Hills of Eternity Memorial Park

Hills of Eternity Memorial Park, also known as Giboth Olam,^[1] is a Jewish cemetery founded in 1889, and is located at 1301 El Camino Real, in Colma, California.^[2][3] This cemetery is owned by Congregation Sherith Israel of San Francisco.^[4] It is one of four Jewish cemeteries near the city of San Francisco and it shares an adjacent space next to the Home of Peace cemetery (also a Jewish cemetery, and also founded in 1889).^[2] At Hills of Eternity Memorial Park, Jewish burials are traditionally done side-by-side, which means there is a need for larger grounds and ground maintenance.^[2]

Hills of Eternity Memorial Park
Portals of Eternity mausoleum and chapel at Hills of Eternity, designed by Samuel Hyman and Abraham Appleton (completed 1934)
Details
Established	1889
Location	Colma, California
Country	United States
Coordinates	37°40′35″N 122°27′14″W
Type	Jewish
Owned by	Congregation Sherith Israel
Website	Official website
Find a Grave	Hills of Eternity Memorial Park

History

Wyatt and Josephine Earp grave at Hills of Eternity Memorial Park

Emanu-El Hart (or the "Old Jewish Cemetery") was built in 1847 at Gough Street and Vallejo Street in San Francisco; by 1860 the graves were relocated to an area that is now Mission Dolores Park and this served as a cemetery for both the Congregation Emanu-El and the Congregation Sherith Israel.^[5][6] When the city of San Francisco started to see dramatic growth in population; it was decided to move the cemetery outside of the city to Colma and they established Home of Peace Cemetery and Hills of Eternity Memorial Park with each cemetery serving a different congregation.^[6]

Notable burials

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• Jacob W. Davis (1831–1908), Russian Empire-born (now Latvia) American tailor, credited with inventing modern jeans.
• Josephine Earp (1861–1944), the common-law wife of Wyatt Earp.^[7]
• Wyatt Earp (1848–1929), gambler and Old West lawman.^[7][8]
• Dianne Feinstein (1933-2023), United States Senator from California and mayor of San Francisco.
• Phil Goldman (1964–2003), software engineer and entrepreneur, co-founded WebTV.
• Lionel Mark Jacobs (1840–1922), businessman and politician.^[9]
• Savely Kramarov (1934–1995), a Soviet-born Russian American actor.^[10]
• Isaac Magnin (1842–1907), Dutch-born American businessperson, carver and gilder. He was the co-founder of I. Magnin.^[11]
• Mary Ann Magnin (1850–1943), Dutch-born American businessperson, she was the co-founder of I. Magnin.
• Judith Graham Pool (1919–1975), doctor known for the discovery of cryoprecipitation.

See also

• List of cemeteries in California
• Bereavement in Judaism

References

1. "Home of Peace (new) Cemetery (aka Giboth Olam and Navai Shalome)". SFGenealogy.org. Retrieved 2021-10-10.
2. Smookler, Michael (2007). Colma. Arcadia Publishing. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-7385-4727-5.
3. Ferri, Jessica (2021). Silent Cities San Francisco: Hidden Histories of the Region's Cemeteries. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 51. ISBN 978-1-4930-5647-7.
4. "Hills of Eternity Memorial Park". J. The Jewish News of Northern California. Retrieved 2021-10-10.
5. Peterson, Nancy Simons (2011). Raking the Ashes: Genealogical Strategies for Pre-1906 San Francisco Research. California Genealogical Society. Oakland, California: California Genealogical Society. p. 22. ISBN 978-0-9785694-5-7.
6. Cantalupo, Barbara; Harrison-Kahan, Lori (2020). Heirs of Yesterday. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8143-4669-3.
7. Jenner, Gail L. (2021). What Lies Beneath: California Pioneer Cemeteries and Graveyards. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 225. ISBN 978-1-4930-4896-0.
8. Franscell, Ron (2017). Crime Buff's Guide to Outlaw Southwest. WildBlue Press. p. 156. ISBN 978-1-942266-91-4.
9. Goff, John S. (1991). The Adjutants General, Attorneys General, Auditors, Superintendents of Public Instruction, and Treasurers. Cave Creek, Arizona: Black Mountain Press. p. 159. OCLC 24269960.
10. "Gravestone a fitting monument to comic actors life". J. The Jewish News of Northern California. 1997-10-17. Retrieved 2021-10-10.
11. "San Mateo County, Calif., Hills of Eternity Memorial Park". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 2021-10-10.