Editing Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery

{{Short description|Cemetery in Los Angeles County, California}}
{{Distinguish|Oakwood Memorial Park (Santa Cruz, California)}}
{{Infobox cemetery
| name        = Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery
| image       = Chatsworth Community Church (2008).jpg
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| caption     = Historic Chatsworth Community Church located on grounds of Oakwood Memorial Park
| map_type    = USA#California
| map_size    = 260
| map_caption = Location of Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery
| established = 1924
| country     = United States
| location    = [[Chatsworth, Los Angeles]], California
| coordinates = {{Coord|34.253|-118.620|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| type        = Public
| style       =
| owner       =
| size        =
| graves      =
| website     =
| findagraveid= 617257
}}

The '''Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery''' is located at 22601 Lassen Street, [[Chatsworth, Los Angeles|Chatsworth]], [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. It is the resting place for several movie stars such as [[Fred Astaire]], [[Ginger Rogers]], [[Gloria Grahame]], and [[Stephen Boyd]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.seeing-stars.com/buried2/Oakwood.shtml |title=Oakwood Memorial Park |work=Seeing Stars |access-date=11 February 2016}}</ref>

==History and description==
Oakwood Memorial Park is located in the [[San Fernando Valley]], surrounded by rocky hills that have served as a backdrop for many a film setting. It has been used as a cemetery since 1924, and there was a  Native American graveyard next to the cemetery before a fire destroyed the old wooden crosses that marked the site. The [[Old Stagecoach Trail]] passed beside it. The historic [[Chatsworth Community Church]] is located within the cemetery grounds.

==Notable burials==
Notables buried here include:
* [[Arthur O. DeNunzio]] (1935-2000), the great one
* [[Adele Astaire]] (1897–1981), actress, dancer
* [[Fred Astaire]] (1899–1987), actor, singer, dancer
* [[Dehl Berti]] (1921–1991), actor
* [[Derya Arbaş Berti]] (1968–2003), actress
* [[Stephen Boyd]] (1928–1977), actor
* [[Scott Bradley (composer)|Scott Bradley]] (1891-1977), composer
* [[Bob Crane]] (1928-1978), actor – former burial location (his remains were moved to [[Westwood Village Memorial Park]])  {{ref|noteA|a}}
* [[Grace Cunard]] (1893–1967), actress, screenwriter, director
* [[Lloyd G. Davies]], Los Angeles City Council member, 1943–51
* [[Frank Kelly Freas]] (1922–2005), illustrator
* [[Gloria Grahame]] (1923–1981), actress
* [[Raymond Greenleaf]] (1892–1963), actor
* [[Russell Hayden]] (1912–1981), actor                                                                                                                                           
* [[Earl Holliman]] (1928-2024), actor                                                                                                                                           
* [[Jack Ingram (actor)|Jack Ingram]] (1902–1969), actor
* [[Al Jennings]] (1863–1961), lawyer, outlaw, actor
* [[Adele Jergens]] (1917–2002), actress
* [[Milton Kibbee]] (1896–1970), actor
* [[Dorothy Mackaye]] (1899–1940), actress
* [[Montie Montana]] (1910–1998), cowboy
* [[Freddie Perren]] (1943–2004), songwriter, record producer
* [[Richard Reeves (actor)|Richard Reeves]] (1912–1967), character actor best known for playing henchmen and thugs
* [[Floyd Roberts]] (1900–1939), [[Indianapolis 500]] winner
* [[Ginger Rogers]] (1911–1995), actress, singer, dancer
* [[Robert Sampson (actor)|Robert Sampson]] (1933–2020), actor
* [[Mark Schaeffer]] (1948–2022), baseball player
* [[Robert F. Simon]] (1908–1992), actor
* [[Ted Snyder]] (1881–1965), composer
* [[Ken Spears]] (1938–2020), animator
* [[Robert Strange (actor)|Robert Strange]] (1881–1952), actor
* [[Ken Terrell]] (1904–1966), actor
* [[Henry Victor]] (1892–1945), actor
* [[Gregory Walcott]] (1928–2015), actor
* [[Nydia Westman]] (1902–1970), actress
* [[Dallas Willard]] (1935–2013), Christian philosopher
* [[Walter Tetley]] (1915-1975), voice actor [[Felix the cat]] 1919-1959

a.{{note|notea}}Crane was reinterred at Westwood Memorial Park in 1999.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.seeing-stars.com/Buried2/PierceBros.shtml |title=Pierce Bros Westwood Village Memorial Park |access-date= 2023-04-06 |quote=}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of United States cemeteries]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{GNIS|246773}}

{{Chatsworth, Los Angeles}}

[[Category:Cemeteries in Los Angeles]]
[[Category:Chatsworth, Los Angeles]]
[[Category:1924 establishments in California]]
[[Category:Cemeteries established in the 1920s]]