Find A Grave - Oakwood Memorial Park

Allen, Ronnie 'Fast Eddie' b. July 12, 1938 d. February 7, 2013
Professional Billiard Player. Member of the Inaugural 2004 class of the One Pocket Hall of Fame. He one the first tournament he ever played, the 1962 Carson's One Pocket tournament. For the next three decades he would be a dominate player in Billiard circles. Known for his one handed playing he also developed what came to be known as Power One Pocket. Among other tournaments he went on to win the 1970 Johnson City One Pocket division and the 1984 Red's One Pocket Open. In 1966 - Ronnie won...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert C. Peurifoy)
Oakwood Memorial Park, Chatsworth, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Astaire, Fred b. May 10, 1899 d. June 22, 1987
Actor, Entertainer, and Dancer. Born Frederick Austerlitz, Jr, in Omaha, Nebraska, and the son of an Austrian immigrant, he entered show business at the age of 5, working in both vaudeville and Broadway in partnership with his sister, Adele. When Adele left show business to marry in 1932, he headed for Hollywood. Signed to RKO, he was loaned to MGM Studios, to make "Dancing Lady" (1933)...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Oakwood Memorial Park, Chatsworth, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Sequoia section G, Lot 82, Space 4
GPS coordinates: 34.2520485, -118.6204376 (hddd.dddd)
Astaire Douglass, Adele b. September 10, 1897 d. January 25, 1981
Entertainer and sister of actor Fred Astaire. Born Adele Marie Austerlitz in Omaha, Nebraska, she was the daughter of Frederick Emanuel Austerlitz and his wife, Johanna "Ann" Austerlitz. Her father was a beer brewer from Vienna, Austria. In 1905, she began a successful vaudeville act with her younger brother, Fred, developing it into a career on Broadway and the London stage. While in London, she became a favorite with Britain's royalty, and in 1932, after starring with her brother in the...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Oakwood Memorial Park, Chatsworth, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Bondelli, Michael b. November 2, 1956 d. October 14, 2003
Professional Hollywood Stuntman. Bondelli did the stunts for the films, "A Man Apart" (2003), "Daredevil" (2003), "Top Of The World" (1997), "Looking For Lola" (1998), "Speed" (1994), and "Were Talking Serious Money" (1992). (Bio by: K)
Oakwood Memorial Park, Chatsworth, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Boyd (Millar), Stephen (William) b. July 4, 1931 d. June 2, 1977
Actor. A rugged leading man, he made a powerful impression as the villainous Messala in "Ben-Hur" (1959). The chariot race from that film, in which Boyd duelled to the death with star Charlton Heston, is one of the indelible moments of American movies. Boyd was born William Millar in Belfast, one of nine children to an impoverished couple. Some sources give the year of his birth as 1927 or 1928. He began acting in his teens, and after appearing on stage in the U. S. and Canada broke into films...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Oakwood Memorial Park, Chatsworth, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Mausoleum #1, North Wall, Niche 257
Crane, Bob (Robert) [original burial site] b. July 13, 1928 d. June 29, 1978
Actor, Hogan's Heroes cast. Born in Connecticut, Crane started out in show business as a drummer, and eventually became a disk jockey. For nine years in California, he hosted a morning drive show that was very popular. He had many famous people on this show, ranging from Bob Hope, Jerry Lewis, Marilyn Monroe, and Frank Sinatra, to name a few. Eventually he decided to get into acting, and landed guest roles on such shows as the Dick Van Dyke Show. He was cast in a regular role on The Donna Reed...[Read More]
Cause of death: Murdered (Crushed Skull)
Oakwood Memorial Park, Chatsworth, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Cunard, Grace b. April 9, 1893 d. January 19, 1967
Actress. Born Harriet Mildred Jeffries, (Her sister was actress Mina Cunard Seymour.) Cunard made her Hollywood debut in 1908. Though hardly known today, Cunard was one of the many women who thrived in the business of the movies, acting in over 120 silent films, directing others, and writing more than 30 scripts. Playing opposite Francis Ford, she became known as the "Serial Queen" with her successful run as "Lucille Love, Girl of Mystery" and other popular roles. Cunard left the screen in 1925...[Read More] (Bio by: MC)
Oakwood Memorial Park, Chatsworth, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Chatsworth Section C, Lot 870
Freas, Frank Kelly b. August 27, 1922 d. January 2, 2005
Illustrator. Former Mad Magazine illustrator who shaped the image of Alfred E. Newman then became a prolific and influential illustrator of sleek, stirring images for science fiction and fantasy books. Born in Hornell, New York, he demonstrated artistic talent at an early age. During Word War II service in the Pacific theater while assigned to photo reconnaissance, he passed his spare time painting beautiful women on the noses of bomber airplanes. He attended the Art Institute of Pittsburgh...[Read More] (Bio by: Fred Beisser)
Cause of death: Natural causes
Oakwood Memorial Park, Chatsworth, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Sequoia, Lot 458, Grave 1
Grahame, Gloria b. November 28, 1923 d. October 5, 1981
Actress. She is remembered for her Academy Award supporting role of Rosemary Bartlow in "The Bad and the Beautiful" (1952), but is often best remembered for her smaller role of Violet Bick in the Christmas classic movie, "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946). Born Gloria Hallward in Los Angeles, California, she was the second and last child of Reginald Michael Bloxam Hallward, an architect, and Jeanne McDougall, a British actress who used the stage name Jean Grahame. It was from her mother's stage...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Oakwood Memorial Park, Chatsworth, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Pioneer section, Lot 242, Space 8
GPS coordinates: 34.2533989, -118.6193390 (hddd.dddd)
Gray, George Guy b. 1894 d. September 8, 1967
Actor. He was a popular character performer whom appeared in over ninety feature films from 1918 to 1945. Among his credits are "The Village Chestnut" (1918), "Smith's Picnic" (1926), "The Sleeping Cutie" (1930), "Woman Haters" (1934), "Three Little Bears" (1935), "Goofs and Saddles" (1937), Arizona Trail" (1943), "Back from The Front" (1943) and "A Hit With A Miss" (1945). He died of a stroke in Asheville, North Carolina. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Oakwood Memorial Park, Chatsworth, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Greenleaf, Raymond b. January 1, 1892 d. October 29, 1963
Actor in 31 television series/shows including: "The Lone Ranger," "Cavalcade of America," "Climax!," "Dragnet" and "Perry Mason." Greenleaf also appeared in 56 films including: "Slattery's Hurricane," "All The King's Men," "Storm Warning," "Jeanne Eagels," "The Vampire" and "Birdman of Alcatraz." (Bio by: Tony Scott)
Oakwood Memorial Park, Chatsworth, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Hardman, Shirley b. 1939 d. 1973
Athlete. Nicknamed "The Blonde Bomber", she was a popular star of Roller Derby during that sport's heyday in the late 1960s. Between 1965 and 1973 Hardman skated for the New York Bombers, Texas Outlaws, and Los Angeles T-Birds, helping the latter win the World Championship in 1971. Her death at 34 was the result of an accidental drowning. Aficionados of the game regard Hardman as possibly the greatest of Roller Derby's female skaters. (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Oakwood Memorial Park, Chatsworth, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Oakview, Lot 264, Space 8
Hayden, Russell 'Lucky' b. June 12, 1912 d. June 9, 1981
Actor. Born Pate Lucid in Chico, California, he was a western performer who helped develop Pioneertown, a western movie set location in Southern California. He first worked behind the scenes as a camera assistant before he became an actor in the mid-1930s. His first big screen appearances were in many of the Hopalong Cassidy film series in the role as cowboy Lucky Jenkins. He went on to appear as lead or supporting actor in over 75 films to include "Frontier Law" (1943), "Wyoming Hurricane" (...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Oakwood Memorial Park, Chatsworth, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Section H, Lot 174, Grave 5
Ingram, Jack b. November 15, 1902 d. February 20, 1969
Actor. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in Canoga Park, California. He often appeared in westerns in more than 200 films. Among others "Valley of Terror" (1937), "Ghost Valley Raiders" (1940), "Nevada City" (1941), "Man from Cheyenne" (1942), "The Bandit Queen" (1950) and "Lost in Alaska" (1952). (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Oakwood Memorial Park, Chatsworth, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Jennings, Al b. November 25, 1863 d. December 26, 1961
Folk Figure. Al Jennings wore many hats during his long and colorful life: cowboy, lawyer, gunslinger, train robber, jailbird, evangelist, politician, author, and finally Hollywood-hyphenate. But he was most successful at creating his own myth. "The fastest gun on the range", as he often proclaimed himself, was an even faster talker. He boasted that he killed 18 men, "and I always shot 'em in the throat so they couldn't talk back". Historians say there is no record that Jennings killed anyone...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Oakwood Memorial Park, Chatsworth, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Vale of Memory section (in gully between Sections D and E), Lot 29, Grave 2
Jergens, Adele b. November 26, 1917 d. November 22, 2002
American motion picture actress. Jergens went to Hollywood from her native Brooklyn, New York, where she became a model and did some work as a chorus girl before entering "B" movies in the early 1940s. She played opposite the likes of Red Skelton and Abbott & Costello in many of those films. In 1949 she met and was married to actor Glenn Langan until his death in 1991. In 1949 she appeared in the film, "Ladies Of The...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Oakwood Memorial Park, Chatsworth, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Pioneer Section
Kibbee, Milton b. January 27, 1896 d. April 17, 1970
Actor. Brother of Actor Guy Kibbee. Appeared in "Strike Up the Band" (1940) and "The Cherokee Strip" (1937).
Oakwood Memorial Park, Chatsworth, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Section: Oak Glen, plot 189
Langan, Glenn b. July 8, 1917 d. January 19, 1991
Actor. Born Thomas Glenn Langan. Died of cancer at aged of 73. Married actress Adele Jergens. Appeared in "Riding High" (1943), "Fury at Furnace Creek" (1948), "Treasure of Monte Cristo" (1949), and "Mutiny in Outer Space" (1965).
Cause of death: Cancer
Oakwood Memorial Park, Chatsworth, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Pioneer Section, Lot 533, Grave 1
Loren (McPherson), Trinity (Roxanne) b. August 21, 1963 d. October 26, 1998
A popular porn star in the 1980's. She began appearing in adult magazines before moving on to strip clubs and eventually starring in her first adult feature in 1985. She made over 150 adult films with titles like "Bums Aways" and "The Wild, Wild Chest". Sadly, her story is like so many others in the business. Loren married fellow porn star Barry Woods (a.k.a. Shane Hunter) and near the end of the decade attempted to leave the business behind to raise her daughter. After her divorce from Woods...[Read More]
Cause of death: painkiller overdose
Oakwood Memorial Park, Chatsworth, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Pioneer section, Lot 441, Space 2, (unmarked grave). [unmarked]
Lovvorn, Gisele Annette b. February 26, 1965 d. July 17, 1982
Murder victim of Gary Leon Ridgway, the man known as "The Green River Killer" who was responsible for the murders of 49 women in Seattle, Washington, between 1982 and 1984.
Oakwood Memorial Park, Chatsworth, Los Angeles County, California, USA

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