Skylawn Memorial Park (San Mateo, California) Explained

Skylawn Memorial Park is a 505acres cemetery, mausoleum, crematorium, columbarium and funeral home complex in San Mateo, California. Established in 1959, it is directly accessible from State Route 92. Interment records are at 1,308.^[1] The park's owners, NorthStar Memorial Group, also operate the Chapel of the Chimes columbarium in Oakland, the Chapel of the Chimes memorial park in Hayward, and Sunset Lawn Chapel of the Chimes in Sacramento.^[2] ^[3]

Notable burials

Tuineau Alipate (1967–2021), Professional football player
Wilbur Bestwick (1911–1972), the first Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps
Bobby Lee Bonds (1946–2003),^[4] Major League Baseball right fielder, father of Barry Bonds
Jim Davenport (1933–2016), Major League Baseball third baseman for the San Francisco Giants^[5]
Samson De Brier (1909–1995), actor and author
Chub Feeney (1921–1994), baseball executive; president of the National League
Robert Mellard (1919–1976), United States Army sergeant who fought in World War II and the Korean War
Glenn Morris (1912–1974), winner of the gold medal in the Olympic decathlon in 1936
Edwin Arnold Panagabko (1934–1979), professional ice hockey player with the National Hockey League

Glen Hearst Taylor (1904–1984), US Senator from Idaho, the vice presidential candidate on the Progressive Party ticket in the 1948 election
Willard Lewis Waterman (1914–1995), character actor, played The Great Gildersleeve
Bill Werle (1920–2010), Major League Baseball pitcher from Oakland^[6]