Chapel of the Chimes (Hayward, California)

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. Interment records are at 5,289.[1]One of the memorial park's three mausoleums is circular in design, the only such one in California.[2] The park hosts one of the larger Memorial Day services in the San Francisco Bay Area[3] A replica of the Angel of Grief statue is located there. The former Masonic Cemetery and Decoto Cemetery are now encompassed within its bounds.[4] The park's owners, Lifemark Group, also operate the Chapel of the Chimes columbarium in Oakland, California, and Skylawn Memorial Park in San Mateo[5]

Circle of Peace mausoleum, from hillside cemetery site

People interred

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ Chapel of the Chimes at Lifemark Group website
  3. ^ "Salutes to honor past, present soldiers", Daily Review (Hayward), May 28, 2004
  4. ^ [2]
  5. ^ Chapel of the Chimes, Oakland, at Lifemark Group website
  6. ^ Sakai obituary at Lifemark Group website

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



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