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Index to Locations
Cathedral City Desert Memorial Park
Coachella Coachella Valley Public
Cemetery
Perris Perris Valley Cemetery
Rancho Mirage Sunnyland Estate
Riverside Unknown location
Riverside Evergreen Memorial Park
Riverside Riverside National
Cemetery
Desert Memorial
Park
Cathedral City, Riverside County, California
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John Phillips (1887-1983) —
of Banning, Riverside
County, Calif.
Born in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne
County, Pa., September
11, 1887.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of California
state assembly, 1932-36; member of California
state senate, 1936-42; U.S.
Representative from California, 1943-57 (22nd District 1943-53,
29th District 1953-57); delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1944,
1948
(alternate), 1952,
1956
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1960.
Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans.
Died in Palm Springs, Riverside
County, Calif., December
18, 1983 (age 96 years, 98
days).
Interment at Desert Memorial Park.
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Sonny Bono (1935-1998) —
also known as Salvatore Philip Bono; Sonny Christie;
Ronny Sommers; Prince Carter —
of Palm Springs, Riverside
County, Calif.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
16, 1935.
Republican. Songwriter,
actor,
member of the Sonny & Cher singing and
comedy
duo;; restaurant
owner; mayor
of Palm Springs, Calif., 1988-92; candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1992; U.S.
Representative from California 44th District, 1995-98; died in
office 1998.
Catholic
or Scientologist.
Italian
ancestry.
Killed in a skiing
accident, South Lake Tahoe, El Dorado
County, Calif., January
5, 1998 (age 62 years, 323
days).
Interment at Desert Memorial Park.
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Frank Sinatra (1915-1998) —
also known as Francis Albert Sinatra; "Ol' Blue
Eyes"; "Chairman of the Board";
"The Voice";
"Swoonatra" —
Born in Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J., December
12, 1915.
Democrat. Singer; actor;
honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1960.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Cedars-Sinai Medical
Center, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 14,
1998 (age 82 years, 153
days).
Interment at Desert Memorial Park.
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Relatives: Son
of Antonio Martino Sinatra and Natalina 'Dolly' (Garavente) Sinatra;
married, February
4, 1939, to Nancy Barbato; married, November
7, 1951, to Ava Gardner; married, July 19,
1966, to Mia Farrow; married, July 11,
1976, to Barbara (Blakeley) Marx. |
| | | Epitaph: "The best is yet to
come." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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David John McDonald (1902-1979) —
also known as David J. McDonald —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
22, 1902.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1948
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
president,
United Steel
Workers of America, 1952-65.
Catholic.
Died, of cancer,
Palm Springs, Riverside
County, Calif., August
8, 1979 (age 76 years, 259
days).
Interment at Desert Memorial Park.
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Coachella Valley
Public Cemetery
82925 Avenue 52
Coachella, Riverside County, California
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Jacqueline Cochran Odlum (1906-1980) —
also known as Jacqueline C. Odlum; Jackie Odlum;
Bessie Lee Pittman; Jacqueline Cochran —
Born in Muscogee, Escambia
County, Fla., May 11,
1906.
Republican. Beautician;
airplane
pilot; during World War II, she trained many women pilots for
duty ferrying supplies; she was the first
woman ever to take off and land on an aircraft carrier, the first
woman pilot ever to break the sound barrier, and to exceed Mach 2; in
1952, she was one of the leaders of the "Draft Ike" movement to
nominate Dwight
D. Eisenhower for president; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 29th District, 1956; elected to
Aviation Hall of
Fame, 1971.
Female.
Died in Indio, Riverside
County, Calif., August
7, 1980 (age 74 years, 88
days).
Interment at Coachella Valley Public Cemetery.
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Perris Valley
Cemetery
Perris, Riverside County, California
| Politicians buried
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Damon Henry Clark (1873-1947) —
also known as Damon H. Clark —
of Lead, Lawrence
County, S.Dak.
Born in Denver,
Colo., August
11, 1873.
Republican. Member of South
Dakota state house of representatives, 1913-36 (48th District
1913-18, 46th District 1919-36).
English
ancestry. Member, Lions.
Died in Perris, Riverside
County, Calif., December
9, 1947 (age 74 years, 120
days).
Interment at Perris Valley Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Clay Clark and Kate (Horst) Clark; married 1901 to
Katherine M. 'Kate' Pohlzon. |
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Sunnyland
Estate
Rancho Mirage, Riverside County, California
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Walter Hubert Annenberg (1908-2002) —
also known as Walter H. Annenberg —
of Wynnewood, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., March
13, 1908.
Vice-president of his father's company, which published the Racing
Form and other newspapers;
he and his father were indicted
for tax
evasion in 1939, but the charges against him were dismissed as
part of a plea bargain; inherited the company when his father died;
founder of Seventeen and TV Guide; owner of radio and
television stations; philanthropist; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1969-74.
Jewish
ancestry. Member, Newcomen
Society; Phi
Sigma Delta; Sigma
Delta Chi; Zeta
Beta Tau.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1986.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Wynnewood, Montgomery
County, Pa., October
1, 2002 (age 94 years, 202
days).
Interment at Sunnyland Estate.
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Leonore Annenberg (1918-2009) —
also known as Lee Annenberg; Leonore Cohn; Leonore
Cohn Rosentiel —
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., February
20, 1918.
Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; U.S.
diplomatic Chief of Protocol, 1981.
Female.
Died in Rancho Mirage, Riverside
County, Calif., March
12, 2009 (age 91 years, 20
days).
Interment at Sunnyland Estate.
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Unknown
Location
Riverside, Riverside County, California
Evergreen
Memorial Park
4414 14th Street
Riverside, Riverside County, California
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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Edward V. Dales (1877-1977) —
of Riverside, Riverside
County, Calif.
Born September
10, 1877.
Mayor
of Riverside, Calif., 1953-60.
Died in 1977
(age about
99 years).
Interment at Evergreen Memorial Park.
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Milton John Daniels (1838-1914) —
also known as Milton J. Daniels —
of Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn.; Riverside, Riverside
County, Calif.
Born in Cobleskill, Schoharie
County, N.Y., April
18, 1838.
Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; banker;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 14, 1883-86; member of
Minnesota
state senate 14th District, 1887-90; U.S.
Representative from California 8th District, 1903-05.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Riverside, Riverside
County, Calif., December
1, 1914 (age 76 years, 227
days).
Interment at Evergreen Memorial Park.
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John Wesley North (1815-1890) —
also known as John W. North —
of Northfield, Rice
County, Minn.; Washoe City, Washoe
County, Nev.; Riverside, Riverside
County, Calif.
Born in Rensselaer
County, N.Y., 1815.
Republican. Member of Minnesota
territorial House of Representatives 5th District, 1851; delegate
to Minnesota state constitutional convention 6th District, 1857;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1860;
justice
of Nevada territorial supreme court, 1862; delegate
to Nevada state constitutional convention, 1863.
Died in California, 1890
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Evergreen Memorial Park.
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Herschel L. Carnahan (c.1879-1941) —
also known as H. L. Carnahan —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Aledo, Mercer
County, Ill., about 1879.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1920;
Lieutenant
Governor of California, 1928-31; candidate for Presidential
Elector for California.
Suffered a self-inflicted
gunshot
wound in the head, at his downtown law
office and died shortly afterward, at Georgia Street Receiving Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March
13, 1941 (age about 62
years).
Entombed in mausoleum at Evergreen Memorial Park.
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Leland Milton Backstrand (1899-1964) —
also known as Leland M. Backstrand —
of Riverside, Riverside
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., 1899.
Republican. Insurance
and real
estate business; member of California
state assembly, 1953-60; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1960;
member of California
state senate, 1961-64.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Optimist
Club; American
Legion; Native
Sons of the Golden West.
Died in 1964
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Evergreen Memorial Park.
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Albert N. Barber (1858-1940) —
of Esmond, Kingsbury
County, S.Dak.
Born in Davis Junction, Ogle
County, Ill., May 16,
1858.
Republican. Grain elevator
business; druggist; banker; lumber
merchant; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 23rd District, 1911-12.
Died in Riverside, Riverside
County, Calif., August
29, 1940 (age 82 years, 105
days).
Interment at Evergreen Memorial Park.
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Riverside
National Cemetery
Riverside, Riverside County, California
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Robert Edward Badham (1929-2005) —
also known as Robert E. Badham —
of Newport Beach, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 9,
1929.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; hardware
business; member of California
state assembly, 1963-67; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1968,
1972
(alternate), 1980,
1984;
U.S.
Representative from California 40th District, 1977-89.
Lutheran.
Member, American
Legion; Phi
Gamma Delta.
Died in Newport Beach, Orange
County, Calif., October
21, 2005 (age 76 years, 134
days).
Interment at Riverside National Cemetery.
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Stephen Emil Anderson (1895-1978) —
also known as Steve E. Anderson —
of Pierre, Hughes
County, S.Dak.; San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Born in Hanska, Brown
County, Minn., August
23, 1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; banker; state bank
examiner; South
Dakota state auditor, 1945-50.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Kiwanis;
American
Legion.
Died August
6, 1978 (age 82 years, 348
days).
Interment at Riverside National Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Goodman Anderson and Emily (Helling) Anderson; married to Vera M.
Capesius. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Noble Willingham (1931-2004) —
Born in Mineola, Wood
County, Tex., August
31, 1931.
Republican. Television and film actor;
appeared in more than 30 movies; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 2000.
Died in Palm Springs, Riverside
County, Calif., January
17, 2004 (age 72 years, 139
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Riverside National Cemetery.
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