Sunday, May 31, 2026

Robert Wade “Bob” King (1906-1965): Olympic Gold Medalist Who Became a Pioneer of Permanente Medicine

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  Robert Wade King, better known to the sports world as “Bob” King, lived one of those remarkable American lives that seems almost too neatl...
Saturday, May 2, 2026

Irving Pichel (1891–1954): Famed Actor, Director Called Before HUAC as "Un-friendly Witness"

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  [Updated Burial info: Irving Pichel is not buried in the Wilson Family Plot with his wife, but is buried with his mother at the West View ...
Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Angus Cloud (1998-2023): Actor who found unexpected fame

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Angus Cloud grave (photo Michael Colbruno) Plot 82, Grave V8082 Angus Cloud was not supposed to be famous, and that, perhaps more than anyth...
Saturday, April 18, 2026

Dennis “Denney” Wilie: Oakland Oaks Standout Baseball Player

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  Cardinals 100th Anniversary and Denney Wilie Dennis “Denney” Wilie was a professional baseball outfielder whose career spanned the early t...
Friday, April 17, 2026

Horry Wert Meek (1857-1910): Early Hayward Pioneer; Owner of "The Orchards"

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  Horry Meek, Oakland Enquirer Plot 33 He died, as so many of his class did, not in the fields that made him, but in a comfortable Oakland h...
Thursday, April 16, 2026

Jerome Lincoln (1829-1896): Pioneer Banker

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Lincoln Family Mausoleum (photo Michael Colbruno) Plot 27 Jerome Lincoln belonged to that early class of California bankers whose lives brid...
Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Sarah and Naomi Wakefield: Mother and Daughter Drowned in Ship Wreck

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Wakefield Family Crypt (photo Michael Colbruno) Plot 27 In the winter of 1901, Sarah Wakefield—a woman of means with residences in San Franc...

The Jones Family Mausoleum

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Jones Family Mausoleum (photo Michael Colbruno) Plot 27 The Jones family, whose mausoleum stands on "Lower Millionaire's Row" ...
Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Nicholas Petris (1923-2013): Longtime Liberal Firebrand in California Politics

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Nicholas Petris (grave photo Michael Colbruno) Plot 49A Nicholas Christos Petris was an American legislator whose long career in Sacramento...
Friday, April 10, 2026

Viola Barry (Gladys Viola Wilson) (1894–1964): Actress and Progressive Activist

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Viola Barry - 1910 L.A. Herald Plot 36, Lot 268 W ½ - Wilson Family Plot Viola Barry, born Gladys Viola Wilson on March 4, 1894, in Evanston...