Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery

The Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery is located at 22601 Lassen Street, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California. It is the resting place for several movie stars such as Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Gloria Grahame, and Stephen Boyd.^[1]

History and description

Oakwood Memorial Park is located in the San Fernando Valley, surrounded by rocky hills that have served as a backdrop for many a film setting. It has been used as a cemetery since 1924, and there was a Native American graveyard next to the cemetery before a fire destroyed the old wooden crosses that marked the site. The Old Stagecoach Trail passed beside it. The historic Chatsworth Community Church is located within the cemetery grounds.

Notable burials

Notables buried here include:

• Adele Astaire (1897–1981), actress, dancer
• Fred Astaire (1899–1987), actor, singer, dancer
• Dehl Berti (1921–1991), actor
• Derya Arbaş Berti (1968–2003), actress
• Stephen Boyd (1928–1977), actor
• Scott Bradley (1891-1977), composer
• Bob Crane (1928-1978), actor – former burial location (his remains were moved to Westwood Village Memorial Park) ^a
• Grace Cunard (1893–1967), actress, screenwriter, director
• Lloyd G. Davies, Los Angeles City Council member, 1943–51
• Frank Kelly Freas (1922–2005), illustrator
• Gloria Grahame (1923–1981), actress
• Raymond Greenleaf (1892–1963), actor
• Russell Hayden (1912–1981), actor
• Jack Ingram (1902–1969), actor
• Al Jennings (1863–1961), lawyer, outlaw, actor
• Adele Jergens (1917–2002), actress
• Milton Kibbee (1896–1970), actor
• Dorothy Mackaye (1899–1940), actress
• Montie Montana (1910–1998), cowboy
• Freddie Perren (1943–2004), songwriter, record producer
• Floyd Roberts (1900–1939), Indianapolis 500 winner
• Ginger Rogers (1911–1995), actress, singer, dancer
• Robert Sampson (1933–2020), actor
• Mark Schaeffer (1948–2022), baseball player
• Robert F. Simon (1908–1992), actor
• Ted Snyder (1881–1965), composer
• Ken Spears (1938–2020), animator
• Ken Terrell (1904–1966), actor
• Henry Victor (1892–1945), actor
• Gregory Walcott (1928–2015), actor
• Nydia Westman (1902–1970), actress
• Dallas Willard (1935–2013), Christian philosopher
• Walter Tetley (1915-1975), voice actor Felix the cat 1919-1959

a.^ Crane was reinterred at Westwood Memorial Park in 1999.^[2]

See also

• List of United States cemeteries

References

External links

• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery