Hills of Eternity Memorial Park

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Hills of Eternity Memorial Park
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Portals of Eternity mausoleum and chapel at Hills of Eternity, designed by Samuel Hyman and Abraham Appleton (completed 1934)
Hills of Eternity Memorial Park
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Established1889
Location
Colma, California
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 37°40′35″N122°27′14″W / 37.676399°N 122.454002°W / 37.676399; -122.454002
TypeJewish
Owned by Congregation Sherith Israel
Website Official website
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Hills of Eternity Memorial Park, also known as Giboth Olam, [1] is a Jewish cemetery founded in 1889, and is located at 1301 El Camino Real, in Colma, California. [2] [3] This cemetery is owned by Congregation Sherith Israel of San Francisco. [4] It is one of four Jewish cemeteries near the city of San Francisco and it shares an adjacent space next to the Home of Peace cemetery (also a Jewish cemetery, and also founded in 1889). [2] At Hills of Eternity Memorial Park, Jewish burials are traditionally done side-by-side, which means there is a need for larger grounds and ground maintenance. [2]

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History

Wyatt and Josephine Earp grave at Hills of Eternity Memorial Park Wyatt & Josephine Earp grave.JPG
Wyatt and Josephine Earp grave at Hills of Eternity Memorial Park

Emanu-El Hart (or the "Old Jewish Cemetery") was built in 1847 at Gough Street and Vallejo Street in San Francisco; by 1860 the graves were relocated to an area that is now Mission Dolores Park and this served as a cemetery for both the Congregation Emanu-El and the Congregation Sherith Israel. [5] [6] When the city of San Francisco started to see dramatic growth in population; it was decided to move the cemetery outside of the city to Colma and they established Home of Peace Cemetery and Hills of Eternity Memorial Park with each cemetery served a different congregation. [6]

Notable burials

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  2. 1 2 3 Smookler, Michael (2007). Colma. Arcadia Publishing. p. 48. ISBN   978-0-7385-4727-5.
  3. ↑ Ferri, Jessica (2021). Silent Cities San Francisco: Hidden Histories of the Region's Cemeteries. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 51. ISBN   978-1-4930-5647-7.
  4. ↑ "Hills of Eternity Memorial Park". J. The Jewish News of Northern California. Retrieved 2021-10-10.
  5. ↑ Peterson, Nancy Simons (2011). Raking the Ashes: Genealogical Strategies for Pre-1906 San Francisco Research. California Genealogical Society. Oakland, California: California Genealogical Society. p. 22. ISBN   978-0-9785694-5-7.
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  7. 1 2 Jenner, Gail L. (2021). What Lies Beneath: California Pioneer Cemeteries and Graveyards. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 225. ISBN   978-1-4930-4896-0.
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