• Source: Desert Memorial Park

Desert Memorial Park is a cemetery in Cathedral City, California, United States, near Palm Springs. Opening in 1956 and receiving its first interment in 1957, it is maintained by the Palm Springs Cemetery District. The District also maintains the Welwood Murray Cemetery in Palm Springs.




LGBTQ Veterans Memorial



In 2001, American Veterans Post 66 dedicated a memorial at the cemetery honoring all LGBTQ veterans. In 2018, the state passed California Assembly Bill 2439 designating the memorial as California's official LGBTQ veterans memorial. In recognition, a second plaque was affixed to the monument. The memorial is an obelisk of South Dakotan mahogany granite with the logo of American Veterans for Equal Rights on it.




Notable interments



Among those buried here are:

Chris Alcaide (1923–2004), actor
Dorothy Arnold (1917–1984), actress
William Milton Asher (1921–2012), American television and film producer, director, and screenwriter
Busby Berkeley (1895–1976), motion picture director and musical choreographer
Sonny Bono (1935–1998, born Salvatore Phillip Bono), record producer, singer (one half of the husband-wife duo Sonny & Cher), actor, politician
Lorayne Brox (1901–1993), one of the Brox Sisters singing group
Bob Cobert (1924–2020), television music composer
Lawrence L. Crossley (1899–1962), Palm Springs businessman, pioneer, and first black resident
Velma Wayne Dawson (1912–2007), puppeteer and creator of Howdy Doody
Brad Dexter (1917–2002), actor and film producer
Alex Dreier (1916–2000), broadcaster and actor
Jolie Gabor (1896–1997), mother of the Gabor sisters
Magda Gabor (1915–1997), one of the Gabor sisters
Louis Galen (1925–2007), philanthropist and banker
Neva Gerber (1894–1974), silent film actress
Bill Goodwin (1910–1958), television announcer
Irving Green (1916–2006), founder of Mercury Records
Earle Hagen (1919–2008), composer
Claude Harmon (1916–1989), golfer
Howard Hesseman (1940–2022), actor
Josephine Hill (1899–1989), actress
Roy W. Hill (1899–1986), philanthropist
Eddy Howard (1915–1963), singer
Betty Hutton (1921–2007), singer and actress
Jennings Lang (1915–1996), film producer
Andrea Leeds (1913–1984), actress
Benjamin Lees (1924–2010), composer
Diana "Mousie" Lewis (1919–1997), actress
Monica Lewis (1922–2015), actress and singer
Frederick Loewe (1901–1988), composer
Marian Marsh (1913–2006), actress
David J. McDonald (1902–1979), labor leader
Maurice "Mac" McDonald (1902–1971), co-founder, with brother Dick, of the original McDonald's chain
Cameron Mitchell (1918–1994), actor
Hugo Mario Montenegro (1925–1981), orchestra leader and composer
John J. Phillips (1887–1983), United States Congressman
William Powell (1892–1984), actor and associate producer
William David Powell (1925–1968), TV writer
Marjorie Rambeau (1889–1970), actress
Rebel Randall (1921–2010, born Alaine C. Brandes), American actress
Pete Reiser (1919–1981), baseball player
Jilly Rizzo (1917–1992), restaurateur and entertainer
Frank Scully (1892–1964) author, journalist, humorist, and columnist
Ginny Simms (aka, Virginia E. Eastvold) (1913–1994), actress
Anthony Martin Sinatra (1892–1969), professional boxer, bar owner and the father of Frank Sinatra
Barbara Sinatra (1926–2017), model and showgirl, wife of Frank Sinatra
Dolly Sinatra (1896–1977), mother of Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra (1915–1998), singer and actor
Suzanne Somers (1946–2023), actress
Shirley Spork (1927–2022), golfer
Jimmy Van Heusen (1913–1990, born Edward C. Babcock), American composer
Philip "Mickey" Weintraub (1907–1987), MLB player
Ralph Young (1923–2008), singer and actor




See also


Coachella Valley Public Cemetery
Forest Lawn Cemetery (Cathedral City) – across Ramon Road from Desert Memorial Park
List of cemeteries in Riverside County, California
List of cemeteries in California




References






External links


Palm Springs Cemetery District (official website)
Palm Springs District Cemetery USGS Cathedral City Quad, California, Topographic Map at TopoZone

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Chris Alcaide
• They Can Live in the Desert but Nowhere Else
• Andrea Leeds
• Jimmy Van Heusen
• Al Ferguson
• Neva Gerber
• Marian Marsh
• Marjorie Rambeau
• William Powell
• Daftar rumah sakit di California
• Desert Memorial Park
• Palm Desert, California
• William David Powell
• Barbara Sinatra
• Dolly Sinatra
• Sonny Bono
• Magda Gabor
• Jilly Rizzo
• Richard and Maurice McDonald
• Anthony Martin Sinatra