Greenwood Memorial Park (San Diego)

Greenwood Memorial Park is a cemetery in San Diego County, California. Opened in 1907, Greenwood covers approximately five miles east of downtown San Diego. It is a rural cemetery, incorporating architecture, art, and landscaping into its design. Mallios, Seth and Caterino, David M. Cemeteries of San Diego. Arcadia Publishing. 2007. Greenwood and its accompanying mortuary are now part of NorthStar Memorial Group (NSMP). It is adjacent to Mount Hope Cemetery.

Notable interments Belle Benchley (1882–1973), director of the San Diego Zoo from 1927–1953 Dan Broderick, attorney, and his wife Linda, murdered by his ex-wife, Betty Broderick, in 1989 Victor Buono (1938–1982), character actor (He is entombed with his mother, Myrtle, but his name is not inscribed on the crypt.Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Location 6296). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.) George Burnham (1868–1939), banker, politician Marvel Crosson (1904–1929), pioneer female aviator Bob Elliott (1916–1966), Major League Baseball player, 1947 National League MVP David Faber (1928–2015), Polish-born Holocaust survivor, author, lecturer Walter Fuller (1910–2003), jazz trumpeter and vocalist, civil-rights activist Ulysses S. "Buck" Grant, Jr. (1852–1929), son of Ulysses S. Grant, attorney and investment capitalist, developer of the U.S. Grant Hotel Ulysses S. Grant IV (1893–1977), grandson of President Ulysses S. Grant and former chairman of the Department of Geology, University of California at Los Angeles Burke Hanford (1872–1928), sailor, recipient of the Medal of Honor Donal Hord (1902–1966), sculptor William "Bill" Kettner (1864–1930), United States Congressman, civic booster Jonathan Latimer (1906–1983), American crime writer known his novels and screenplays. Moses A. Luce (1842–1933), Civil War veteran, Medal of Honor recipient, attorney, founder of Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps Charles Schroeter (1837–1921), Civil War and Apache War veteran, Medal of Honor recipient; re-interred at Miramar National Cemetery in 2015 Ernestine Schumann-Heink (1861–1936), operatic contralto David R. Splaine, (1834-1916), Civil War Veteran, first appointed keeper of Ballast Point Lighthouse Phil Swing (1884–1963), United States Congressman Gregon A. Williams, Marine Corps Major general; served in Nicaragua, World War II and Korean War Harold Bell Wright (1872–1944), best-selling writer

There is one British Commonwealth war grave to a Lieutenant-Commander Surgeon of the Royal Navy of World War I.

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Greenwood Memorial Park (San Diego)

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