Lives of the Dead

Michael Colbruno's "Lives of the Dead": Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland

Friday, August 24, 2018

George Heinold (1893-1970): Ran saloon made famous by Jack London

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Jack London biographer Dr. Franklin Walker (left) and George Heinold (right) Photo: Oakland Tribune Garden Mausoleum George Heinold wa...
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Monday, August 6, 2018

George Wyman (1877-1959): First Transcontinental Crossing of US by Motorcycle

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George Wyman and Burial Niche Main Mausoleum, Section 157, Niche 1, Tier 2 George Wyamn was the first person to make a transcontinenta...

Erastus Volney Joice (1810-1891): Commissioner of Deeds; SF Street named for him

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Plot of Erastus Joice (Photo: Michael Colbruno) PLOT 31 Erastus Volney Joice, who went by "E.V.", was an attorney, San Fran...
Saturday, June 23, 2018

Gustave “Gus” Koch (1865-1898): Oakland Township Constable killed in explosion

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Front and back of Gus Koch's gravestone (photos: Michael Colbruno) Constable Gustave Adolph "Gus" Koch was one of five d...
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Monday, March 26, 2018

Donald Glaser (1926-2013): Nobel Prize Laureate

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Donald Glaser Donald Glaser was born on September 21, 1926, in Cleveland, Ohio, to Russian Jewish immigrants, Lena and William J. Glaser...

John Coghlan (1835-1879): U.S. Congressman

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John Coghlan John Maxwell Coghlan was born in Louisville, Kentucky and moved with his parents to Illinois in 1847, and then to Californi...

Warren Bechtel (1872-1933): Founder of engineering firm Bechtel Corporation

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Burial site of Warren Bechtel Warren Abraham Bechtel was born on September 12, 1872 and raised on a farm in Freeport, Illinois, which is...
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Sunday, March 25, 2018

John Glascock (1845-1913):Oakland Mayor; Congressman

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John Raglan Glascock Plot 2 (by John Hays) John Raglan Glascock was a mayor, district attorney and member of Congress. He was born in P...
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Sunday, February 25, 2018

Frank Ogawa (1917-1994): First Japanese-American on Oakland City Council

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Frank Ogawa Outside Garden Mausoleum II, Wall #299 #4 Frank Hirao Ogawa was a civil rights leader and the first Japanese American to s...
Friday, December 22, 2017

Frank Devello Stringham (1872–1931): Mayor of Berkeley

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Garber family plot (photo: Michael Colbruno) PLOT 35 , LOT 31 Frank D. Stringham (1872–1931) was Mayor of Berkeley, California from 1...
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