List of cemeteries in Riverside County, California

This list of cemeteries in Riverside County, California includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea in Riverside County, California. It does not include pet cemeteries. Selected interments are given for notable people.

Cemetery	City	Coordinates	Notable interments	References and Notes (U.S. Geological Survey GNIS)
Coachella Valley Public Cemetery	Coachella Valley	33°40′11″N 116°13′02″W / 33.6697°N 116.2172°W	Frank Capra, Jacqueline Cochran, "Desert Steve" Ragsdale, Tommy Shepard, John Van Druten	Coachella Valley Cemetery
Corona Sunnyslope Cemetery	Corona	33°52′09″N 117°32′47″W / 33.8692°N 117.5464°W	USC Trojans Athletic Director Jess Hill	Corona Sunnyslope Cemetery Sunny Shope Cemetery
Crestlawn Memorial Park	Riverside	33°56′58″N 117°31′01″W / 33.9495°N 117.5170°W	Medal of Honor recipient George Alan Ingalls. MLB player Mike Darr; Actors Darwood Kaye and Roland Harrah III	Crestlawn Memorial Park Pierce Brothers: Crestlawn Memorial Park
Desert Lawn Funeral Home and Memorial Park	Calimesa	33°57′24″N 117°01′13″W / 33.9567°N 117.0203°W		Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens (Variant Name) Desert Lawn Memorial Park at Find a Grave
Desert Memorial Park	Cathedral City	33°49′04″N 116°26′34″W / 33.8178°N 116.4428°W	See: Desert Memorial Park: Notable interments	Palm Springs District Cemetery Palm Springs Cemetery District
Elsinore Valley Cemetery Includes the Jewish Home of Peace Cemetery, a.k.a. Mt. Sinai Memorial Park	Lake Elsinore	33°41′40″N 117°20′29″W / 33.6945°N 117.3414°W		Elsinore Valley Cemetery Elsinore Valley Cemetery District
Evergreen Cemetery	Riverside	33°58′48″N 117°23′13″W / 33.9799°N 117.3869°W	Medal of Honor recipient Cornelius C. Smith. See also: Evergreen Cemetery: Notable interments	Evergreen Memorial Historic Cemetery
Forest Lawn Cemetery – Cathedral City	Cathedral City	33°48′55″N 116°26′29″W / 33.8154°N 116.4413°W	See: Forest Lawn Cemetery: Notable interments	Forest Lawn: Cathedral City
Hope Lutheran Church Columbarium	Palm Desert	33°42′56″N 116°22′21″W / 33.7155°N 116.3726°W		Hope Lutheran Church Columbarium at Find a Grave Hope Lutheran Church
Jane Augustine Patencio Cemetery	Palm Springs	33°49′21″N 116°32′02″W / 33.8224°N 116.5340°W	Artist Carl Eytel	Jane Augustine Patencio Cemetery at Find a Grave
Laurel Cemetery	Murrieta	33°32′32″N 117°13′19″W / 33.5422°N 117.2220°W	Actor Douglas Fowley[1]	Murrieta Valley Cemetery District Laurel Cemetery
Louis Wolf Tombstone	Temecula	33°27′51″N 117°07′12″W / 33.4642°N 117.1199°W		Maintained by the Temecula Valley Historical Society.[2][3][4][5]
Maniker Family Cemetery	Lake Elsinore	33°40′08″N 117°14′43″W / 33.6689°N 117.2452°W		Managed by the Lake Elsinore Genealogical Society.[6][7]
Martinez Cemetery	Thermal	33°33′37″N 116°09′09″W / 33.5603°N 116.1525°W		Martinez Cemetery
McCanna Family Cemetery	Perris	33°46′49″N 117°12′57″W / 33.7802°N 117.2158°W		Abandoned/Lost.[8][9][10][11]
Moravian Cemetery	Morongo Reservation	33°57′15″N 116°49′10″W / 33.9543°N 116.8194°W		Moravian Cemetery at Find a Grave
Mountain View Cemetery	Beaumont	33°56′37″N 116°58′48″W / 33.9436°N 116.9800°W		Mount View Cemetery Summit Cemetery District: Mountain View Cemetery
Olivewood Cemetery	Riverside	33°57′10″N 117°22′44″W / 33.9528°N 117.3789°W	Medal of Honor recipients Jesus S. Duran and Ysmael R. Villegas.[12] Travis Alexander, Dorothy Burgess, Ben H. Lewis, Del Lord, Gloria Ramirez, Eric Show	Olivewood Cemetery Olivewood Memorial Park
Palo Verde Cemetery	Blythe	33°37′51″N 114°36′03″W / 33.6309°N 114.6008°W		Palo Verde Cemetery
Perris Valley Cemetery	Perris	33°47′41″N 117°13′25″W / 33.7947°N 117.2236°W		Perris Valley Cemetery
Radec Cemetery	Radec	33°27′53″N 116°54′48″W / 33.4648°N 116.9134°W		Maintained by the County of Riverside.[13][14]
Riverside National Cemetery	Riverside	33°53′03″N 117°16′36″W / 33.8842°N 117.2767°W	Medal of Honor recipients John H. Balch, Walter D. Ehlers, Lewis Millett, Mitchell Paige, and Ysmael R. Villegas. See also: Riverside National Cemetery: Notable interments	Riverside National Cemetery Veterans Department: Riverside National Cemetery
Saint Boniface Indian School Cemetery	Banning	33°56′18″N 116°53′19″W / 33.9384°N 116.8886°W		Saint Boniface School
San Gorgonio Memorial Park	Banning	33°56′46″N 116°52′43″W / 33.9461°N 116.8786°W	Medal of Honor recipient William Powers Morris[15][16]	Sunnyslope Cemetery Summit Cemetery District: San Gorgonio Memorial Park
San Jacinto Valley Cemetery	San Jacinto	33°45′34″N 116°57′39″W / 33.7595°N 116.9609°W	Danish cartoonist Henning Dahl Mikkelsen	San Jacinto Valley Cemetery San Jacinto Valley Cemetery District
Sherman Indian School Cemetery	Home Gardens	33°52′44″N 117°30′14″W / 33.8789°N 117.5040°W		Sherman Indian Museum: Cemetery Sherman Institute Cemetery at Find a Grave
St. Margaret's Episcopal Church Columbarium	Palm Desert	33°42′12″N 116°23′52″W / 33.7034°N 116.3978°W		St. Margaret's Episcopal Church St. Margaret's Columbarium at Find a Grave
St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery	Morongo Reservation	33°57′36″N 116°49′29″W / 33.9600°N 116.8248°W	Indian culture scholar Katherine Siva Saubel	Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic Community: St. Mary's Mission Saint Marys Catholic Cemetery at Find a Grave
Stewart Sunnyslope Cemetery	Beaumont	33°55′10″N 116°57′54″W / 33.9195°N 116.9650°W		Sunnyslope Cemetery Summit Cemetery District: Stewart Sunnyslope Cemetery
Sunnylands	Rancho Mirage	33°46′38″N 116°24′39″W / 33.7771°N 116.4107°W	Walter and Leonore Annenberg	Sunnylands
Temecula Massacre Cemetery	Temecula	33°28′54″N 117°05′27″W / 33.4817°N 117.0908°W		An historical cemetery, walled but not maintained.[17]
Temecula Public Cemetery	Temecula	33°29′26″N 117°08′30″W / 33.4906°N 117.1417°W		History of the Temecula Public Cemetery District Temecula Cemetery at Find a Grave
Toro Cemetery	Thermal	33°35′18″N 116°13′50″W / 33.5884°N 116.2306°W		Toro Cemetery
Welwood Murray Cemetery	Palm Springs	33°49′52″N 116°33′10″W / 33.8310°N 116.5527°W	J. Smeaton Chase, Charles Farrell, Albert Frey, Hugo Montenegro, Jackie Saunders, Virginia Valli, E. Stewart Williams	Palm Springs Cemetery District Welwood Murray Cemetery at Find a Grave
Wildomar Cemetery	Wildomar	33°36′20″N 117°16′33″W / 33.6056°N 117.2759°W		Wildomar Cemetery

See also

• List of cemeteries in California
• List of cemeteries in San Bernardino County, California

Footnotes

1. Douglas Fowley at Find a Grave
2. "Restoration of the Wolf Tomb". Restoration & Preservation Projects. Temecula Valley Historical Society. 2010.
3. Herrmann, Babette (December 31, 2004). "Local historian spearheads restoration of Wolf's tomb". Fallbrook-Bonsall Village News. 8 (53).
4. Ammenheuser, Maura (January 1, 2011). "A Look Back: 19th century businessman dreamed of town". The Press-Enterprise.
5. Hudson, Tom (1981). A Thousand Years in Temecula Valley. Temecula, CA: Old Town Temecula Museum. p. 86. ISBN 978-0931700064. OCLC 8262626.
6. Lake Elsinore Genealogical Society: Cemetery Links
7. Maniker Family at Find a Grave
8. Thorne, Will (September 27, 1970). "Grain growing on this hallowed ground?". The Press-Enterprise.
9. "There's a Cemetery There ... Somewhere". San Jose News. Associated Press. October 6, 1970.
10. Max, Nathan (January 16, 2005). "Man says lot sits on sacred ground". The Press-Enterprise.
11. McCanna Cemetery at Find a Grave
12. Original post-war burial location for Villegas; he was reburied at Riverside National Cemetery as the first burial when the cemetery opened in 1978.
13. Hunneman, John (July 13, 2001). "Nothing backward about Radec". San Diego Union Tribune.
14. Note: Cemetery is maintained by the Riverside County Coroner and Public Administrator. Also see: Interment.net: Radec and Radec Cemetery at Find a Grave
15. "William Powers Morris". MilitaryTimes Hall of Valor. Gannett Government Media. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
16. William Powers Morris at Find a Grave
17. Kevin Hallaran, Allene Archibald, Lowell J. Bean, Sylvia B. Vane (1991). The Indian Cemetery at Old Temecula. OCLC 44431925.

Further reading

• Brooks, Patricia; Brooks, Jonathan (2006). "Chapter 8: East L.A. and the Desert". Laid to Rest in California: a guide to the cemeteries and grave sites of the rich and famous. Guilford, CT: Globe Pequot Press. ISBN 978-0762741014. OCLC 70284362.

External links

• Riverside County cemeteries at Find a Grave