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Alta Mesa Memorial Park

Alta Mesa Memorial Park
Details
Established	1904
Location	Palo Alto, California
Country	United States
Size	72 acres (29 ha)
Website	www.altamesacemetery.com
Find a Grave	Alta Mesa Memorial Park

Alta Mesa Memorial Park is a non-denominational burial ground located in Palo Alto, California, United States. It was established in 1904 as a 72-acre (29 ha) cemetery.^[1] It includes traditional burial plots, a mausoleum and a columbarium.^[1]

Notable burials[edit]

• Arthur Bridgman Clark (1866–1948), architect, professor, first Mayor of Mayfield
• Bertha Wright (1876–1971), founder of the Children's Hospital Oakland
• Birge Clark (1893–1989), architect
• Charles Gilman Norris (1881–1945), novelist
• David Packard (1912–1996), co-founder of Hewlett-Packard and U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense^[2]
• Frank Bacon (1864–1922), actor and playwright
• Frederick Terman (1900–1982), considered (along with Shockley) the father of Silicon Valley^[3]
• Henry Seymour Kaplan (1918–1984), American radiologist and pioneer in radiation therapy and radiobiology, and the first physician credited with the Atoms for Peace Award.
• Herold Ruel (1896–1963), major-league American baseball player^[4]
• Kathleen Thompson Norris (1880–1966), American novelist
• Leonid (Joseph) Dukhovny (1938–2022), Soviet and American songwriter, poet, musician, bard, producer.
• Ray Lyman Wilbur (1875–1949), physician, third president of Stanford University and 31st U.S. Secretary of the Interior^[3]
• Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (1945–1973), keyboardist, harmonica player and lead vocalist, founding member of the Grateful Dead^[5]
• Shirley Temple (1928–2014), American film and television actress, singer, dancer, and public servant^[3]
• Sidney Dean Townley (1867–1946), Professor of Astronomy, Stanford University
• Stephen Timoshenko (1878–1972), Professor of Applied Mechanics, Stanford University and namesake of the Timoshenko Medal
• Steve Jobs (1955–2011), co-founder of Apple Inc. (unmarked grave)^[2][3][6]
• Tennessee Ernie Ford (1919–1991), musician^[7]
• Thomas A. Bailey (1902–1983), American historian^{[citation needed]}
• Wilhelmina Harper (1884–1973), successful children's author in the 1930s and 1940s, and published more than 40 compilations of children and young adult stories
• William Shockley (1910–1989), developed transistor and won Nobel Prize for Physics
• Y.A. Tittle (1926–2017), football player

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Alta Mesa Cemetery
• Alta Mesa Memorial ParkatFind a Grave

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