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Forest Lawn Cemetery (Cathedral City)

Forest Lawn Cemetery
Details
Established1992
Location
69-855 E. Ramon Road
Cathedral City, California
CountryUnited States
Coordinates33°48′55″N 116°26′29″W / 33.8154°N 116.4413°W
TypePrivate
Owned byForest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries
WebsiteForest Lawn Cathedral City
Forest Lawn Burial Site Locator
Find a GraveForest Lawn Cemetery

Forest Lawn Cemetery (Cathedral City), renamed from Palm Springs Mortuary & Mausoleum in 2005, is a mausoleum in Cathedral City, California near Palm Springs.[1] It is operated by Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries.

Notable interments

Among those interred here are:

  • Elisabeth Brooks, also known as Elisabeth Brooks Luytes (1951–1997), actress
  • Linda Christian (1923–2011), actress
  • John Conte (1915–2006), actor, television station owner
  • Frantisek Daniel (1926–1996), writer, producer, director
  • Victoria "Vicki" Draves (1924–2010), Olympic athlete
  • Alice Faye (1915–1998), singer and actress
  • L. Wolfe Gilbert (1886–1970), composer
  • Phil Harris (1904–1995), singer, bandleader, and actor
  • Billy Herrington (1969–2018), model, pornographic film actor
  • Rock Hudson (1925–1985), actor (cenotaph, ashes scattered at sea)
  • Dorothy Kamenshek (1925–2010), baseball player
  • Francis Lederer (1899–2000), actor
  • Guy Madison (1922–1996), actor
  • George Montgomery (1916–2000), actor
  • George Nader (1921–2002), actor (cenotaph is marked here, but his ashes were scattered at sea)
  • Papa John Phillips (1935–2001), singer, songwriter, composer
  • Michael Rizzitello (1927–2005), mobster
  • Harold Robbins (1916–1997), novelist
  • Irv Robbins (1917–2008), co-founder of Baskin-Robbins
  • Charles 'Buddy' Rogers (1904–1999), actor, musician, humanitarian, third husband of Mary Pickford
  • Hank Sanicola (c. 1914–1974), pianist, music publisher, manager and businessman, close friend of Frank Sinatra
  • Dinah Shore (1916–1994), singer, actress and talk show host
  • Jerry Vale (1930–2014), singer
  • Ken Venturi (1931–2013), professional golfer and golf broadcaster, close friend of Frank Sinatra
  • Nancy Wilson (1937–2018), singer
  • Donald Woods (1906–1998), Canadian actor
  • Jane Wyman (1917–2007), actress

See also

  • Coachella Valley Public Cemetery – in nearby Indio, California
  • Desert Memorial Park – across the street from Forest Lawn
  • List of cemeteries in California
  • List of cemeteries in Riverside County, California

References

  1. ^ Brooks, Patricia; Brooks, Jonathan (2006). "Chapter 8: East L.A. and the Desert". Laid to Rest in California: a guide to the cemeteries and grave sites of the rich and famous. Guilford, CT: Globe Pequot Press. pp. 245–6. ISBN 978-0762741014. OCLC 70284362.
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