Skylawn Memorial Park (San Mateo, California)

A rifle detail of Marines from Inspector-Instructor staff San Jose, Calif., fire a 21-gun salute in honor of the first Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, Sgt. Maj. Wilbur Bestwick, at Skylawn Memorial Park Nov. 11, 2008

Skylawn Memorial Park is an 120-acre (49 ha) cemetery, mausoleum, crematorium, columbarium and funeral home complex in San Mateo, California, directly accessible from State Route 92. Interment records are at 1,308.^[1] The park's owners, NorthStar Memorial Group, also operate the Chapel of the Chimes columbarium in Oakland, the Chapel of the Chimes memorial park in Hayward, and Sunset Lawn Chapel of the Chimes in Sacramento.^[2][3]

Notable burials

• Wilbur Bestwick, the first Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps
• Bobby Lee Bonds,^[4] Major League Baseball right fielder, father of Barry Bonds
• Jim Davenport, Major League Baseball third baseman for the San Francisco Giants^[5]
• Chub Feeney, baseball executive; president of the National League
• Glenn Morris, winner of the gold medal in the Olympic decathlon in 1936
• Edwin Arnold Panagabko, professional ice hockey player with the National Hockey League
• Glen Hearst Taylor, United States Senator from Idaho, the vice presidential candidate on the Progressive Party ticket in the 1948 election
• Willard Lewis Waterman, character actor, played The Great Gildersleeve
• Bill Werle, Major League Baseball pitcher from Oakland^[6]

References

External links

• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Skylawn Memorial Gardens
• Skylawn at Find a Grave

Coordinates: 37°29′29″N 122°22′23″W / 37.4913°N 122.3730°W / 37.4913; -122.3730