Holy Sepulchre Cemetery is a cemetery in Hayward, California. It is a Catholic cemetery run by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland, which also operates the Holy Angels Funeral and Cremation Center at the same location.[1] It was the first Catholic Church-owned funeral home in the U.S.[2]
The cemetery planted 3 acres of vineyards to provide grapes for sacramental wine used by the Oakland Diocese.[2] The wine is bottled at Rockwall Winery in Alameda, which also sources grapes from Holy Cross Cemetery in Antioch, and St. Joseph's Cemetery in San Pablo. The cemetery vineyards are believed to be the only such vineyards in the United States.[3]
Notable burials
edit- Chauncey Bailey, murdered Oakland-based journalist[4]
- Del Courtney, big band leader and local TV personality[5]
- Eddie Lake, Major League Baseball shortstop[6]
- Tony Lema, golfer, winner of the 1964 British Open[7]
- Fran Ryan, character actress[8]
- Jackie Tobin (1921–1982), Major League Baseball infielder[9]
- John H. Tolan, U.S. Representative from California[10]
- There is one British Commonwealth war grave in this cemetery: Captain John Joseph Kerwin, Royal Air Force Ferry Command (died 1941).[11]
References
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- ^ "Holy Angels Holy Sepulchre – Hayward". CFCS. 2011-05-07. Archived from the original on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2011-06-30.
- ^ a b Jokinen, Tom (2010). Curtains: Adventures of an Undertaker in Training. Da Capo Press. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-3068-1891-2.
- ^ Parr, Rebecca (October 26, 2012). "Cemetery vineyards in Hayward, San Pablo, Antioch provide sacramental wine". The Mercury News. San Jose. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
- ^ Lee, Henry K. (August 8, 2007). "Slain Oakland editor's final story will be told, say mourners". San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ Doyle, Jim (February 17, 1006). "Del Courtney -- big band leader fondly known as 'Old Smoothie'". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
- ^ Nowlin, Bill. "Eddie Lake". Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
- ^ "The Open Championship". Golf History Today. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
- ^ Wilson, Scott (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). Jefferson, NC: McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-2599-7.
- ^ "Jackie Tobin". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2023-08-24.
- ^ "Tolan, John Harvey". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
- ^ "Captain John Joseph Kerwin". CWGC. Retrieved August 24, 2023.