El Camino Memorial Park is a cemetery in the Sorrento Valley neighborhood of San Diego, California. Founded in 1960,[1] it is a 220-acre (0.89 km2) 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.[2][3]
| El Camino Memorial Park | |
|---|---|
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| Details | |
| Established | 1960 |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Type | Public |
| Size | 220-acre (0.89 km2) |
Notable interments
edit- 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.[4][5]
- 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.[6]
- Barbara Werle (1928–2013), actress
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Mallios, Seth and Caterino, David M. Cemeteries of San Diego. Arcadia Publishing. 2007. p.96
- ^ Find a Grave.com "El Camino Memorial Park"
- ^ San Diego Weekly Reader - "Underground With the Celebrity Dead" by Jay Allen Sanford, Oct. 27, 2005
- ^ Ed Koch, Desert Inn, Stardust chief helped integrate Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas Sun, September 1, 2008
- ^ Steve Schmidt, A. Roen, La Costa co-owner, dies at 87, U-T San Diego, August 31, 2008
- ^ Myrna Oliver, Paul Trousdale, Developer and Innovator, Dies, Los Angeles Times, April 12, 1990