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Holy Cross Cemetery (Colma, California)

Holy Cross Cemetery is a Catholic cemetery in Colma, California, operated by the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Established in 1887 on 300 acres (1.2 km2), it is one of the oldest and largest cemeteries in California.

History
Calvary Cemetery in San Francisco was consecrated in 1860 by the first Archbishop of San Francisco, Joseph Sadoc Alemany. Alemany's successor, Patrick William Riordan, blessed the initial Holy Cross site on June 3, 1887, as the first cemetery in Colma. The first burials were conducted on June 7; Timothy Buckley's funeral carriage arrived just before Elizabeth Martin's. That year, the Southern Pacific Railroad completed a branch track to Holy Cross. The Holy Cross site was deliberately left unconsecrated because of the possibility the cemetery may be relocated again. rebuilt, and destroyed again by fire in September 1897. Additional offices were completed in 1956, east of El Camino Real. There is a memorial sculpture at Holy Cross erected in 1993 to mark the moved remains, After the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, it was estimated that of the monuments at Holy Cross were toppled or thrown askew, including large ornamental stone balls atop the entry gates. and completed in 1963; it contains five separate chapels, each decorated with murals by Thomas Lawless. The current chapel replaced an older chapel at the same site, completed in 1914. in Sections T and J; the Mausoleum and Hillside Boulevard gate also appear in the film. Additional sequences were filmed at nearby cemeteries in Colma and San Bruno, including Cypress Lawn, Woodlawn, ==Notable burials==
Notable burials
File:Bufano Grave (13929291862).jpg|Beniamino Bufano grave File:Joseph Cuneo mausoleum, Holy Cross, Colma 1 (cropped).JPG|Joseph Cuneo mausoleum Image:hcc-colma-dimaggio1.jpg|Joe DiMaggio grave File:Dunphy-Carmen family vaults, Holy Cross, Colma 1 (cropped).JPG|Dunphy-Carmen family vaults File:Lynch grave, Holy Cross, Colma 1.JPG|Lynch family vault File:De Young Family mausoleum door (cropped).JPG|M. H. de Young mausoleum Several notable people are buried at Holy Cross, including former politicians, and people of the California Gold Rush. This cemetery also contains one British Commonwealth war grave, of a Canadian Infantry soldier of World War I. AJoseph Alemany, San Francisco's first archbishop • Joseph Alioto, Mayor of San Francisco (1968-1976) • Pedro Altube, rancher • Delos R. Ashley, Nevada U.S. Representative BPing Bodie, MLB player • Winifred Bonfils, reporter and columnist • Jimmy Britt, boxerPat Brown, 32nd Governor of CaliforniaBenny Bufano, sculptor CChuy Campusano, visual artist, and muralist • Joe Carcione, "The Green Grocer" columnist and personality • Eugene Casserly, U.S. Senator • John Chapman, Civil War soldier, Medal of Honor recipient • Joe Corbett, Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher • Frank Crosetti, New York Yankees MLB player, teammate of Joe DiMaggio DJoe DiMaggio (1914–1999), MLB player, Hall of Fame member • John G. Downey, 7th Governor of California EEddie Erdelatz, first head coach of Oakland Raiders football team FJames Graham Fair, Bonanza King, U.S. Senator • Cy Falkenberg, baseball player • Abigail Folger, Heiress, socialite, Manson murder victim • Edwin Alexander Forbes, Adjutant-General of California • Kathryn Forbes, writer • Tirey L. Ford, Attorney-General for California • Charlie Fox, MLB manager, coach, and scout GOliver Gagliani (1917–2002) photographer, and educator • A.P. Giannini, founder of Bank of AmericaCharlie Geggus, MLB player, who played one season for the Washington Nationals of the Union AssociationVince Guaraldi, jazz musician known for composing music for animated television adaptations of the Peanuts comic strip including their signature melody, "Linus and Lucy" HEdward Joseph Hanna, San Francisco's Third Archbishop • Michael A. Healy, American Captain in United States Revenue Cutter (predecessor of the United States Coast Guard) • William Edward Hickman, American convicted murderer • Edward Higgins, General of the Salvation Army • Eric Hoffer, American moral and social philosopher ISamuel Williams Inge, U.S. Representative for Alabama KPaul Kantner, guitarist for Jefferson AirplaneGeorge Kelly, MLB Hall of Famer LBill Lange, MLB player for Chicago Cubs (1893–1899) • William Joseph Levada, San Francisco's Seventh Archbishop, Prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (elevated to Cardinal in 2006) MRalph Maradiaga (1934–1985), Chicano artist, printmaker, muralist • Leo McCarthy, former California Lieutenant Governor • Pete McDonough, bail bondsmen • James A. McDougall. U.S. Senator • Joseph Thomas McGucken, San Francisco's Fifth Archbishop • Theresa Meikle, first woman elected to Superior Court Judge in a major American city • Gene Merlino, Grammy-award winning singer • John J. Mitty, San Francisco's Fourth Archbishop • John J. Montgomery, pioneer aviator, aerodynamicist, and physicist; first American to fly in a heavier-than-air machine • Maggie Moore, silent film actress • George Moscone, Mayor of San Francisco NGeorge Hugh Niederauer, San Francisco's Eighth Archbishop • John I. Nolan, U.S. Representative • Mae Nolan, California's first female congressperson OWilliam S. O'Brien, Bonanza KingBryan O'Byrne, actor • M.M. O'Shaughnessy, San Francisco city engineer PJames D. Phelan, Mayor of San Francisco, U.S. Senator • Ralph Pinelli, MLB player QJohn Raphael Quinn, San Francisco's Sixth Archbishop RPatrick William Riordan, San Francisco's Second Archbishop • Angelo Joseph Rossi, Mayor of San Francisco (1931–1944) • Pietro Carlo Rossi, wine maker and first President Italian Swiss ColonyCharles M. Rousseau (1848–1918), Kingdom of Belgium-born American architect • Oliver Rousseau (1891–1977), American architect, home builder/contractor, and real estate developer SHank Sauer, MLB player • Eugene Schmitz, Mayor of San Francisco (1902–1907) • Fred Scolari, professional basketball player • John F. Shelley, Mayor of San Francisco (1964–1968) • William M. Stewart, U.S. Senator • James Joseph Sweeney, First bishop of Diocese of Honolulu TEthel Teare, American silent film actress WRichard J. Welch, U.S. Representative • Kaisik Wong, fashion designer • William J. Wynn, U.S. Representative YMichael de Young, co-founder of the San Francisco Chronicle, namesake of the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum. ZFrank Zupo, MLB player with the Baltimore Orioles ==References==
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