Harry Stuart Fonda was born in Marysville, California on August 24, 1864. His art studies were begun at the School of Design in San Francisco in the mid-1880s followed by study in Paris at Academie Julian under Laurens and Benjamin Constant. Upon returning to California in 1896, he settled in San Francisco. He was professor of drawing and painting at the Mark Hopkins Institute until 1899. Fonda had a large studio in his home at 3011 Sacramento Street where he taught privately. His oil painting, House of the Four Winds, was bought by President McKinley. He began making painting excursions to the Monterey Peninsula and, after the 1906 disaster, he moved to Monterey. Painting mainly during sunrise and sunset hours, Fonda produced many luminous coastal scenes, landscapes, and views of the Monterey Peninsula. After an auto accident in 1914, his productivity declined. He died in Monterey on August 10, 1942. Biography from "Artists in California, 1786-1940" by Edan Hughes.
According to his obituary, William Thomas Fonda (1830-1912) was cremated at Cypress Lawn Cemetery in Colma and then interred at the IOOF San Francisco Cemetery. His wife, Eleanor (1837-1916) was probably handled the same. Several of their children were also cremated and some show initial interment at IOOF. In 1933, 26,000 bodies from the Oddfellows Cemetery in San Francisco were moved to Greenlawn Cemetery in Colma. There are no records of any Fonda interments at Cypress Lawn, so until verified, the five Fonda family members previously shown at Cypress Lawn have been moved to Greenlawn.
According to his obituary, William Thomas Fonda (1830-1912) was cremated at Cypress Lawn Cemetery in Colma and then interred at the IOOF San Francisco Cemetery. His wife, Eleanor (1837-1916) was probably handled the same. Several of their children were also cremated and some show initial interment at IOOF. In 1933, 26,000 bodies from the Oddfellows Cemetery in San Francisco were moved to Greenlawn Cemetery in Colma. There are no records of any Fonda interments at Cypress Lawn, so until verified, the five Fonda family members previously shown at Cypress Lawn have been moved to Greenlawn.
Harry Stuart Fonda was born in Marysville, California on August 24, 1864. His art studies were begun at the School of Design in San Francisco in the mid-1880s followed by study in Paris at Academie Julian under Laurens and Benjamin Constant. Upon returning to California in 1896, he settled in San Francisco. He was professor of drawing and painting at the Mark Hopkins Institute until 1899. Fonda had a large studio in his home at 3011 Sacramento Street where he taught privately. His oil painting, House of the Four Winds, was bought by President McKinley. He began making painting excursions to the Monterey Peninsula and, after the 1906 disaster, he moved to Monterey. Painting mainly during sunrise and sunset hours, Fonda produced many luminous coastal scenes, landscapes, and views of the Monterey Peninsula. After an auto accident in 1914, his productivity declined. He died in Monterey on August 10, 1942. Biography from "Artists in California, 1786-1940" by Edan Hughes.
According to his obituary, William Thomas Fonda (1830-1912) was cremated at Cypress Lawn Cemetery in Colma and then interred at the IOOF San Francisco Cemetery. His wife, Eleanor (1837-1916) was probably handled the same. Several of their children were also cremated and some show initial interment at IOOF. In 1933, 26,000 bodies from the Oddfellows Cemetery in San Francisco were moved to Greenlawn Cemetery in Colma. There are no records of any Fonda interments at Cypress Lawn, so until verified, the five Fonda family members previously shown at Cypress Lawn have been moved to Greenlawn.
According to his obituary, William Thomas Fonda (1830-1912) was cremated at Cypress Lawn Cemetery in Colma and then interred at the IOOF San Francisco Cemetery. His wife, Eleanor (1837-1916) was probably handled the same. Several of their children were also cremated and some show initial interment at IOOF. In 1933, 26,000 bodies from the Oddfellows Cemetery in San Francisco were moved to Greenlawn Cemetery in Colma. There are no records of any Fonda interments at Cypress Lawn, so until verified, the five Fonda family members previously shown at Cypress Lawn have been moved to Greenlawn.
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Harry's parents and one brother are buried here in the Cypress Lawn Cemetery, this is an educated guess as to his interment.
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