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Home of Peace Memorial Park
4334 Whittier Blvd
East Los Angeles, CA, 90023
(323) 261-6135

Los Angeles County's Oldest Jewish Cemetery

Home of Peace is the successor to the first Jewish cemetery in Los Angeles.
Orginally founded as the cemetery of the Hebrew Benevolent Society in 1855
in Chavez Ravine, it was moved to it current location in 1902. The remains
of the 360 Jews buried in the old cemetery were moved between 1902 and 1910.

Photos submitted & © by: Kathy Carter

Submitted by: Kathy Carter

If you know of someone buried here who is not listed, please contact Sandi Carter for inclusion.

SECTION
LAST NAME
FIRST NAME
BIRTH
DEATH
NOTES
Corridor of Peace E 119A, Main Mausoleum, around the corner from Shemp Howard BASKIN Burton
17 Dec 1913
Streator Il
Dec 1967
USA
image US Naval Reserve ~ World War II "Beloved Husband And Father"
Husb of Shirley [Robbins] Baskin
With his brother-in-law, Irving Robbins, he founded the Baskin Robbins 31 Flavors Ice Cream
Chapel Mausoleum, Corridor of Eternal Life. Next to Harry Einstein, her first husband BERNSTEIN Thelma [Goldman]
1911
NYC
27 May 2006
Beverly Hills CA
W/O [1] Harry Einstein, M 1937 [2] Irving Bernstein, M 1960, AKA Thelma Leeds, actress & singer
Formerly buried at Home of Peace BRICE Fanny
29 Oct 1891
East Side NY
29 May 1951
Hollywood CA
image Nee Fania Borach
Actress, long run in the "Ziegfeld Follies" & radio's "Baby Snooks"
Cerebral hemorrhage
Section C, Plot 45, Grave 2 BURSTON Louis
1877
Russia
25 Mar 1923
near Pomona CA
Nee Louis Burstein
Motion Picture Producer
Killed in an auto-train collision
Chapel Mausoleum, Corridor of Eternal Life, C-248 EINSTEIN Harry
6 May 1904
Boston MA
1958
1st H/O Thelma [Goldman] Einstein Bernstein
Mausoleum, Corridor of Harmony, Crypt 219 NE CARTER Boake [Harold Thomas Henry Carter]
1900
Baku Russia
16 Nov 1944
USA
Nee "Ephraim Boake Carter"
One of America's preeminent news commentators of the 1930s
Mausoleum, Corridor of Immortality, Crypt 212 NW CLAYTON Lou [Louis Finkelstein]
1890
Brooklyn NY
16 Nov 1944
USA
"Beloved Husband"
Vaudeville comedian
Mausoleum, Corridor of Immortality, Crypt 212 NW COHN Jack B.
1906
23 Jul 1947
"Beloved Son And Brother"
Composer
Mausoleum, Corridor of Immortality, Crypt 212 NW FORBSTEIN Leo F.
16 Oct 1892
St. Louis MO
16 Mar 1948
"Beloved Husband And Father"
Film Composer, Conductor
Mausoleum, Corridor of Immortality, Crypt 112B NW FREEMAN Al
16 Oct 1883
22 Mar 1956
"Beloved Father"
B/W son, Pvt Harold M. Freeman, Actor and writer
Mausoleum, Corridor of Immortality, Crypt 112B NW FREEMAN Harold M., Pvt
1916
18 Aug 1944
image Military ~ World War II "Beloved Son"
B/W father, Al Freeman. Screenwriter
Killed in action ~ WWII
Corridor of Immortality, Crypt 50 GORDON Mack
21 Jun 1904
28 Feb 1959
image "Beloved Father"
Nee Morris Gitter
Highly prolific, Oscar-winning lyricist/songrwriter/composer of the 1920s through 1950s. Wrote "At Last," "Chattanooga Choo-Choo," "I've Got a Gal In Kalamazoo," "With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming," "You'll Never Know," "You Make Me Feel So Young," and "There Will Never Be Another You" and other songs
Western Jewish Institute Section, Row 5, Grave 1 HOWARD "Curley"
22 Oct 1903
Bath Beach NY
18 Jan 1952
San Gabriel CA
"Beloved Husband, Brother & Father"Nee Jerome Horowitz
H/O [1] unknown, annulled, [2] Elaine Ackerman, m Jun 1937, div Jul 1940, [3] Marion Buxbaum, m 1945, div Jul 1946, S/O Solomon & Jennie Horwitz
Three Stooges actor
Mausoleum-Second Tier from the bottom HOWARD Shemp
17 Mar 1895
Brooklyn NY
23 Nov 1955
Hollywood CA
"Beloved Husband & Father"
Nee Samuel Horwitz
Son of Solomon & Jennie Horwitz
Husb of Gertrude "Babe" Frank
Three Stooges actor
Chapel Mausoleum LAEMMLE Carl "Uncle Carl"
17 Jan 1867
Laupheim, Germany
24 Sep 1939
Beverly Hills CA
"Beloved Father"
Motion Picture Pioneer
Chapel Mausoleum LAEMMLE Carl "Uncle Carl"
28 Apr 1908
Chicago IL
24 Sep 1979
Beverly Hills CA
"Beloved Son, Brother, Uncle"
Motion Picture Producer, Studio Executive
Section C MAGNIN Edgar F., Rabbi
1 Jul 1890
San Francisco CA
17 Jul 1984
CA
Rabbi of the B'nai B'rith, later Wilshire Boulevard Temple, congregation in Los Angeles for 65 years. He was nicknamed the "Rabbi to the Stars"
Mausoleum, Corridor of Truth, Crypt 420 NW MAYER Jerry Gershon
16 Apr 1891
Brooklyn NY
29 Sep 1947
"Beloved Husband And Father"
Nee Gershon Mier
Motion Picture Executive. The brother of movie mogul Louis B. Mayer
Unknown MAYER Louis Burt
4 Jul 1885
Deymer, near Kiev Ukraine
29 Oct 1957
"Beloved Husband And Father"
Nee Lazar Meir
Husb of [1] Lorena Layson [2] Margaret Shenberg
Father of Irene [Mayer] Selznick & Edith Mayer
Motion Picture Executive & Vice President in charge of production at Metro-Goldwyn-MayerCreated the Academy Awards
Mausoleum, Corridor of Solace, Crypt 403 NW MAYER Rudolph W.
17 Apr 1889
New York City NY
27 Feb 1951
Los Angeles CA
"Beloved Brother"
Nee Rubin Meir
Bro of MGM mogul Louis B. Mayer & the black sheep of the Mayer clan, Died in hotel fire
1/2 block, plot 3, row 3, grave 3 MYERS Carmel
4 Apr 1899
San Francisco CA
9 Nov 1980
L'Chaim"
Dau of Zion Myers, writer-director
Actress & one of the silent screen's most bewitching vamps
Chapel Mausoleum, Corridor of Eternal Light NEUMANN Emma
1900
1972
"Beloved Wife And Sister"
SS/W & W/O Kurt Neumann
Chapel Mausoleum, Corridor of Eternal Light NEUMANN Kurt
5 Apr 1898
Nuremberg, Germany
21 Aug 1958
"Beloved Husband And Brother"
SS/W & H/O Emma Neumann
Motion Picture Director, Producer
Apparent suicide
Addition X2, Row 1, Grave 56 NORWOOD Harry [Harry Zohn]
1 Sep 1888
4 Nov 1952
Nee "Harry Zohn"
Theatrical talent agent
"Beloved Brother And Uncle"
Addition 2, Row A, Grave 40 PORTER Viola Adele
30 May 1879
28 Dec 1942
"Beloved Mother"
Actress
Chapel Mausoleum, Corridor of Immortality, C-104 SW RAPF Harry
1880
New York City NY
1949
"Beloved Husband And Father"
Father of TV producer Matthew Rapf & screenwriter Maurice Rapf
Motion Picture Producer, Studio Executive
Home of Peace Mausoleum, Corridor of Eternal Life ROSENFELD George M.
1892
1947
"Beloved Husband And Father"
SS/W Marvin L. Ross
Home of Peace Mausoleum, Corridor of Eternal Life ROSS Marvin L.
26 Aug 1900
New York City NY
4 Mar 1945
"Beloved Husband And Father"
SS/W George M. Rosenfeld
Motion Picture Director, stage and screen actor
Section A, Plot 80, Grave 1 SANDRICH Mark R.
26 Aug 1900
New York City NY
4 Mar 1945
Hollywood CA
Nee Mark Rex Goldstein
Motion Picture Director
Addition 1, Row 4, Grave 33 SCHLANK Morris R.
1879
Omaha NE
29 Jun 1932
Motion Picture Producer
Unknown SPIEGEL Abraham
1907
Mukachevo, now in the Ukraine
10 Apr 2004
Bevery Hills CA
Philanthropist and survivor of four concentration camps
Mausoleum, Corridor of Solace, Crypt 107A SW STERN Abe
1888
12 Jul 1951
"Beloved Husband And Father"
SS/W & Husb of Hortense W. Stern
Motion Picture Producer
Mausoleum, Corridor of Solace, Crypt 107A SW STERN Hortense W.
1895
1954
"Beloved Wife And Mother"
SS/W & Wife of Abe Stern
Addition 2, Row C, Grave 32 STONE Bernard
15 Jan 1883
22 Feb 1942
SS/W Annie Stone
Renowned stage & motion picture director
Addition 2, Row C, Grave 32 STONE Annie
1883
1948
SS/W Bernard Stone
Addition 7, Row 7, Grave 8 TRAUB Joe
12 Oct 1902
8 Nov 1936
"Beloved Son And Brother"
Nee Joseph Weintraub
Screenwriter & comedy specialist
Family mausoleum, center of Garden Cone of four Warner Brothers VIDOR Charles
27 Jul 1900
Budapest Hungary
4 Jun 1959
Vienna Austria
image Infantry lieutenant Hungarian Army ~ World War I
Nee Karoly Vidor
"Beloved Husband Of Doris Warner Vidor"
Husb of [1] Frances Vidor (1927 ~ 1931) [2] actresses Karen Morley (1932 to 1943) [3] Evelyn Keyes (1943 to 1945) [4] Doris Warner Dau of Harry Warner
Heart attack
Family mausoleum, center of Garden Cone of four Warner Brothers WARNER Harry
12 Dec 1881
Krasnosielc Poland
25 Jul 1958
Nee Hirsch or Harold Morris Eichelbaum
Bro of Sam, Jack, & Albert Warner
Private garden near Family mausoleum of four Warner Brothers WARNER Jack [Joseph Leonard Eichelbaum ]
2 Aug 1892
London, Ontario, Canada
9 Sep 1978
In Memory Of Years Of Devotion"
Bro of Harry, Sam, and Albert Warner
Family mausoleum, center of Garden Cone of four Warner Brothers WARNER Samuel
10 Aug 1885
Baltimore MD
5 Oct 1927
Nee Samuel Eichelbaum
Bro of Harry, Jack, & Albert Warner
Addition 1, Row 2, Grave 18 WELLS Conrad
1892
New York City NY
2 Jan 1930
Nee Abraham Fried
Cinematographer
Died in mid~air collision while doing aerial shots for a film




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