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 Peggy Smith 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 With his brother-in-law, Irving Robbins, he founded the Baskin Robbins 31 Flavors Ice Cream
"Beloved Husband And Father"

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 [Fanny Borach] 29 Oct 1891 East Side NY 29 May 1951 Actress, long run in the "Ziegfeld Follies" & radio's "Baby Snooks"

Section C, Plot 45, Grave 2 BURSTON Louis [Louis Burstein] 1877 Russia 25 Mar 1923 near Pomona CA 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 One of America's preeminent news commentators of the 1930s
gravestone says "Ephraim Boake Carter"

Mausoleum, Corridor of Immortality, Crypt 212 NW CLAYTON Lou [Louis Finkelstein] 1890 Brooklyn NY 16 Nov 1944 USA Vaudeville comedian
"Beloved Husband"

Mausoleum, Corridor of Immortality, Crypt 212 NW COHN Jack B. 1906 23 Jul 1947 Composer
"Beloved Son And Brother"

Mausoleum, Corridor of Immortality, Crypt 212 NW FORBSTEIN Leo F. 16 Oct 1892 St. Louis MO 16 Mar 1948 Film Composer, Conductor
"Beloved Husband And Father"

Mausoleum, Corridor of Immortality, Crypt 112B NW FREEMAN Al 16 Oct 1883 22 Mar 1956 B/W son, Pvt Harold M. Freeman, Actor and writer
"Beloved Father"

Mausoleum, Corridor of Immortality, Crypt 112B NW FREEMAN Harold M., Pvt 1916 18 Aug 1944 Killed in action ~ WWII
B/W father, Al Freeman. Screenwriter
"Beloved Son"

Corridor of Immortality, Crypt 50 GORDON Mack 21 Jun 1904 28 Feb 1959 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
"Beloved Father"

Western Jewish Institute Section, Row 5, Grave 1 HOWARD "Curley" [Jerome Horowitz] 22 Oct 1903 Bath Beach NY 18 Jan 1952 San Gabriel CA 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, actor
"Beloved Husband, Brother & Father"

Mausoleum-Second Tier from the bottom HOWARD Shemp [Samuel Horwitz] 17 Mar 1895 Brooklyn NY 23 Nov 1955 Hollywood CA H/O Gertrude "Babe" Frank, S/O Solomon & Jennie Horwitz, actor actor,"Beloved Husband & Father"

Chapel Mausoleum LAEMMLE Carl "Uncle Carl" 17 Jan 1867 Laupheim, Germany 24 Sep 1939 Beverly Hills CA Motion Picture Pioneer
"Beloved Father"

Chapel Mausoleum LAEMMLE Carl "Uncle Carl" 28 Apr 1908 Chicago IL 24 Sep 1979 Beverly Hills CA Motion Picture Producer, Studio Executive
"Beloved Son, Brother, Uncle"

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 [Gershon Mier] 16 Apr 1891 Brooklyn NY 29 Sep 1947 Motion Picture Executive. The brother of movie mogul Louis B. Mayer
"Beloved Husband And Father"

Unknown MAYER Louis B. [Lazar Meir] 4 Jul 1885 Deymer, near Kiev Ukraine 29 Oct 1957 F/O Irene [Mayer] Selznick, Motion Picture Executive & Vice President in charge of production at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
"Beloved Husband And Father"

Mausoleum, Corridor of Solace, Crypt 403 NW MAYER Rudolph W. [Rubin Meir] 17 Apr 1889 NYC 27 Feb 1951 Los Angeles CA B/O MGM mogul Louis B. Mayer and the black sheep of the Mayer clan, Died in hotel fire
"Beloved Brother"

1/2 block, plot 3, row 3, grave 3 MYERS Carmel 4 Apr 1899 San Francisco CA 9 Nov 1980 S/O Zion Myers, writer-director. Actress & one of the silent screen's most bewitching vamps
L'Chaim"

Chapel Mausoleum, Corridor of Eternal Light NEUMANN Emma 1900 1972 SS/W & W/O Kurt Neumann
"Beloved Wife And Sister"

Chapel Mausoleum, Corridor of Eternal Light NEUMANN Kurt 5 Apr 1898 Nuremberg, Germany 21 Aug 1958 SS/W & H/O Emma Neumann, Motion Picture Director, Producer, apparent suicide
"Beloved Husband And Brother"

Addition X2, Row 1, Grave 56 NORWOOD Harry [Harry Zohn] 1 Sep 1888 4 Nov 1952 Theatrical talent agent
"Beloved Brother And Uncle"
Gravestone says "Harry Zohn"

Addition 2, Row A, Grave 40 PORTER Viola Adele 30 May 1879 28 Dec 1942 Actress
"Beloved Mother"

Chapel Mausoleum, Corridor of Immortality, C-104 SW RAPF Harry 1880 NYC 1949 F/O TV producer Matthew Rapf & screenwriter Maurice Rapf, Motion Picture Producer, Studio Executive
"Beloved Husband And Father"

Home of Peace Mausoleum, Corridor of Eternal Life ROSENFELD George M. 1892 1947 SS/W Marvin L. Ross
"Beloved Husband And Father"

Home of Peace Mausoleum, Corridor of Eternal Life ROSS Marvin L. 26 Aug 1900 NYC 4 Mar 1945 SS/W George M. Rosenfeld, Motion Picture Director, stage and screen actor
"Beloved Husband And Father"

Section A, Plot 80, Grave 1 SANDRICH Mark R. [Mark Rex Goldstein] 26 Aug 1900 NYC 4 Mar 1945 Hollywood CA 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 SS/W & H/O Hortense W. Stern, Motion Picture Producer
"Beloved Husband And Father"

Mausoleum, Corridor of Solace, Crypt 107A SW STERN Hortense W. 1895 1954 SS/W & W/O Abe Stern
"Beloved Wife And Mother"

Addition 2, Row C, Grave 32 STONE Bernard 15 Jan 1883 22 Feb 1942 SS/W Annie Stone, Renowned stage and 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 [Joseph Weintraub] 12 Oct 1902 8 Nov 1936 Age 34, Screenwriter & comedy specialist
"Beloved Son And Brother"

Family mausoleum, center of Garden Cone of four Warner Brothers VIDOR Charles [Karoly Vidor] 27 Jul 1900 Budapest Hungary 4 Jun 1959 Vienna Austria Infantry lieutenant Hungarian Army ~ World War I
H/O actresses Karen Morley (1932 to 1943) & Evelyn Keyes (1943 to 1945) & Doris Warner, D/O studio mogul Harry Warner
"Beloved Husband Of Doris Warner Vidor"

Family mausoleum, center of Garden Cone of four Warner Brothers WARNER Harry [Hirsch (or Harold) Morris Eichelbaum] 12 Dec 1881 Krasnosielc Poland 25 Jul 1958 B/O 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 B/O Harry, Sam, and Albert Warner
In Memory Of Years Of Devotion"

Family mausoleum, center of Garden Cone of four Warner Brothers WARNER Samuel [Samuel Eichelbaum] 10 Aug 1885 Baltimore MD 5 Oct 1927 Age 42, B/O Harry, Jack, & Albert Warner

Addition 1, Row 2, Grave 18 WELLS Conrad [Abraham Fried] 1892 NYC 2 Jan 1930 Cinematographer

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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	With his brother-in-law, Irving Robbins, he founded the Baskin Robbins 31 Flavors Ice Cream "Beloved Husband And Father"
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 [Fanny Borach]	29 Oct 1891 East Side NY	29 May 1951	Actress, long run in the "Ziegfeld Follies" & radio's "Baby Snooks"
Section C, Plot 45, Grave 2	BURSTON	Louis [Louis Burstein]	1877 Russia	25 Mar 1923 near Pomona CA	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	One of America's preeminent news commentators of the 1930s gravestone says "Ephraim Boake Carter"
Mausoleum, Corridor of Immortality, Crypt 212 NW	CLAYTON	Lou [Louis Finkelstein]	1890 Brooklyn NY	16 Nov 1944 USA	Vaudeville comedian "Beloved Husband"
Mausoleum, Corridor of Immortality, Crypt 212 NW	COHN	Jack B.	1906	23 Jul 1947	Composer "Beloved Son And Brother"
Mausoleum, Corridor of Immortality, Crypt 212 NW	FORBSTEIN	Leo F.	16 Oct 1892 St. Louis MO	16 Mar 1948	Film Composer, Conductor "Beloved Husband And Father"
Mausoleum, Corridor of Immortality, Crypt 112B NW	FREEMAN	Al	16 Oct 1883	22 Mar 1956	B/W son, Pvt Harold M. Freeman, Actor and writer "Beloved Father"
Mausoleum, Corridor of Immortality, Crypt 112B NW	FREEMAN	Harold M., Pvt	1916	18 Aug 1944	Killed in action ~ WWII B/W father, Al Freeman. Screenwriter "Beloved Son"
Corridor of Immortality, Crypt 50	GORDON	Mack	21 Jun 1904	28 Feb 1959	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 "Beloved Father"
Western Jewish Institute Section, Row 5, Grave 1	HOWARD	"Curley" [Jerome Horowitz]	22 Oct 1903 Bath Beach NY	18 Jan 1952 San Gabriel CA	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, actor "Beloved Husband, Brother & Father"
Mausoleum-Second Tier from the bottom	HOWARD	Shemp [Samuel Horwitz]	17 Mar 1895 Brooklyn NY	23 Nov 1955 Hollywood CA	H/O Gertrude "Babe" Frank, S/O Solomon & Jennie Horwitz, actor actor,"Beloved Husband & Father"
Chapel Mausoleum	LAEMMLE	Carl "Uncle Carl"	17 Jan 1867 Laupheim, Germany	24 Sep 1939 Beverly Hills CA	Motion Picture Pioneer "Beloved Father"
Chapel Mausoleum	LAEMMLE	Carl "Uncle Carl"	28 Apr 1908 Chicago IL	24 Sep 1979 Beverly Hills CA	Motion Picture Producer, Studio Executive "Beloved Son, Brother, Uncle"
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 [Gershon Mier]	16 Apr 1891 Brooklyn NY	29 Sep 1947	Motion Picture Executive. The brother of movie mogul Louis B. Mayer "Beloved Husband And Father"
Unknown	MAYER	Louis B. [Lazar Meir]	4 Jul 1885 Deymer, near Kiev Ukraine	29 Oct 1957	F/O Irene [Mayer] Selznick, Motion Picture Executive & Vice President in charge of production at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer "Beloved Husband And Father"
Mausoleum, Corridor of Solace, Crypt 403 NW	MAYER	Rudolph W. [Rubin Meir]	17 Apr 1889 NYC	27 Feb 1951 Los Angeles CA	B/O MGM mogul Louis B. Mayer and the black sheep of the Mayer clan, Died in hotel fire "Beloved Brother"
1/2 block, plot 3, row 3, grave 3	MYERS	Carmel	4 Apr 1899 San Francisco CA	9 Nov 1980	S/O Zion Myers, writer-director. Actress & one of the silent screen's most bewitching vamps L'Chaim"
Chapel Mausoleum, Corridor of Eternal Light	NEUMANN	Emma	1900	1972	SS/W & W/O Kurt Neumann "Beloved Wife And Sister"
Chapel Mausoleum, Corridor of Eternal Light	NEUMANN	Kurt	5 Apr 1898 Nuremberg, Germany	21 Aug 1958	SS/W & H/O Emma Neumann, Motion Picture Director, Producer, apparent suicide "Beloved Husband And Brother"
Addition X2, Row 1, Grave 56	NORWOOD	Harry [Harry Zohn]	1 Sep 1888	4 Nov 1952	Theatrical talent agent "Beloved Brother And Uncle" Gravestone says "Harry Zohn"
Addition 2, Row A, Grave 40	PORTER	Viola Adele	30 May 1879	28 Dec 1942	Actress "Beloved Mother"
Chapel Mausoleum, Corridor of Immortality, C-104 SW	RAPF	Harry	1880 NYC	1949	F/O TV producer Matthew Rapf & screenwriter Maurice Rapf, Motion Picture Producer, Studio Executive "Beloved Husband And Father"
Home of Peace Mausoleum, Corridor of Eternal Life	ROSENFELD	George M.	1892	1947	SS/W Marvin L. Ross "Beloved Husband And Father"
Home of Peace Mausoleum, Corridor of Eternal Life	ROSS	Marvin L.	26 Aug 1900 NYC	4 Mar 1945	SS/W George M. Rosenfeld, Motion Picture Director, stage and screen actor "Beloved Husband And Father"
Section A, Plot 80, Grave 1	SANDRICH	Mark R. [Mark Rex Goldstein]	26 Aug 1900 NYC	4 Mar 1945 Hollywood CA	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	SS/W & H/O Hortense W. Stern, Motion Picture Producer "Beloved Husband And Father"
Mausoleum, Corridor of Solace, Crypt 107A SW	STERN	Hortense W.	1895	1954	SS/W & W/O Abe Stern "Beloved Wife And Mother"
Addition 2, Row C, Grave 32	STONE	Bernard	15 Jan 1883	22 Feb 1942	SS/W Annie Stone, Renowned stage and 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 [Joseph Weintraub]	12 Oct 1902	8 Nov 1936	Age 34, Screenwriter & comedy specialist "Beloved Son And Brother"
Family mausoleum, center of Garden Cone of four Warner Brothers	VIDOR	Charles [Karoly Vidor]	27 Jul 1900 Budapest Hungary	4 Jun 1959 Vienna Austria	Infantry lieutenant Hungarian Army ~ World War I H/O actresses Karen Morley (1932 to 1943) & Evelyn Keyes (1943 to 1945) & Doris Warner, D/O studio mogul Harry Warner "Beloved Husband Of Doris Warner Vidor"
Family mausoleum, center of Garden Cone of four Warner Brothers	WARNER	Harry [Hirsch (or Harold) Morris Eichelbaum]	12 Dec 1881 Krasnosielc Poland	25 Jul 1958	B/O 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	B/O Harry, Sam, and Albert Warner In Memory Of Years Of Devotion"
Family mausoleum, center of Garden Cone of four Warner Brothers	WARNER	Samuel [Samuel Eichelbaum]	10 Aug 1885 Baltimore MD	5 Oct 1927	Age 42, B/O Harry, Jack, & Albert Warner
Addition 1, Row 2, Grave 18	WELLS	Conrad [Abraham Fried]	1892 NYC	2 Jan 1930	Cinematographer

Home of Peace Memorial Park

4334 Whittier BlvdEast 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 1855in Chavez Ravine, it was moved to it current location in 1902. The remainsof the 360 Jews buried in the old cemetery were moved between 1902 and 1910.

4334 Whittier Blvd
East Los Angeles, CA, 90023
(323) 261-6135