El Camino Memorial Park
Cemetery in Sorrento Valley, California, USA
El Camino Memorial Park Established 1960 Location Country United States Type Public Size 220-acre (0.89 km2 )
Sorrento Valley, San Diego, CA, USA - panoramio El Camino Memorial Park is a cemetery in the Sorrento Valley neighborhood of San Diego , California. Founded in 1960,[ 1] 2 ) 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]
Notable interments
Jonas Salk (1914–1995), medical researcher, discoverer of the polio vaccine Ray Ceresino (1929–2015), ice hockey playerKazimierz Deyna (1947–1989), Polish footballer (until 2012) Billy Daniels (1915–1988), singerJoseph 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 playerPreston Foster (1900–1970), songwriter, guitarist and Emmy nominated actorDorothy 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 teamJoan Kroc (1928–2003), wife of Ray Kroc , humanitarianViolet 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 winnerJames Mulvaney (1922–2010), investment banker, businessman, and lawyerWilliam Nierenberg (1919–2000), scientist, member of the Manhattan Project Patti Page (1927–2013), singer and actressCharles 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 1989Milburn Stone (1904–1980), Emmy award-winning film and television actorLee Shippey (1884–1969), author and journalistPaul Trousdale (1915–1990), real estate developer.[ 6] Barbara Werle (1928–2013), actress
See also
References
^ 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
^ Steve Schmidt, A. Roen, La Costa co-owner, dies at 87 , U-T San Diego
^ Myrna Oliver, Paul Trousdale, Developer and Innovator, Dies , Los Angeles Times
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