By the late 1880s, Los Gatos needed a cemetery, and the matter was considered by the Odd Fellows Lodge. As a result, on December 9, 1889, some members of the lodge formed the Los Gatos Cemetery Association, with J. H. Lyndon as president, and it went on to acquire land and establish a burial ground which was at first known as the Los Gatos Cemetery.[2]
In 1901, the cemetery was advertised as "2½ miles E on Almaden rd", with offices in Los Gatos at Main near Railroad Avenue.[3]
By 1997, the Los Gatos Cemetery had been renamed as a Memorial Park and had also been taken into its city limits by the San Jose City Council.[4]
Duong Trong Lam (died 1981), an assassinated Vietnamese journalist, was briefly buried at the cemetery in 1981, but his remains were removed by his father after anti-communist protests by the Vietnamese community.[14]
Notes
↑ "History", losgatosmemorialpark.com, accessed 20 November 2024
↑ George G. Bruntz, The History of Los Gatos: Gem of the Foothills (1971), p. 61: "December 9, 1889... Los Gatos Cemetery Association was incorporated with J. H. Lyndon, President, E. E. Dow, Vice - President..."
↑ San Jose City Directory Including Santa Clara County (1901), p. 567: "... Los Gatos Cemetery, 21 miles e on Almaden rd LOS GATOS CEMETERY ASSOCIATION 567 EE Dow president"
↑ Willys I. Peck, Saratoga Stereopticon: A Magic Lantern of Memory (1997), p. 14: "I recall covering the San Jose City Council meeting at which the Los Gatos Cemetery, now Memorial Park, was officially annexed , I presume as being uninhabited."
↑ "Death Claims Emily Williams, Noted Architect", Los Gatos Times, June 5, 1942; "E. Williams Passes Away. Rites Friday", Los Gatos Mail News, June 4, 1942
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