List of cemeteries in Riverside County, California

This list of cemeteries in Riverside County, California includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea in Riverside County, California. It does not include pet cemeteries. Selected interments are given for notable people.

Cemetery	City	Coordinates	Notable interments	References and Notes (U.S. Geological Survey GNIS)
Bergman Family Cemetery	Aguanga	33°26′54″N 116°53′29″W / 33.44831°N 116.89128°W / 33.44831; -116.89128 (Coachella Valley Public Cemetery)		Bergman Family Cemetery
Cahuilla Indian Cemetery	Anza	33°32′21″N 116°44′43″W / 33.5393°N 116.7453°W / 33.5393; -116.7453 (Cahuilla Indian Cemetery)		Cahuilla Indian Cemetery
Coachella Valley Public Cemetery	Coachella Valley	33°40′08″N 116°13′06″W / 33.6689°N 116.2183°W / 33.6689; -116.2183 (Coachella Valley Public Cemetery)	Frank Bogert, Frank Capra, Jacqueline Cochran, "Desert Steve" Ragsdale, Tommy Shepard, John Van Druten	Coachella Valley Cemetery
Corona Sunnyslope Cemetery	Corona	33°52′09″N 117°32′47″W / 33.8692°N 117.5464°W / 33.8692; -117.5464 (Corona Sunnyslope Cemetery)	USC Trojans Athletic Director Jess Hill	Corona Sunnyslope Cemetery Sunny Shope Cemetery
Crestlawn Memorial Park	Riverside	33°57′10″N 117°31′11″W / 33.9527°N 117.5197°W / 33.9527; -117.5197 (Crestlawn Memorial Park)	Medal of Honor recipient George Alan Ingalls. MLB player Mike Darr; Actors Darwood Kaye and Roland Harrah III	Crestlawn Memorial Park Pierce Brothers: Crestlawn Memorial Park
Desert Lawn Funeral Home and Memorial Park	Calimesa	33°57′24″N 117°01′16″W / 33.9567°N 117.0211°W / 33.9567; -117.0211		Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens (Variant Name)
Desert Memorial Park	Cathedral City	33°49′06″N 116°26′30″W / 33.8183°N 116.4417°W / 33.8183; -116.4417 (Desert Memorial Park)	See: Desert Memorial Park: Notable interments	Palm Springs District Cemetery Palm Springs Cemetery District
Elsinore Valley Cemetery Includes the Jewish Home of Peace Cemetery, a.k.a. Mt. Sinai Memorial Park	Lake Elsinore	33°41′39″N 117°20′34″W / 33.6941°N 117.3428°W / 33.6941; -117.3428 (Elsinore Valley Cemetery)		Elsinore Valley Cemetery Elsinore Valley Cemetery District
Evergreen Cemetery	Riverside	33°58′48″N 117°23′13″W / 33.9799°N 117.3869°W / 33.9799; -117.3869 (Evergreen Cemetery)	Medal of Honor recipient Cornelius C. Smith. See also: Evergreen Cemetery: Notable interments	Evergreen Memorial Historic Cemetery
Forest Lawn Cemetery – Cathedral City	Cathedral City	33°48′55″N 116°26′29″W / 33.8154°N 116.4413°W / 33.8154; -116.4413	See: Forest Lawn Cemetery: Notable interments	Forest Lawn: Cathedral City
Hope Lutheran Church Columbarium	Palm Desert	33°42′56″N 116°22′21″W / 33.7155°N 116.3726°W / 33.7155; -116.3726 (Hope Lutheran Church Columbarium)		Hope Lutheran Church Columbarium Hope Lutheran Church
Jane Augustine Patencio Cemetery	Palm Springs	33°49′20″N 116°32′03″W / 33.8222°N 116.5341°W / 33.8222; -116.5341 (Jane Augustine Patencio Cemetery)	Artist Carl Eytel	Jane Augustine Patencio Cemetery Palm Springs
Laurel Cemetery	Murrieta	33°32′32″N 117°13′19″W / 33.5422°N 117.2220°W / 33.5422; -117.2220 (Laurel Cemetery)	Actor Douglas Fowley^[1]	Murrieta Valley Cemetery District Laurel Cemetery
Louis Wolf Tombstone	Temecula	33°27′50″N 117°07′12″W / 33.4640°N 117.1200°W / 33.4640; -117.1200 (Louis Wolf Tombstone)		Louis Wolf Tombstone Maintained by the Temecula Valley Historical Society.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]
Manker Family Cemetery	Lake Elsinore	33°40′08″N 117°14′43″W / 33.6689°N 117.2452°W / 33.6689; -117.2452 (Manker Family Cemetery)		Manker Family Cemetery Managed by the Lake Elsinore Genealogical Society.^[6]
Martinez Cemetery	Thermal	33°33′37″N 116°09′09″W / 33.5603°N 116.1525°W / 33.5603; -116.1525 (Martinez Cemetery)		Martinez Cemetery
McCanna Family Cemetery	Perris	33°46′49″N 117°12′57″W / 33.7802°N 117.2158°W / 33.7802; -117.2158 (McCanna Family Cemetery)		Abandoned/Lost.^[7]^[8]^[9]
Moravian Cemetery	Morongo Reservation	33°57′15″N 116°49′12″W / 33.9541°N 116.8199°W / 33.9541; -116.8199 (Moravian Cemetery)		Moravian Cemetery Banning Library District
Mountain View Cemetery	Beaumont	33°56′38″N 116°58′51″W / 33.9438°N 116.9809°W / 33.9438; -116.9809 (Mountain View Cemetery)		Mount View Cemetery Summit Cemetery District: Mountain View Cemetery
Olivewood Memorial Park	Riverside	33°57′12″N 117°22′49″W / 33.9533°N 117.3803°W / 33.9533; -117.3803 (Olivewood Cemetery)	Medal of Honor recipients Jesus S. Duran and Ysmael R. Villegas.^[10] Travis Alexander, Dorothy Burgess, Ben H. Lewis, Del Lord, Gloria Ramirez, Eric Show	Olivewood Cemetery Olivewood Memorial Park
Palo Verde Cemetery	Blythe	33°37′51″N 114°36′03″W / 33.6308°N 114.6007°W / 33.6308; -114.6007 (Palo Verde Cemetery)		Palo Verde Cemetery
Perris Valley Cemetery	Perris	33°47′40″N 117°13′32″W / 33.7945°N 117.2256°W / 33.7945; -117.2256 (Perris Valley Cemetery)		Perris Valley Cemetery
Radec Cemetery	Radec	33°27′54″N 116°54′48″W / 33.4649°N 116.9134°W / 33.4649; -116.9134 (Radec Cemetery)		Radec Cemetery Maintained by the County of Riverside.^[11]^[12]
Riverside National Cemetery	Riverside	33°53′05″N 117°16′34″W / 33.8846°N 117.2760°W / 33.8846; -117.2760 (Riverside National Cemetery)	Medal of Honor recipients John H. Balch, Walter D. Ehlers, Lewis Millett, Mitchell Paige, and Ysmael R. Villegas. See also: Riverside National Cemetery: Notable interments	Riverside National Cemetery Veterans Department: Riverside National Cemetery
Ryan Ranch Cemetery	Joshua Tree National Park	33°59′01″N 116°09′00″W / 33.9836°N 116.1499°W / 33.9836; -116.1499 (Ryan Ranch Cemetery)		Ryan Ranch Cemetery
Saint Boniface Indian School Cemetery	Banning	33°56′21″N 116°53′20″W / 33.9393°N 116.8888°W / 33.9393; -116.8888		Saint Boniface Indian School Cemetery
Saint Mary's Catholic Cemetery	Morongo Indian Reservation	33°57′40″N 116°49′28″W / 33.9612°N 116.8244°W / 33.9612; -116.8244 (Saint Mary's Catholic Cemeteryy)	Indian culture scholar Katherine Siva Saubel	Saint Mary's Catholic Cemetery Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic Community: St. Mary's Mission Banning Library District
San Gorgonio Memorial Park	Banning	33°56′58″N 116°52′56″W / 33.9494°N 116.8822°W / 33.9494; -116.8822 (San Gorgonio Memorial Park)	Medal of Honor recipient William Powers Morris^[13]^[14]	San Gorgonio Memorial Park Summit Cemetery District: San Gorgonio Memorial Park
San Jacinto Valley Cemetery	San Jacinto	33°45′37″N 116°57′41″W / 33.7603°N 116.9613°W / 33.7603; -116.9613 (San Jacinto Valley Cemetery)	Danish cartoonist Henning Dahl Mikkelsen	San Jacinto Valley Cemetery San Jacinto Valley Cemetery District
Sherman Indian School Cemetery	Home Gardens	33°52′44″N 117°30′14″W / 33.8789°N 117.5040°W / 33.8789; -117.5040 (Sherman Indian School Cemetery)		Sherman Indian School Cemetery Sherman Indian Museum: Cemetery
St. Margaret's Episcopal Church Columbarium	Palm Desert	33°42′12″N 116°23′53″W / 33.7032°N 116.3980°W / 33.7032; -116.3980		Saint Margaret's Episcopal Church Columbarium http://www.stmargarets.org/ St. Margaret's Episcopal Church] Episcopal Diocese of San Diego
Stewart Sunnyslope Cemetery	Beaumont	33°55′10″N 116°57′54″W / 33.9195°N 116.9650°W / 33.9195; -116.9650 (Stewart Sunnyslope Cemetery)		Sunnyslope Cemetery Summit Cemetery District: Stewart Sunnyslope Cemetery
Sunnylands	Rancho Mirage	33°46′38″N 116°24′39″W / 33.7771°N 116.4107°W / 33.7771; -116.4107 (Sunnylands)	Walter and Leonore Annenberg	Sunnylands
Temecula Massacre Cemetery	Temecula	33°28′54″N 117°05′27″W / 33.4816°N 117.0907°W / 33.4816; -117.0907 (Temecula Massacre Cemetery)		Temecula Massacre Cemetery An historical cemetery, walled but not maintained.^[15]
Temecula Public Cemetery	Temecula	33°29′30″N 117°08′29″W / 33.4916°N 117.1415°W / 33.4916; -117.1415 (Temecula Public Cemetery)		Temecula Cemetery History of the Temecula Public Cemetery District The Press-Enterprise
Toro Cemetery	Thermal	33°33′30″N 116°13′50″W / 33.5584°N 116.2306°W / 33.5584; -116.2306 (Toro Cemetery)		Toro Cemetery
Welwood Murray Cemetery	Palm Springs	33°49′50″N 116°33′10″W / 33.8306°N 116.5527°W / 33.8306; -116.5527 (Welwood Murray Cemetery)	J. Smeaton Chase, Charles Farrell, Albert Frey, Hugo Montenegro, Jackie Saunders, Virginia Valli, E. Stewart Williams	Welwood Murray Cemetery Palm Springs Cemetery District Desert Sun
Wildomar Cemetery	Wildomar	33°36′22″N 117°16′32″W / 33.6061°N 117.2755°W / 33.6061; -117.2755 (Wildomar Cemetery)		Wildomar Cemetery

Footnotes

^ NNDB
^ "Restoration of the Wolf Tomb". Restoration & Preservation Projects. Temecula Valley Historical Society. 2010.
^ Herrmann, Babette (December 31, 2004). "Local historian spearheads restoration of Wolf's tomb". Fallbrook-Bonsall Village News. 8 (53).
^ Ammenheuser, Maura (January 1, 2011). "A Look Back: 19th century businessman dreamed of town". The Press-Enterprise.
^ Hudson, Tom (1981). A Thousand Years in Temecula Valley. Temecula, CA: Old Town Temecula Museum. p. 86. ISBN 978-0931700064. OCLC 8262626.
^ "Lake Elsinore Genealogical Society: Cemetery Links". Archived from the original on 2014-10-22. Retrieved 2014-01-21.
^ Thorne, Will (September 27, 1970). "Grain growing on this hallowed ground?". The Press-Enterprise.
^ "There's a Cemetery There ... Somewhere". San Jose News. Associated Press. October 6, 1970.
^ Max, Nathan (January 16, 2005). "Man says lot sits on sacred ground". The Press-Enterprise.
^ Original post-war burial location for Villegas; he was reburied at Riverside National Cemetery as the first burial when the cemetery opened in 1978.
^ Hunneman, John (July 13, 2001). "Nothing backward about Radec". San Diego Union Tribune.
^ Note: Cemetery is maintained by the Riverside County Coroner and Public Administrator. Also see: Interment.net: Radec
^ "William Powers Morris". Military Times Hall of Valor. Gannett Government Media. Archived from the original on January 1, 2014. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
^ Stoneman Dispatch
^ Kevin Hallaran, Allene Archibald, Lowell J. Bean, Sylvia B. Vane (1991). The Indian Cemetery at Old Temecula. OCLC 44431925.

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[1] NNDB

[2] "Restoration of the Wolf Tomb". Restoration & Preservation Projects. Temecula Valley Historical Society. 2010.

[3] Herrmann, Babette (December 31, 2004). "Local historian spearheads restoration of Wolf's tomb". Fallbrook-Bonsall Village News. 8 (53).

[4] Ammenheuser, Maura (January 1, 2011). "A Look Back: 19th century businessman dreamed of town". The Press-Enterprise.

[5] Hudson, Tom (1981). A Thousand Years in Temecula Valley. Temecula, CA: Old Town Temecula Museum. p. 86. ISBN 978-0931700064. OCLC 8262626.

[6] "Lake Elsinore Genealogical Society: Cemetery Links". Archived from the original on 2014-10-22. Retrieved 2014-01-21.

[7] Thorne, Will (September 27, 1970). "Grain growing on this hallowed ground?". The Press-Enterprise.

[8] "There's a Cemetery There ... Somewhere". San Jose News. Associated Press. October 6, 1970.

[9] Max, Nathan (January 16, 2005). "Man says lot sits on sacred ground". The Press-Enterprise.

[10] Original post-war burial location for Villegas; he was reburied at Riverside National Cemetery as the first burial when the cemetery opened in 1978.

[11] Hunneman, John (July 13, 2001). "Nothing backward about Radec". San Diego Union Tribune.

[12] Note: Cemetery is maintained by the Riverside County Coroner and Public Administrator. Also see: Interment.net: Radec

[13] "William Powers Morris". Military Times Hall of Valor. Gannett Government Media. Archived from the original on January 1, 2014. Retrieved December 31, 2013.

[14] Stoneman Dispatch

[15] Kevin Hallaran, Allene Archibald, Lowell J. Bean, Sylvia B. Vane (1991). The Indian Cemetery at Old Temecula. OCLC 44431925.

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