarts, for sweetness in death.
sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/11/03/MN42081.DTL   (1452 words)

  
 HeraldNet - Ceremonies honor veterans this weekend   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
It is sponsored by Cypress Lawn Memorial Park and Purdy and Walters with Cassidy Funeral Home.
Sunday at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park, Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 11111 Aurora Ave.
Launch your boat for free at all state park launches Saturday and Sunday, and there will be no camping or boat moorage fees Sunday.
www.heraldnet.com /stories/01/11/9/14663206.CFM   (417 words)

  
 Cypress Lawn Memorial Park (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park - Google News (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)
Wedding parties spill out of stretch limousines to be photographed at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park’s duck pond, and weddings themselves are held at the...
Established by Hamden Holmes Noble in 1892, Cypress Lawn Memorial Park is located in Colma, California, a place known as the "City of the Silent".
publicliterature.org.cob-web.org:8888 /en/wikipedia/c/cy/cypress_lawn_memorial_park.html   (176 words)

  
 All Lawn Mowers
Lawn Mower News - Jury rules to close lawn-mower race track Charlotte
COLMA — It's one of those "somebody's got to do it" jobs, but Carmelo "Jack" Sala has put in 47 devoted years as caretaker for Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
Scott Horsley explores the tyranny of keeping your front lawn up to snuff in the suburbs — and Scott promises to mow his lawn in San Diego on Sunday after the
www.alllawnmowers.com   (136 words)

  
 San Francisco Genealogy - Obituaries and Death Notices, Gg - Gl
Friends are invited to attend the funeral Wednesday, Nov. 13, 1946, at 7:30 p.m., from chapel of Valente, Marini, Perata and Co., 649 Green St. Internment, Cypress Lawn Memorial Park." Source: San Francisco Examiner, 11 Nov 1946, p.15.
He was a native of Scotland and had lived in Lomita Park since 1907.
Memorials may be made to San Francisco Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children.
www.sfgenealogy.com /sf/vitals/sfobigg.htm   (4811 words)

  
 Orson Pratt Brown - Life, Times, Family
Cremated by Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Ca.
Betty died on Sept. 22, 1972 of probable ventricular fibrillation due to coronary artery disease, was cremated by Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Ca.
Memories of Orson P. Brown by C. Weiler Brown
www.orsonprattbrown.com /jane-martha.html   (1268 words)

  
 CADLCYCL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park 1370 El Camino Real Daly City, California, USA
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park 1370 El Camino Real Daly City, CA 94014-3239 T: (650)755-0580 E: info@cypresslawn.com
Tower tubes by Deagan; installer's log gives old office address in San Francisco, not the actual location, which is presumed to have been the former Noble Chapel here.
home.swbell.net /csz_stl/towerbells/data/CADLCYCL.HTM   (197 words)

  
 Find A Grave - Cypress Lawn Memorial Park (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA
Though she hated her existence in San Francisco and the West, she masterfully captured the spirit and romance of Old California before the Americans came.
Known as the "Father of the Automatic Gambling Industry", he invented the first automatic pay-out slot machine with three reels in 1905, naming it the "Liberty Bell." Historical Landmark #937, on the intersection of Battery, Market and Bush streets in San Francisco, was placed to honor his invention.
www.findagrave.com.cob-web.org:8888 /php/famous.php?page=cem&FScemeteryid=7927   (1363 words)

  
 Connecting Capron Cousins - Person Page 238
He was buried on 1940 in Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, California.
She was buried on 19 June 1887 in Laurel Hill Cemetery, San Francisco, California.
She was buried on 1940 in Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, California.
home.comcast.net /~desilva/p238.htm   (717 words)

  
 Thelema Lodge Calendar for July 2003 e.v.
We will be walking (less than a mile) from the Colma station to the Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
The funeral was overseen by the F. Lodge # 434 in Daly City, and he was buried at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park in Colma.
But, strange as it may appear, while all the details of the other part of our conversation remained deeply engraven in my memory, the account given by the Imperator about that visit is entirely effaced from my mind, and I cannot remember anything whatever about it.
www.billheidrick.com /tlc2003/tlc0703.htm   (6999 words)

  
 THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
  In 1950 the PUC conveyed the lake to the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department (then, Commission) for recreational use, subject to the conditions that the primary purpose remain potable water supply and the lake level shall not be drawn below 18.25 feet MSL.
       Cost is the impediment to the diversion and reclamation of such wastewater for irrigation of golf courses, cemeteries, or parks in the Westside Basin.
  In this respect, the Westside Basin is similarly situated to other basins throughout the State, notably Southern California, where pumpers -- including many golf courses, cemeteries, and parks -- use reclaimed water or otherwise have reduced their historical levels of pumping and  now bear the costs of such balanced management of groundwater.
www.lakemerced.org /CalTrout/petition/petition_012901.html   (8763 words)

  
 Untitled
Description: This is a lavish and comprehensive pictorial history that captures the magnificent beauty of Cypress Lawn's landscapes, art, architecture, and stained glass while recounting the fascinating stories of Cypress Lawn's families and the cemetery's own role in California's history.
A second edition of a guidebook originally written in 1992 entitled Pillars of the Past (now out of print) by the same authors on the occasion of Cypress Lawn's centennial anniversary.
Published in 2002 for the cemetery's 110th anniversary, the book has been expanded to include over two hundred more names to the original seventy-eight notables mentioned in the first book.
cypresslawnheritagefoundation.com /cart/urnvaults/urnvaults.cgi   (273 words)

  
 VIA Online: The Best Cemeteries for Tourists in the West
Tombstone, Ariz. Tombstone is "the Town Too Tough to Die," but at least 300 residents met their Maker here between 1878 and 1884.
Colma, Calif. When overcrowded San Francisco "evicted" cemetery residents in 1914, more than 35,000 bodies traveled south to Cypress Lawn, making Colma the only incorporated town in which the dead outnumber the living.
Of Colma's 17 cemeteries, Cypress Lawn is the most popular.
www.viamagazine.com /weekenders/tombstone03.asp   (297 words)

  
 Grace Covenant (CA) Celebrates 50 Years - Evangelical Covenant Church
Each shared the memories that highlighted the faithfulness of those calling Grace Covenant their "spiritual home." So did others during a testimony time that evening.
Longtime members of the church, Percy Mueda and John Cantley, participated in a symbolic burning of the mortgage, giving an added dimension to the celebration of the event.
Grace Covenant Church conducted its first worship service under Richard Eggert on May 1, 1954, in the Nobel Chapel at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park.
www.covchurch.org /cov/news/item3887.html   (501 words)

  
 Forest Lawn Memorial-Park and Mortuary - Cypress, California   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Forest Lawn Memorial-Park and Mortuary - Cypress, California
sit and relax within a peaceful natural setting of green lawns and tree lined vistas...
Glendale F.D. 656 — Hollywood Hills F.D. 904 — Cypress F.D. 1051 — Covina Hills F.D. 1150 — Long Beach F.D. 1151 — Cathedral City F.D.
www.forestlawn.com /visitors_guide/memorial_parks/cypress/index.asp   (153 words)

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