Sunnyside Cemetery

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Sunnyside Cemetery
Sunnyside Cemetery
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Establishedc.1906
Location
1095 E. Willow Street,
Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, U.S.
Coordinates 33°48′19″N118°10′44″W / 33.80528°N 118.17889°W / 33.80528; -118.17889
TypePublic
Owned byCity of Long Beach
Website https://www.longbeach.gov/park/park-and-facilities/directory/long-beach-municipal-cemetery/
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Sunnyside Cemetery, is a cemetery established in 1906 in Long Beach, California. [1] It is adjacent to Long Beach Municipal Cemetery.

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The cemetery encountered financial troubles in the 1990s when its owner, Dean A. Dempsey, stole over half the cemetery's endowment fund. [2] [3]

Notable burials

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References

  1. Lizarraga, Andy (4 September 2019). "The City of Long Beach with take over Sunnyside Cemetery". Daily Forty-Niner.
  2. Grobaty, Tim (6 May 2017). "Long Beach's Sunnyside Cemetery, steeped in history, struggles on the edge of insolvency". Press Telegram.
  3. McDonnell Nieto del Rio, Giulia (27 June 2019). "Haunted by financial problems, a Long Beach cemetery ponders death". Los Angeles Times.