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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 )
Bergman Family Cemetery
Aguanga
33°26′54″N 116°53′29″W / 33.44831°N 116.89128°W / 33.44831; -116.89128 (Coachella Valley Public Cemetery )
Bergman Family Cemetery
Cahuilla Indian Cemetery
Anza
33°32′21″N 116°44′43″W / 33.5393°N 116.7453°W / 33.5393; -116.7453 (Cahuilla Indian Cemetery )
Cahuilla Indian Cemetery
Coachella Valley Public Cemetery
Coachella Valley
33°40′08″N 116°13′06″W / 33.6689°N 116.2183°W / 33.6689; -116.2183 (Coachella Valley Public Cemetery )
Frank Bogert , 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 / 33.8692; -117.5464 (Corona Sunnyslope Cemetery )
USC Trojans Athletic Director Jess Hill
Corona Sunnyslope Cemetery Sunny Shope Cemetery
Crestlawn Memorial Park
Riverside
33°57′10″N 117°31′11″W / 33.9527°N 117.5197°W / 33.9527; -117.5197 (Crestlawn Memorial Park )
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′16″W / 33.9567°N 117.0211°W / 33.9567; -117.0211 (Desert Lawn Funeral Home and Memorial Park )
Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens (Variant Name)
Desert Memorial Park
Cathedral City
33°49′06″N 116°26′30″W / 33.8183°N 116.4417°W / 33.8183; -116.4417 (Desert Memorial Park )
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′39″N 117°20′34″W / 33.6941°N 117.3428°W / 33.6941; -117.3428 (Elsinore Valley Cemetery )
Elsinore Valley Cemetery Elsinore Valley Cemetery District
Evergreen Cemetery
Riverside
33°58′48″N 117°23′13″W / 33.9799°N 117.3869°W / 33.9799; -117.3869 (Evergreen Cemetery )
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 / 33.8154; -116.4413 (Forest Lawn Cemetery – Cathedral City )
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 / 33.7155; -116.3726 (Hope Lutheran Church Columbarium )
Hope Lutheran Church Columbarium Hope Lutheran Church
Jane Augustine Patencio Cemetery
Palm Springs
33°49′20″N 116°32′03″W / 33.8222°N 116.5341°W / 33.8222; -116.5341 (Jane Augustine Patencio Cemetery )
Artist Carl Eytel
Jane Augustine Patencio Cemetery Palm Springs
Laurel Cemetery
Murrieta
33°32′32″N 117°13′19″W / 33.5422°N 117.2220°W / 33.5422; -117.2220 (Laurel Cemetery )
Actor Douglas Fowley [ 1]
Murrieta Valley Cemetery District Laurel Cemetery
Louis Wolf Tombstone
Temecula
33°27′50″N 117°07′12″W / 33.4640°N 117.1200°W / 33.4640; -117.1200 (Louis Wolf Tombstone )
Louis Wolf Tombstone Maintained by the Temecula Valley Historical Society.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
Manker Family Cemetery
Lake Elsinore
33°40′08″N 117°14′43″W / 33.6689°N 117.2452°W / 33.6689; -117.2452 (Manker Family Cemetery )
Manker Family Cemetery Managed by the Lake Elsinore Genealogical Society.[ 6]
Martinez Cemetery
Thermal
33°33′37″N 116°09′09″W / 33.5603°N 116.1525°W / 33.5603; -116.1525 (Martinez Cemetery )
Martinez Cemetery
McCanna Family Cemetery
Perris
33°46′49″N 117°12′57″W / 33.7802°N 117.2158°W / 33.7802; -117.2158 (McCanna Family Cemetery )
Abandoned/Lost. [ 7] [ 8] [ 9]
Moravian Cemetery
Morongo Reservation
33°57′15″N 116°49′12″W / 33.9541°N 116.8199°W / 33.9541; -116.8199 (Moravian Cemetery )
Moravian Cemetery Banning Library District
Mountain View Cemetery
Beaumont
33°56′38″N 116°58′51″W / 33.9438°N 116.9809°W / 33.9438; -116.9809 (Mountain View Cemetery )
Mount View Cemetery Summit Cemetery District: Mountain View Cemetery
Olivewood Memorial Park
Riverside
33°57′12″N 117°22′49″W / 33.9533°N 117.3803°W / 33.9533; -117.3803 (Olivewood Cemetery )
Medal of Honor recipients Jesus S. Duran and Ysmael R. Villegas .[ 10] 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 / 33.6308°N 114.6007°W / 33.6308; -114.6007 (Palo Verde Cemetery )
Palo Verde Cemetery
Perris Valley Cemetery
Perris
33°47′40″N 117°13′32″W / 33.7945°N 117.2256°W / 33.7945; -117.2256 (Perris Valley Cemetery )
Perris Valley Cemetery
Radec Cemetery
Radec
33°27′54″N 116°54′48″W / 33.4649°N 116.9134°W / 33.4649; -116.9134 (Radec Cemetery )
Radec Cemetery Maintained by the County of Riverside.[ 11] [ 12]
Riverside National Cemetery
Riverside
33°53′05″N 117°16′34″W / 33.8846°N 117.2760°W / 33.8846; -117.2760 (Riverside National Cemetery )
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
Ryan Ranch Cemetery
Joshua Tree National Park
33°59′01″N 116°09′00″W / 33.9836°N 116.1499°W / 33.9836; -116.1499 (Ryan Ranch Cemetery )
Ryan Ranch Cemetery
Saint Boniface Indian School Cemetery
Banning
33°56′21″N 116°53′20″W / 33.9393°N 116.8888°W / 33.9393; -116.8888 (Saint Boniface Indian School Cemetery )
Saint Boniface Indian School Cemetery
Saint Mary's Catholic Cemetery
Morongo Indian Reservation
33°57′40″N 116°49′28″W / 33.9612°N 116.8244°W / 33.9612; -116.8244 (Saint Mary's Catholic Cemeteryy )
Indian culture scholar Katherine Siva Saubel
Saint Mary's Catholic Cemetery Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic Community: St. Mary's Mission Banning Library District
San Gorgonio Memorial Park
Banning
33°56′58″N 116°52′56″W / 33.9494°N 116.8822°W / 33.9494; -116.8822 (San Gorgonio Memorial Park )
Medal of Honor recipient William Powers Morris [ 13] [ 14]
San Gorgonio Memorial Park Summit Cemetery District: San Gorgonio Memorial Park
San Jacinto Valley Cemetery
San Jacinto
33°45′37″N 116°57′41″W / 33.7603°N 116.9613°W / 33.7603; -116.9613 (San Jacinto Valley Cemetery )
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 / 33.8789; -117.5040 (Sherman Indian School Cemetery )
Sherman Indian School Cemetery Sherman Indian Museum: Cemetery
St. Margaret's Episcopal Church Columbarium
Palm Desert
33°42′12″N 116°23′53″W / 33.7032°N 116.3980°W / 33.7032; -116.3980 (St. Margaret's Episcopal Church Columbarium )
Saint Margaret's Episcopal Church Columbarium http://www.stmargarets.org/ St. Margaret's Episcopal Church]Episcopal Diocese of San Diego
Stewart Sunnyslope Cemetery
Beaumont
33°55′10″N 116°57′54″W / 33.9195°N 116.9650°W / 33.9195; -116.9650 (Stewart Sunnyslope Cemetery )
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 / 33.7771; -116.4107 (Sunnylands )
Walter and Leonore Annenberg
Sunnylands
Temecula Massacre Cemetery
Temecula
33°28′54″N 117°05′27″W / 33.4816°N 117.0907°W / 33.4816; -117.0907 (Temecula Massacre Cemetery )
Temecula Massacre Cemetery An historical cemetery, walled but not maintained.[ 15]
Temecula Public Cemetery
Temecula
33°29′30″N 117°08′29″W / 33.4916°N 117.1415°W / 33.4916; -117.1415 (Temecula Public Cemetery )
Temecula Cemetery History of the Temecula Public Cemetery District The Press-Enterprise
Toro Cemetery
Thermal
33°33′30″N 116°13′50″W / 33.5584°N 116.2306°W / 33.5584; -116.2306 (Toro Cemetery )
Toro Cemetery
Welwood Murray Cemetery
Palm Springs
33°49′50″N 116°33′10″W / 33.8306°N 116.5527°W / 33.8306; -116.5527 (Welwood Murray Cemetery )
J. Smeaton Chase , Charles Farrell , Albert Frey , Hugo Montenegro , Jackie Saunders , Virginia Valli , E. Stewart Williams
Welwood Murray Cemetery Palm Springs Cemetery District Desert Sun
Wildomar Cemetery
Wildomar
33°36′22″N 117°16′32″W / 33.6061°N 117.2755°W / 33.6061; -117.2755 (Wildomar Cemetery )
Wildomar Cemetery
^ NNDB
^ "Restoration of the Wolf Tomb" . Restoration & Preservation Projects . Temecula Valley Historical Society. 2010.
^ Herrmann, Babette (December 31, 2004). "Local historian spearheads restoration of Wolf's tomb". Fallbrook-Bonsall Village News . 8 (53).
^ Ammenheuser, Maura (January 1, 2011). "A Look Back: 19th century businessman dreamed of town" . The Press-Enterprise .
^ Hudson, Tom (1981). A Thousand Years in Temecula Valley . Temecula, CA: Old Town Temecula Museum. p. 86. ISBN 978-0931700064 . OCLC 8262626 .
^ "Lake Elsinore Genealogical Society: Cemetery Links" . Archived from the original on 2014-10-22. Retrieved 2014-01-21 .
^ Thorne, Will (September 27, 1970). "Grain growing on this hallowed ground?". The Press-Enterprise .
^ "There's a Cemetery There ... Somewhere". San Jose News . Associated Press. October 6, 1970.
^ Max, Nathan (January 16, 2005). "Man says lot sits on sacred ground". The Press-Enterprise .
^ Original post-war burial location for Villegas; he was reburied at Riverside National Cemetery as the first burial when the cemetery opened in 1978.
^ Hunneman, John (July 13, 2001). "Nothing backward about Radec" . San Diego Union Tribune .
^ Note: Cemetery is maintained by the Riverside County Coroner and Public Administrator . Also see: Interment.net: Radec
^ "William Powers Morris" . Military Times Hall of Valor . Gannett Government Media . Archived from the original on January 1, 2014. Retrieved December 31, 2013 .
^ Stoneman Dispatch
^ Kevin Hallaran, Allene Archibald, Lowell J. Bean, Sylvia B. Vane (1991). The Indian Cemetery at Old Temecula . OCLC 44431925 .
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 .
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