Holy Sepulchre Cemetery (Hayward, California)

Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, with Warren Hall, California State University, East Bay in background

Holy Sepulchre Cemetery is a cemetery in Hayward, California. It is a Catholic cemetery run by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland, which also operates the Holy Angels Funeral and Cremation Center at the same location..^[1] It was the first Catholic Church-owned cemetery in the U.S.^[2][3] Vineyards planted in 2006 provide grapes for sacramental wine used by the Oakland Diocese. The wine is bottled at Brutocao Cellars in Hopland, which also sources grapes from Holy Cross Cemetery in Antioch, and St. Joseph's Cemetery in San Pablo. The cemetery vineyards are believed to be the only such vineyards in the United States.^[4]

People interred

• Chauncey Bailey, murdered Oakland based journalist
• Del Courtney, big band leader and local TV personality^[5]
• Eddie Lake, Major League Baseball shortstop^[6]
• Tony Lema, golfer, winner of the 1964 British Open^[7]
• Fran Ryan, character actress^[8]
• Jackie Tobin (1921–1982), Major League Baseball infielder^[9]
• John H. Tolan, U.S. Representative from California^[10]
• There is one British Commonwealth war grave in this cemetery, of Captain John Joseph Kerwin, Royal Air Force Ferry Command (died 1941).^[11]

main mausoleum at cemetery

References

1. "Bay Area, CA | Catholic Funeral and Cemetery Services - Holy Angels Holy Sepulchre - Hayward". CFCS Living Our Mission. 2011-05-07. Retrieved 2011-06-30.
2. "Curtains: Adventures of an ... - Google Books". Books.google.com. Retrieved 2011-06-30.
3. Curtains: Adventures of an Undertaker-in-Training, Tom Jokinen. Da Capo Press, 2010, ISBN 978-0-306-81891-2 p. 182
5. "Del Courtney (1910 - 2006) - Find A Grave Memorial". Findagrave.com. Retrieved 2011-06-30.
6. "Eddie "Sparky" Lake (1916–1995) - Find A Grave Memorial". Findagrave.com. Retrieved 2011-06-30.
7. "Tony Lema (1934 - 1966) - Find A Grave Memorial". Findagrave.com. Retrieved 2011-06-30.
8. "Fran Ryan (1916–2000) - Find A Grave Memorial". Findagrave.com. Retrieved 2011-06-30.
9. "Jackie Tobin". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-03-23.
10. "John Harvey Tolan (1877 - 1947) - Find A Grave Memorial". Findagrave.com. Retrieved 2011-06-30.
11. CWGC Casualty Record.

Coordinates: 37°38′56″N 122°3′50″W / 37.64889°N 122.06389°W