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===Notable interments=== {{OSM Location map |coord={{Coord|37.6769|-122.4555}} |float=right |zoom=14 |width=400 |height=400 |scalemark=20 |shape1=n-square |shape-color1=#dd0 |shape-outline1=#ffffff |mark-size1=20 |mark-coord1 ={{Coord|37.6847|-122.4662}} |mark-title1 =[[Colma station|Colma (BART)]] |mark-image1 =Colma station from parking garage, March 2018.JPG |mark-description1 =Colma was opened in 1996 as part of the [[Bay Area Rapid Transit|BART]] extension to [[San Francisco International Airport]] |mark-coord2 ={{Coord|37.6838|-122.4581}} |shape-color2 =#080 |mark-title2 =[[Japanese Cemetery (Colma, California)|Japanese Cemetery]] |mark-image2 =咸臨丸水夫(源之助・富蔵・峰吉)の墓 - panoramio.jpg |mark-description2 =The Japanese Cemetery is a nondenominational memorial park founded in 1901, with internments of Buddhist, Shinto, and Christian faiths. |mark-coord3 ={{Coord|37.6814|-122.4643}} |shape-color3 =#080 |mark-title3 =[[Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery (Colma, California)|Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery]] |mark-image3 =Woodlawn Memorial Park 3.jpg |mark-description3 =Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery was founded in 1905 and includes internments relocated from the former [[Masonic Cemetery (San Francisco, California)|Masonic Cemetery]] in San Francisco. |mark-coord4 ={{Coord|37.6797|-122.4607}} |shape-color4 =#080 |mark-title4 =Eternal Home Cemetery |mark-image4 =Eternal Home Cemetery, Colma California 4.jpg |mark-description4 =Eternal Home Cemetery was founded in 1901, serving the Jewish community. |mark-coord5 ={{Coord|37.6813|-122.4596}} |shape-color5 =#080 |mark-title5 =Italian Cemetery |mark-image5 =Italian Cemetery, Colma, California 7.jpg |mark-description5 =The entrance to Italian Cemetery is on F Street. |mark-coord6 ={{Coord|37.6821|-122.4562}} |shape-color6 =#d00 |mark-title6 =Colma Historical Park and Community Center |mark-image6 =Colma depot building.jpg |mark-description6 =The former [[Southern Pacific]] depot was relocated to Colma Historical Park in 2003. |mark-coord7 ={{Coord|37.6826|-122.4539}} |shape-color7 =#080 |mark-title7 =[[Olivet Gardens of Cypress Lawn Memorial Park|Olivet Gardens (Mount Olivet)]] |mark-image7 =Mount Olivet cemetery, Colma California.jpg |mark-description7 =Mount Olivet Cemetery was founded in 1896. |mark-coord8 ={{Coord|37.6802|-122.4505}} |shape-color8 =#080 |mark-title8 =Serbian Cemetery |mark-image8 =Serbian Cemetery, Colma, California 4.jpg |mark-description8 =Serbian Cemetery was founded in 1901 and is open for burials from the Orthodox Christian community. Several internments were relocated from the former Serbian Cemetery, which was part of [[Lone Mountain Cemetery]] (1854) in San Francisco. |mark-coord9 ={{Coord|37.6778|-122.4672}} |shape-color9 =#00d |mark-title9 =280 Metro Center |mark-image9 =280 Metro Center.jpg |mark-description9 =280 Metro Center, which opened in 1986, is credited as one of the first [[Power center (retail)|power centers]] in California. It has {{cvt|228000|ft2}} of retail space. |mark-coord10={{Coord|37.6777|-122.4626}} |shape-color10=#080 |mark-title10=Greenlawn Memorial Park and Greek Orthodox Memorial Park |mark-image10=Green lawn Memorial Park, Colma, California.jpg |mark-description10=Greenlawn Memorial Park was founded in 1904 as a non-sectarian cemetery. Burials from the [[International Order of Odd Fellows]] cemetery in San Francisco, some dating back to 1865, were relocated to a private section here in the 1930s. Greek Orthodox Memorial Park serves members of the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]]. |mark-coord11={{Coord|37.6767|-122.4583}} |shape-color11=#00d |mark-title11=Serramonte Boulevard / Serramonte Auto Row |mark-image11=Serramonte Road, the main street 2014-04-17 09-52.jpg |mark-description11=Serramonte Boulevard bisects Colma; the town hall and police offices are at the intersection of Serramonte and [[California State Route 82]] (El Camino Real). Many [[automobile dealership]]s lie along both sides of Serramonte between [[Junipero Serra Boulevard|Junipero Serra]] and Hillside. |mark-coord12={{Coord|37.6774|-122.4527}} |shape-color12=#080 |mark-title12=[[Hills of Eternity Memorial Park]] and [[Home of Peace Cemetery (Colma, California)|Home of Peace Cemetery]] |mark-image12=Wyatt & Josephine Earp grave.JPG |mark-description12=These two adjoining cemeteries serve Jewish communities. Hills of Eternity was originally founded in 1850 for [[Congregation Sherith Israel (San Francisco, California)|Congregation Sherith Israel]] and Home of Peace was originally founded in 1860 for [[Congregation Emanu-El (San Francisco, California)|Congregation Emanu-El]]; both were in San Francisco and moved to Colma in 1889. |mark-coord13={{Coord|37.6727|-122.4646}} |shape-color13=#00d |mark-title13=Serra Center |mark-image13=Serra Center sign, Colma, California.jpg |mark-description13=Serra Center is a [[Power center (retail)|power center]] that is geographically close to but distinct from the enclosed [[Serramonte Center]] shopping mall. Serra Center is anchored by a large [[Target Corporation|Target]] store. |mark-coord14={{Coord|37.6742|-122.4531}} |shape-color14=#080 |mark-title14=[[Cypress Lawn Memorial Park]] |mark-image14=Cypress Lawn cemetery, Colma, California 11.jpg |mark-description14=Cypress Lawn was founded in 1892 as a non-sectarian cemetery; it has since been expanded by nearly four times its original size through land purchases and acquisitions, including the former Mount Olivet cemetery. |mark-coord15={{Coord|37.6677|-122.4627}} |shape-color15=#080 |mark-title15=Hoy Sun Ning Yung Cemetery and Chinese Christian Cemetery |mark-image15= |mark-description15=The Hoy Sun Ning Yung cemetery was founded in 1898 to serve the Chinese immigrant community in San Francisco. |mark-coord16={{Coord|37.6724|-122.4434}} |shape-color16=#080 |mark-title16=[[Holy Cross Cemetery (Colma, California)|Holy Cross Cemetery]] |mark-image16=Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery (Colma, California) 2.jpg |mark-description16=Holy Cross opened in 1887 to serve the Catholic community of San Francisco; the site is {{cvt|300|acre}}. |fullscreen-option=1 |caption=Selected locations in Colma, California <small>{{flatlist| * {{color box|#080|Cemeteries|#fff|border=silver}} * {{color box|#00d|Shopping/Retail|#fff|border=silver}} * {{color box|#dd0|Transportation|border=silver}} * {{color box|#d00|Points of interest|#fff|border=silver}} }}</small> |auto-caption=1 }} Many, if not most, of the well-known people who died in San Francisco since the first cemeteries opened there have been buried or reburied in Colma, with an additional large number of such burials in [[Oakland, California|Oakland's]] [[Mountain View Cemetery (Oakland, California)|Mountain View Cemetery]]. Some notable people interred in Colma include: * [[Cypress Lawn Memorial Park]] ** [[William Henry Crocker]], business magnate ** [[Charles de Young]], ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' founder ** [[Phineas Gage]], famous 19th-century medical curiosity ** [[Edward Gilbert]], California politician and co-founder of the [[The Daily Alta California|''Alta California'']] ** [[William Randolph Hearst]], newspaper [[tycoon]] ** [[Ed Lee (politician)|Ed Lee]], first Asian American Mayor of San Francisco ** [[Willie McCovey]], Major League Baseball Hall of Famer ** [[John McLaren (horticulturist)|John McLaren]], horticulturist ** [[Turk Murphy]], jazz musician and bandleader * [[Hills of Eternity Memorial Park]] and [[Home of Peace Cemetery (Colma, California)|Home of Peace Cemetery]] (side-by-side Jewish cemeteries, serving different congregations) ** [[Wyatt Earp]] is buried next to his wife, [[Josephine Marcus]] Earp<ref name=Pogash/><ref name="Roisman, Jon">{{cite web|url=http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/73140/local-jewish-history-comes-to-life-at-cemetery-walk/|title=Local Jewish history comes to life at cemetery walk|author=Roisman, Jon|date=November 6, 2014|work= JWeekly.com}}</ref> ** [[Julie Rosewald]], America's first female cantor<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/73140/local-jewish-history-comes-to-life-at-cemetery-walk/|title=Local Jewish history comes to life at cemetery walk|publisher=[[J. The Jewish News of Northern California]]|first=Jon|last=Roisman|access-date=November 7, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224028/http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/73140/local-jewish-history-comes-to-life-at-cemetery-walk/|archive-date=March 3, 2016|quote=Actors, many of them professional, portrayed a number of local Jewish luminaries, such as [[Levi Strauss]], [[Alice B. Toklas]] and Joshua Abraham Norton, a late 1800s San Francisco celebrity better known as “[[Emperor Norton]].” [...] notable Jews buried there, including [[Julie Rosewald]] (America’s first female cantor) and [[Josephine Earp]] (wife of famed lawman [[Wyatt Earp]], who is buried at her side). }}</ref> ** [[Levi Strauss]], denim trouser pioneer ** [[Alice B. Toklas]] is not buried in Colma, though there is a large Toklas cenotaph for her and markers there for some of her relatives<ref name="Roisman, Jon"/> * [[Holy Cross Cemetery (Colma, California)|Holy Cross Cemetery]] ** [[Joseph Alioto]], San Francisco mayor ** [[Jimmy Britt]], lightweight boxer ** [[Pat Brown]], 32nd governor of California ** [[Beniamino Bufano]], sculptor, noted for peace monuments and other statues ** [[Frankie Crosetti]], [[New York Yankees]] shortstop ** [[Joe DiMaggio]], Yankees center fielder<ref name=Pogash/> ** [[Abigail Folger]], coffee heiress and [[Manson family|Manson]] murder victim ** [[Amadeo Giannini|A.P. Giannini]], [[Bank of America]] founder ** [[Vince Guaraldi]], jazz musician ** Capt. [[Michael A. Healy]], [[United States Revenue Cutter Service]] Officer, and first man of African-American descent to command a ship of the United States government. ** [[James D. Phelan]], senator * [[Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery (Colma, California)|Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery]] ** [[Thomas Henry Blythe]], developer of [[Palo Verde Valley]] ** [[Henry Miller (rancher)|Henry Miller]], California cattle rancher ** [[Emperor Norton]], a late-1800s San Francisco celebrity known as "Emperor of these United States and Protector of Mexico" ** [[José Sarria]], LGBT political activist who styled himself "The Widow Norton" in reference to Norton<ref name="Roisman, Jon"/> * Eternal Home Cemetery (Jewish Cemetery) ** [[Bill Graham (promoter)|Bill Graham]], music promoter * Greek Orthodox Memorial Park ** [[George Christopher (mayor)|George Christopher]], San Francisco mayor * Serbian Cemetery ** [[Boris Pash]], Russian-American [[military intelligence]] officer ** [[Gregory Udicki]], Serbian Orthodox Bishop of the Diocese of Western America * [[Greenlawn Memorial Park (Colma, California)|Greenlawn Memorial Cemetery]] ** [[James Rolph]], San Francisco mayor and 27th governor of California *[[Japanese Cemetery (Colma, California)|Japanese Cemetery]] **[[George Shima]], businessperson
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