Chapel of the Chimes (Hayward, California)

Chapel of the Chimes Memorial Park and Funeral Home is a 61-acre (25 ha) cemetery, mausoleum, crematorium, columbarium and funeral home complex in Hayward, California. The site was first established as a seven-acre cemetery in 1872. One of the memorial park's three mausoleums is circular in design, the only such one in California.^[1] The park hosts one of the larger Memorial Day services in the San Francisco Bay Area.^[2] A replica of the Angel of Grief statue is located there. The former Masonic Cemetery and Decoto Cemetery are now encompassed within its bounds. The park's owners, NorthStar Memorial Group, also operate the Chapel of the Chimes columbarium in Oakland, California, Skylawn Memorial Park in San Mateo, and Sunset Lawn Chapel of the Chimes in Sacramento.^[3]

Circle of Peace mausoleum, from hillside cemetery site

Notable interments

Spade Cooley, convicted murderer, western swing musician, big band leader, actor, and television personality
Thomas Fitch, United States Representative from Nevada
James Logan, local education official, namesake of James Logan High School
Daniel Sakai, slain Oakland Police officer^[4]
James Cleveland Whipple, local education official, colleague of James Logan, namesake of Whipple Road in nearby Union City

References

^ "Chapel of the Chimes at Lifemark Group website". Archived from the original on 2010-12-03. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
^ "Salutes to honor past, present soldiers", Daily Review (Hayward), May 28, 2004
^ "Chapel of the Chimes, Oakland, at Lifemark Group website". Archived from the original on 2011-01-28. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
^ "Obituary - Lifemark Group". 16 July 2011. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011.

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37°36′44″N 122°1′25″W / 37.61222°N 122.02361°W / 37.61222; -122.02361