Holy Cross Colma, CA
The men and women interred at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery in Colma, San Mateo County, California.
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Joe DiMaggio was simply the greatest all-around baseball player of his era. As a New York baseball legend, "The Yankee Clipper" succeeded superstars Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig and preceded Mickey Mantle. In his 13 year career from 1936 to 1951 (which was interrupted by three years spent in the Army during World War Two from 1943-45), DiMaggio won three Most Valuable Player awards and was named to the All-Star team thirteen times.
His 1936 Yankees team won the World Series his freshman year, as it did in 1937, '38 and '39. The four straight wins was a record that would be surpassed by the Yankees team of 1949-53, of which "Joltin' Joe was a member for their first three World Championships, retiring after the 1951 season due to incredible pain that he had stoically endured. Ultimately, he played in 10 World Series, of which the Yankees won an incredible nine. (Only Yogi Berra, his teammate from 1946-51, appeared on more world champions, winning 10 rings in 14 World Series.)
DiMaggio is the possessor of what many consider the one batting record that will never be breached: consecutive games hitting. From May 15 to July 17, 1941, he hit in 56 straight games. DiMaggio beat out the great Ted Williams of the Red Sox for the MVP award that year, even though Ted hit .406. DiMaggio also beat Williams for the MVP in 1947, when "The Slendid Splinter" won his second Triple Crown the year after he had led the Red Sox to their first World Series since Babe Ruth was a pitcher and utility outfielder for the BoSox in 1918. It was the tightest MVP contest in history not ending in a tie: DiMaggio racked up 202 points with eight first place votes while "Teddy Ballgame" collected 201 points with three first place votes. Such was the respect for DiMaggio, whose team won the pennant and the World Series, that he won over a Triple Crown winner! DiMaggio was a flawless outfielder, and considered the major cog that made the Yankees winners. He was the consummate team player in an era (the Depression and World War II) in which cooperation was emphasized to beat the economic doldrums and global fascism. Williams, in contrast, was fabled as a non-conformist and individualist derided for "playing for himself", playing to boost his statistics rather than "taking one for the team". He would not shake the negative associations of not being a "team player" and not winning a World Series until after the Youth Revolution of the 1960s made conformity passé and nonconformity the norm.
In the 1940s, he was easily the most popular man in what was then justifiably called "America's National Pastime". His popularity was so great that the U.S. Army would not let him go overseas during the war, lest he be killed or captured, and thus damage American morale. In 1949, DiMaggio signed with the first six-figure contract in the history of Major League Baseball, when the Yankees signed him for $100,000 per year. That year he was hampered by the bone spurs that would end his career prematurely. Despite excruciating pain, an injured DiMaggio came back from the disabled list to face the Red Sox, who had nearly won the pennant the year previously (losing in a one-game playoff to the Cleveland Indians) and were up by one game with two games left to play against the Yankees.
His injuries would limit him to 76 games that year, but he came back for the series. The torrid hitting of DiMaggio led the Yankees over the BoSox in both games, capturing the pennant (and the first of a record five straight World Series titles) for rookie Yankees manager Casey Stengel. In an era of genuine heroes, DiMaggio was the epitome of the genre. Such was his unique status that he retired after a mediocre 1951 season, in which he hit only .263 with 12 homers and 71 RBIs in 113 games (after hitting .301 with 32 homers and 122 RBIs in 139 games the previous year). Joe DiMaggio did not want to become an average player, playing out his string. He wanted to go out a champion, and he did.
DiMaggio played his entire career in Yankee Stadium, the "House that Ruth Built", so called not only due to the Babe's great popularity, but also because the park was tailored to his left-handed power. DiMaggio was a right-handed hitter in a park that was death to righties: left-center field at Yankee Stadium in 1937 was 457 feet deep (whereas now, it is 399 feet deep). As DiMaggio and Ted Williams aged, it became dogma that while Williams was the better hitter, DiMaggio was the better all-around player. However, it is interesting to note that outside of their home ballparks, DiMaggio out-hit Williams.
In 1969, a poll conducted to coincide with the centennial of major league baseball ranked him as baseball's greatest living player. The great Joe DiMaggio, whom many believe was the most perfect and most complete ballplayer of all time, would continue to be legendary, even if he had not married Marilyn Monroe.Plot: Section I, Row 11 Area 6/7- Edmund G. Brown was born on 21 April 1905 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1969), NBC Presents (1964) and Our World (1986). He was married to Bernice Layne. He died on 16 February 1996 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.Plot: Section D
- Beniamino Bufano was born on 14 October 1898 in San Fele, Basilicata, Italy. He died on 16 August 1970.Plot: Section W, northeast of the main community mausoleum
- Joe Carcione was born on 31 October 1914. He was married to Madeleine Ahern. He died on 2 August 1988 in Far Rockaway, New York, USA.Plot: All Saints Mausoleum, St. Anthony of Padua chapel
- Frank Crosetti was born on 4 October 1910 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was married to Norma Devincenzi. He died on 11 February 2002 in Stockton, California, USA.Plot: All Saints Mausoleum, Corridor of Saint Agnes
- Joseph L. Alioto was born on 12 February 1916 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was married to Kathleen Sullivan and Angelina Genaro. He died on 29 January 1998 in San Francisco, California, USA.Cenotaph Only: Plot: Section D
- Eddie Erdelatz was born on 21 April 1913 in San Francisco, California, USA.
- Abigail Folger was born on 11 August 1943 in San Francisco, California, USA. She died on 9 August 1969 in Bel Air, California, USA.Plot: Main Mausoleum, Hallway N
- Kathryn Forbes was born on 20 March 1908 in San Francisco, California, USA. She was a writer, known for Mama (1949), I Remember Mama (1948) and ITV Play of the Week (1955). She died on 15 May 1966 in San Francisco, California, USA.Plot: Section 5, Row 8, Grave 35
- Charlie Fox was born on 7 October 1921 in New York City, New York, USA. He died on 16 February 2004 in Stanford, California, USA.
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Born in San Francisco on July 17, 1928, Vince Guaraldi graduated from Lincoln High School and then San Francisco State College. Guaraldi was already performing while in college in such venues as the Black Hawk and Jackson's Nook, sometimes with the Chubby Jackson/Bill Harris band, other times in combos with Sonny Criss and Bill Harris. He did minor gigs as well, such as weddings. Guaraldi's first recorded work can be heard on "Vibratharpe," a 1953 release by the Cal Tjader Trio. In 1955, he put together his own trio: longtime friend Eddie Duran on guitar and Dean Reilly on bass--and tackled North Beach's bohemian-hungry club, where his piano work became a huge attraction. It soon came to be recognized as the Guaraldi sound. The original Vince Guaraldi Trio, with Eddie Duran and Dean Reilly, can be heard on two genuinely pleasant releases: "The Vince Guaraldi Trio" (1956) and "A Flower is a Lonesome Thing" (1957). Guaraldi toured in 1956 with Woody Herman's third Thundering Herd, replacing Nat Pierce on piano for one season.
Inspired by the 1959 French-Brazilian film Black Orpheus (1959) (Black Orpheus) Guaraldi hit the studio with a new trio: Monty Budwig on bass, Colin Bailey on drums--and recorded his own interpretations of Antonio Carlos Jobim's haunting soundtrack music. The 1962 album was called "Jazz Impression of Black Orpheus," which was released on then-owner Saul Zaentz's Fantasy Records, and "Samba de Orpheus" was the first selection released as a single. Combing the album for a suitable B-side number, Guaraldi's producers finally made a new version of a modest original composition titled "Cast Your Fate to the Wind," which became a smash hit, and won the 1963 Grammy for Best Instrumental Jazz Composition. However, Guaraldi's greatest fame came from scoring A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) in 1965, based on Charles M. Schulz's "Peanuts" comic strip, and he continued to score all the Peanuts television specials till his death.
On February 6, 1976, while waiting in a motel room between sets at Menlo Park's Butterfield's nightclub, Guaraldi died of a sudden heart attack at the age of 47.- Dario Lodigiani was born on 6 June 1916 in San Francisco, California, USA. He died on 10 February 2008 in Napa, California, USA.
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Maggie Moore is known for Spotless (2005), Atom the Amazing Zombie Killer (2012) and The Misled Romance of Cannibal Girl and Incest Boy (2007).Plot: Section T, Row 22, Area 13, Grave 4- George Moscone was born on 24 November 1924 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was married to Gina Bodanza. He died on 27 November 1978 in San Francisco, California, USA.Plot: St. Michael, Five rows down from statue in center
- Hank Sauer was born on 17 March 1917 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for The Winning Team (1952), 1952 MLB All-Star Game (1952) and 1950 MLB All-Star Game (1950). He was married to Jeanne Sauer. He died on 24 August 2001 in Burlingame, California, USA.Plot: Section G2, Row 19, Grave 18
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Leon F. Douglass was born on 12 March 1869 in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. Leon F. was a writer and producer, known for Cupid Angling (1918). Leon F. was married to Victoria Adams. Leon F. died on 7 September 1940 in San Francisco, California, USA.- Charlie Silvera was born on 13 October 1924 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was married to Rose Goytan. He died on 7 September 2019 in Millbrae, California, USA.