The Coachella Valley Public Cemetery is a
cemetery
A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a buri ...
in the
Coachella Valley of California.
It is near
Indio Indio may refer to:
Places
* Indio, Bovey Tracey, an historic estate in Devon, England
* Indio, California, a city in Riverside County, California, United States
People with the name
* Indio (musician), Canadian musician Gordon Peterson
* Índio ...
and
La Quinta.
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Notable interments
Among those buried here are:
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Frank Bogert
Frank Mitchell Bogert (January 1, 1910 – March 22, 2009) was an American actor, professional rodeo announcer, author, and politician best known as the longtime mayor of Palm Springs, California.
Born in Mesa, Colorado to Henry Kneeland Boger ...
(1910–2009), Westerns movie star and Mayor of Palm Springs
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Frank Capra (1897–1991), film director
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Jacqueline Cochran
Jacqueline Cochran (May 11, 1906 – August 9, 1980) was an American pilot and business executive. She pioneered women's aviation as one of the most prominent racing pilots of her generation. She set numerous records and was the first woman to br ...
(1906–1980), aviator
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Al McCandless (1927–2017), politician
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Benjamin Montoya (1935–2015), U.S. Navy rear admiral
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Alan O'Day (1940–2013), singer-songwriter
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Tommy Shepard (1923–1993), trombonist
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John Van Druten
John William Van Druten (1 June 190119 December 1957) was an English playwright and theatre director. He began his career in London, and later moved to America, becoming a U.S. citizen. He was known for his plays of witty and urbane observation ...
(1901–1957), playwright and theatre director
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Stan Wrightsman
Stanley Aubrey Wrightsman (June 15, 1910 – December 17, 1975) was an American jazz pianist.
Biography
Wrightsman, whose father was a musician, began playing professionally in a Gulfport, Mississippi hotel, and in territory bands in Oklahoma. In ...
(1910–1975), jazz pianist
See also
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Forest Lawn Cemetery (Cathedral City)
Forest Lawn Cemetery (Cathedral City), renamed from Palm Springs Mortuary & Mausoleum in 2005, is a mausoleum in Cathedral City, California near Palm Springs, California, Palm Springs. It is operated by Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries.
Not ...
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Desert Memorial Park
Desert Memorial Park is a cemetery in Cathedral City, California, United States, near Palm Springs. Opening in 1956 and receiving its first interment in 1957,The Palm Springs Cemetery District itself was covers 504 square miles, including Palm Spr ...
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List of cemeteries in California
This list of cemeteries in California includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable. It does not include p ...
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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 ...
References
External links
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Coachella Valley Cemetery USGS Indio Quad, California, Topographic Mapat
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Cemeteries in Riverside County, California
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Coachella Valley
Indio, California