Alta Mesa Memorial Park is a non-denominational burial ground located in

Palo Alto Palo Alto (; Spanish for "tall stick") is a charter city in the northwestern corner of Santa Clara County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area, named after a coastal redwood tree known as El Palo Alto. The city was es ...

Santa Clara County, California Santa Clara County, officially the County of Santa Clara, is the sixth-most populous county in the U.S. state of California, with a population of 1,936,259, as of the 2020 census. Santa Clara County and neighboring San Benito County together ...

. It was established in 1904 as a 72-acre cemetery. It includes traditional burial plots, a mausoleum and a

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Notable burials

* Arthur Bridgman Clark (1866-1948), architect, professor, first Mayor of Mayfield *

Bertha Wright Bertha Wright (June 17, 1876 – May 6, 1971) was a pioneering public health nurse, one of the founders of the Baby Hospital, which later became the Children's Hospital Oakland. Early life Bertha Wright was born in San Francisco, on June 17, 187 ...

(1876-1971), founder of the

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* Birge Clark (1893-1989), architect * Charles Gilman Norris (1881-1945), novelist *

David Packard David Packard ( ; September 7, 1912 – March 26, 1996) was an American electrical engineer and co-founder, with Bill Hewlett, of Hewlett-Packard (1939), serving as president (1947–64), CEO (1964–68), and chairman of the board (1964–68 ...

(1912-1996), co-founder of Hewlett-Packard and

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* Frank Bacon (1864-1922), actor and playwright *

Frederick Terman Frederick Emmons Terman (; June 7, 1900 – December 19, 1982) was an American professor and academic administrator. He was the dean of the school of engineering from 1944 to 1958 and provost from 1955 to 1965 at Stanford University. He is wid ...

(1900-1982), considered (along with Shockley) the father of Silicon ValleySanta Clara Valley Audubon Society
/ref> * Herold Ruel (1896-1963), major-league American baseball player * Kathleen Thompson Norris (1880-1966), American novelist *

Ray Lyman Wilbur Ray Lyman Wilbur (April 13, 1875 – June 26, 1949) was an American medical doctor who served as the third president of Stanford University and was the 31st United States Secretary of the Interior. Early life Wilbur was born in Boonesboro, Iowa, ...

(1875-1949), physician, third president of Stanford University and 31st U.S. Secretary of the Interior *

Ron "Pigpen" McKernan Ronald Charles McKernan (September 8, 1945 – March 8, 1973), known as Pigpen, was an American musician. He was a founding member of the San Francisco band the Grateful Dead and played in the group from 1965 to 1972. McKernan grew up he ...

(1945-1973), keyboardist, harmonica player and lead vocalist, founding member of the Grateful Dead * Shirley Temple (1928-2014), American film and television actress, singer, dancer, and public servant * Sidney Dean Townley (1867-1946), Professor of Astronomy, Stanford University *

Stephen Timoshenko Stepan Prokofyevich Timoshenko (russian: Степан Прокофьевич Тимошенко, p=sʲtʲɪˈpan prɐˈkofʲjɪvʲɪtɕ tʲɪmɐˈʂɛnkə; uk, Степан Прокопович Тимошенко, Stepan Prokopovych Tymoshenko; ...

(1878-1972), Professor of Applied Mechanics, Stanford University and namesake of the

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* Steve Jobs (1955-2011), co-founder of

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(unmarked grave) *

Tennessee Ernie Ford Ernest Jennings Ford (February 13, 1919 – October 17, 1991), known professionally as Tennessee Ernie Ford, was an American singer and television host who enjoyed success in the country and western, pop, and gospel musical genres. Noted for h ...

(1919-1991), musician''The Tombstone Tourist''
p. 40 * Thomas A. Bailey (1902-1983), American historian * Wilhelmina Harper (1884-1973), successful children's author in the 1930s and 1940s, and published more than 40 compilations of children and young adult stories *

William Shockley William Bradford Shockley Jr. (February 13, 1910 – August 12, 1989) was an American physicist and inventor. He was the manager of a research group at Bell Labs that included John Bardeen and Walter Brattain. The three scientists were jointl ...

(1910-1989), developed

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and won

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for Physics * Y.A. Tittle (1926-2017), football player

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* * {{Coord, 37, 23, 54, N, 122, 07, 43, W, type:landmark_region:US-CA_source:GNIS, display=title 1904 establishments in California Buildings and structures in Palo Alto, California Cemeteries in Santa Clara County, California