- Chapel of the Chimes (Hayward, California)
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Chapel of the Chimes Memorial Park and Funeral Home is a 61-acre (25 ha) cemetery, mausoleum, crematorium, columbarium and funeral home complex in Hayward, California. The site was first established as a seven acre cemetery in 1872. Interment records are at 5,289.[1]One of the memorial park's three mausoleums is circular in design, the only such one in California.[2] The park hosts one of the larger Memorial Day services in the San Francisco Bay Area[3] A replica of the Angel of Grief statue is located there. The former Masonic Cemetery and Decoto Cemetery are now encompassed within its bounds.[4] The park's owners, Lifemark Group, also operate the Chapel of the Chimes columbarium in Oakland, California, and Skylawn Memorial Park in San Mateo[5]
Circle of Peace mausoleum, from hillside cemetery site
People interred
- Spade Cooley, western swing musician, big band leader, actor, and television personality
- Thomas Fitch, United States Representative from Nevada
- James Logan, local education official, namesake of James Logan High School
- Daniel Sakai, slain Oakland Police officer[6]
- James Cleveland Whipple, local education official, colleague of James Logan, namesake of Whipple Road in nearby Union City.
References
Coordinates: 37°36′44″N 122°1′25″W / 37.61222°N 122.02361°W
Categories:- Chapels in the United States
- Buildings and structures in Hayward, California
- Cemeteries in Hayward, California
- Cemetery stubs
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