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 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 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 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 "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 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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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	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	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	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	"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	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

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.

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