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...
Thursday, April 9, 2026

Otto Wichers von Gogh (1856-1906): Anarchist, Playwright, Actor who died in 1906 Earthquake

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Amalia Wicher and damaged Empire Theater Strangers' Plot Otto Wichers von Gogh was a German-born playwright, journalist, and theatrical ...
Sunday, April 5, 2026

Rev. Laurentine Hamilton (1826–1882): Controversial Minister Who Dropped Dead During Easter Sermon

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Plot 8, Lot 8 (Batchelder Family) Rev. Laurentine Hamilton died as he had long lived—speaking from the pulpit, engaged in the great question...
Friday, April 3, 2026

C. (for Cash) Thomas Patten (1912-1958): Flamboyant Preacher Sent to San Quentin

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Main Mausoleum, Section 7 Crypt 755 Tier 2 There are preachers who promise salvation, and then there are preachers who promise salvation...w...
Saturday, March 28, 2026

Irving Morrow (1884–1952): Designer of Golden Gate Bridge "Above the Waterline"

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SF Chronicle Image of Morrow There are names that cling to great works, and others that quietly shape them. Irving Morrow belongs to the lat...

Lucy R. Peckinpaugh Smallman (1840–1920): Pioneering Artist, Collector & Benefactor

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Lucy Smallman gravestone Plot 11, Lot # 125 Lucy Smallman lived a life that reads like a catalog of reinvention—artist, educator, collector,...

Ingemar Lundquist (1921–2007): Prolific Medical Device Inventor

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Obituary Photo Plot 33 Ingemar Henry Lundquist belonged to a generation of engineers who quietly reshaped modern medicine—not through public...

Adolphus Frederic St. Sure (1869-1949): Federal Judge Involved in Groundbreaking Cases

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Hon. Adolphus St. Sure Adolphus Frederic St. Sure was born on March 9, 1869, in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and came of age at a time when the Ame...
Thursday, March 5, 2026

The Crocker Family Monument

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Rendering of Crocker Monument Millionaire's Row Charles Crocker rests beneath one of the most striking monuments at Mountain View Cemete...