Sunnyside Cemetery

Cemetery in Long Beach, California

33°48′19″N 118°10′44″W / 33.80528°N 118.17889°W / 33.80528; -118.17889TypePublicOwned byCity of Long BeachWebsitehttps://www.longbeach.gov/park/park-and-facilities/directory/long-beach-municipal-cemetery/Find a GraveSunnyside Cemetery

Sunnyside Cemetery, is a cemetery established in 1906 in Long Beach, California.^[1] It is adjacent to Long Beach Municipal Cemetery.

The cemetery encountered financial troubles in the 1990s when its owner, Dean A. Dempsey, stole over half the cemetery's endowment fund.^[2]^[3]

Notable burials

Nelson W. Ward
C.J. Walker, President of the Board of Trustees of Long Beach, and founder of Farmers and Merchants Bank

References

^ Lizarraga, Andy (4 September 2019). "The City of Long Beach with take over Sunnyside Cemetery". Daily Forty-Niner.
^ Grobaty, Tim (6 May 2017). "Long Beach's Sunnyside Cemetery, steeped in history, struggles on the edge of insolvency". Press Telegram.
^ McDonnell Nieto del Rio, Giulia (27 June 2019). "Haunted by financial problems, a Long Beach cemetery ponders death". Los Angeles Times.