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El Camino Memorial Park
Cemetery in Sorrento Valley, California, USA
Cemetery in Sorrento Valley, California, USA
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | El Camino Memorial Park |
| established | 1960 |
| country | United States |
| location | Sorrento Valley, California |
| type | Public |
| size | 220 acre |
El Camino Memorial Park is a cemetery in the Sorrento Valley neighborhood of San Diego, California. Founded in 1960, it is a 220 acre property. The cemetery is noted for being the final resting site for Jonas Salk as well as several members of the well-known Kroc family.
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
- James Mulvaney (1922–2010), investment banker, businessman, and lawyer
- 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.
- 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.
- Barbara Werle (1928–2013), actress
References
References
- Mallios, Seth and Caterino, David M. Cemeteries of San Diego. Arcadia Publishing. 2007. p.96
- [http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?FScemeteryid=7946&page=cem Find a Grave.com "El Camino Memorial Park"]
- [http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2005/oct/27/underground-celebrity-dead/ San Diego Weekly Reader - "Underground With the Celebrity Dead" by Jay Allen Sanford, Oct. 27, 2005]
- Ed Koch, [http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/sep/01/desert-inn-stardust-chief-helped-integrate-las-veg/ Desert Inn, Stardust chief helped integrate Las Vegas Strip], ''[[Las Vegas Sun]]'', September 1, 2008
- Steve Schmidt, [http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/utsandiego/obituary.aspx?n=allard-frank-roen&pid=116881236 A. Roen, La Costa co-owner, dies at 87], ''[[U-T San Diego]]'', August 31, 2008
- Myrna Oliver, [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-04-12-me-1607-story.html Paul Trousdale, Developer and Innovator, Dies], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', April 12, 1990
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