Alta Mesa Memorial Park

Alta Mesa Memorial Park is a nondenominational burial ground located in Palo Alto, California. The facility was established in 1904.^[1] It includes traditional burial plots, a mausoleum and columbarium.^[2]

Context view of "Pigpen" McKernan's, headstone at Alta Mesa.

Notable burials

• Tennessee Ernie Ford, musician^[3]
• Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Inc.^[4]
• Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, keyboardist of the Grateful Dead^[3]
• Kathleen Thompson Norris, American novelist
• David Packard founder of Hewlett-Packard^[4]
• Herold Ruel baseball player^[3]
• Frederick Emmons Terman inventor of the transistor^[3]
• Stephen Timoshenko Professor of Applied Mechanics, Stanford University, namesake of the Timoshenko Medal^[5]
• Ray Lyman Wilbur President of Stanford University, Secretary of the Interior^[3]

References

1. ^ "Welcome to Alta Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto, California". Altamesafuneral.com. http://www.altamesafuneral.com/. Retrieved October 12, 2011. 
2. ^ "Welcome to Alta Mesa Memorial Park, Palo Alto, California". Altamesafuneral.com. http://www.altamesafuneral.com/. Retrieved October 12, 2011. 
3. ^ ^{a b c d e} "Alta Mesa Memorial Park". Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=cem&FScemeteryid=7837. Retrieved October 12, 2011. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "Steve Jobs buried in Alta Mesa among other technologists - latimes.com". Latimesblogs.latimes.com. October 11, 2011. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/10/steve-jobs-grave-alta-mesa.html. Retrieved October 12, 2011. 
5. ^ "Stephen Timoshenko". Nndb.com. http://www.nndb.com/people/415/000173893/. Retrieved October 12, 2011. 

Coordinates: 37°23′54″N 122°07′43″W / 37.39833°N 122.12861°W / 37.39833; -122.12861