Lone Tree Cemetery (Fairview, California) Explained

Lone Tree Cemetery
Established:	1868
Location:	Hayward, Alameda County, California
Coordinates:	37.6747°N -122.0494°W
Interments:	5,600+
Website:	Official
Findagraveid:	8129

Lone Tree Cemetery is a 42acres, active, nonprofit cemetery, mausoleum and columbarium complex in unincorporated Fairview, California, adjacent to the city of Hayward. The site was first established in 1868.^[1] The cemetery has hosted, since 1903, the oldest continuous Memorial Day celebration in southern Alameda County.^[2] It contains a memorial to 73 soldiers from Hayward, Castro Valley and San Lorenzo who died in the Vietnam War,^[3] and a memorial to Alameda County Sheriff's Deputies and police officers from cities in the county.^[4]

Notable burials

Medal of Honor recipients
- Robert McDonald (1822–1901), for action in the American Indian Wars with the 5th Infantry Regiment^[5]
Others
- Charlie Becker (1887–1968), actor who played the "Mayor of Munchkinland" in The Wizard of Oz^[6]
- William Dutton Hayward, namesake of the city of Hayward^[7]
- Bob Sweikert (1926–1956), racing driver, 1955 Indianapolis 500 champion^[8]
- Pete Knight (1903–1937), 1930s rodeo champion^[9] (reinterred in 1960 at Greenwood Cemetery in Hot Springs, Arkansas)