Shields-Studebaker Cemetery
Also known as Philo Cemetery , Shields Cemetery , Studebaker Cemetery , Christine Cemetery , Gowan Cemetery
Philo, Mendocino County, California, USA
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Traveling west on Highway 128 from Philo to the coast, you will pass the Gowans' Fruit Stand on the left after about 4 miles. The highway then bends to the right and just as it bends again to the left and at highway marker 20.5, take the dirt driveway on the right. After passing a couple of residences you come to a "Y". Take the right and you will soon see the cemetery sign. There is a gate (always unlocked) to open and close before you reach the cemetery. There is plenty of parking and a magnificent view over the valley looking towards Philo. As in all the cemeteries there are a multitude of wildflowers in bloom in April and May. There is a large planting of Watsonia (a gladiola-like bulb) which blooms in May.
This cemetery is close to the old community of Christine (not currently a town). Many of the pioneers here were Swiss and the town was named for the first Pioneer child born in the area: Christine Gschwend Reilly. The oldest markers are dated from the 1880's. Larger groups of family names here are Guntly, Whipple, Frati, Eten, Nunn, Salmella, Studebaker, Gschwend, Price, Day, Reilly, Bloyd, and Gossman.
Traveling west on Highway 128 from Philo to the coast, you will pass the Gowans' Fruit Stand on the left after about 4 miles. The highway then bends to the right and just as it bends again to the left and at highway marker 20.5, take the dirt driveway on the right. After passing a couple of residences you come to a "Y". Take the right and you will soon see the cemetery sign. There is a gate (always unlocked) to open and close before you reach the cemetery. There is plenty of parking and a magnificent view over the valley looking towards Philo. As in all the cemeteries there are a multitude of wildflowers in bloom in April and May. There is a large planting of Watsonia (a gladiola-like bulb) which blooms in May.
This cemetery is close to the old community of Christine (not currently a town). Many of the pioneers here were Swiss and the town was named for the first Pioneer child born in the area: Christine Gschwend Reilly. The oldest markers are dated from the 1880's. Larger groups of family names here are Guntly, Whipple, Frati, Eten, Nunn, Salmella, Studebaker, Gschwend, Price, Day, Reilly, Bloyd, and Gossman.
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- Added: 1 Jan 2000
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 8368
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