El Camino Memorial Park
El Camino Memorial Park cemetery is located at 5600 Carroll Canyon Road in the Sorrento Valley neighborhood of San Diego. Founded in 1960,[1] El Camino is a 220-acre (0.89 km2) memorial park and is the final resting site for Jonas Salk (founder of the polio vaccine and the renowned Salk Institute), as well as several members of the well-known Kroc family (humanitarians, philanthropist, former owners of San Diego Padres baseball team, as well as Ray Kroc's position as C.E.O of McDonald's fast food chain). There are many other prominent citizens from the greater San Diego and Los Angeles area as well.[2][3]
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1960 |
| Location | Sorrento Valley, California |
| Country | United States |
| Type | Public |
| Size | 220-acre (0.89 km2) |
Sorrento Valley, San Diego, CA, USA - panoramio
Notable interments
- Jonas Salk (1914–1995), medical researcher, discoverer of the polio vaccine
- Ray Ceresino (1929–2015), ice hockey player
- Kazimierz Deyna (1947–1989), Polish footballer (until 2012)
- Billy Daniels (1915–1988), singer
- Joseph Coors Sr. (1917–2003), COO of Coors Brewing Company and grandson of the founder, personal advisor to president Ronald Reagan
- Cedric Montgomery Durst (1896–1971), professional baseball player
- Preston Foster (1900–1970), songwriter, guitarist and Emmy nominated actor
- Dorothy Kelly (1894–1966), actress (also known as Dorothy O'Kelly)
- Ray Kroc (1902–1984), founding partner of McDonald's, owner of San Diego Padres baseball team
- Joan Kroc (1928–2003), wife of Ray Kroc, humanitarian
- Violet La Plante (1908–1984), actress, sister of actress Laura La Plante
- Todd Loren (1960–1992), (real name Stuart Shapiro), comic book publisher, founder of Revolutionary Comics
- Maria Goeppert-Mayer (1906–1972), physicist and Nobel Prize winner
- William Nierenberg (1919–2000), scientist, member of the Manhattan Project
- Patti Page (1927–2013), singer and actress
- Allard Roen (1921-2008, Managing Director of casinos and resorts in Las Vegas, Nevada and Carlsbad, California.[4][5]
- Pete Rozelle (1926–1996), commissioner of the National Football League from 1960-1989
- Milburn Stone (1904–1980), Emmy award-winning film and television actor
- Lee Shippey (1884–1969), author and journalist
- Paul Trousdale (1915-1990), real estate developer.[6]
- Barbara Werle (1928-2013), actress
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See also
- Cemeteries of San Diego
References
- Mallios, Seth and Caterino, David M. Cemeteries of San Diego. Arcadia Publishing. 2007. p.96
- Find a Grave.com "El Camino Memorial Park"
- San Diego Weekly Reader - "Underground With the Celebrity Dead" by Jay Allen Sanford, Oct. 27, 2005
- Ed Koch, Desert Inn, Stardust chief helped integrate Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas Sun, September 1, 2008
- Steve Schmidt, A. Roen, La Costa co-owner, dies at 87, U-T San Diego, August 31, 2008
- Myrna Oliver, Paul Trousdale, Developer and Innovator, Dies, The Los Angeles Times, April 12, 1990
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