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Cemetery
Mission City Memorial Park, 420 N. Winchester Boulevard, Santa Clara, CA 95050 (between Scott Boulevard/Newhall Street and Pruneridge Avenue) Map It
 

Phone: (408) 615-3790
Fax: (408) 244-8660
Email: Cemetery
Office Hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Grounds Open: Daily, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
 
Prominent local families - names that now grace streets and nearby communities - are among the thousands of people who are buried in Santa Clara's Mission City Memorial Park.
 
Mission City Memorial Park
 
The 30-acre all-faith cemetery is one of only a few municipally owned and operated cemeteries in California. It is located on North Winchester Boulevard, between Scott and Pruneridge, and should not be confused with the Santa Clara Mission Cemetery. The first records at the cemetery are dated 1864 and list the names of pioneers who contributed to the growth and history of the valley, such as the Warburton family of Santa Clara and the Campbell family whose ranch became the namesake for the City of Campbell. Cemetery
 
Mission City Memorial Park is also the final resting place of Franklin Hichborn, who was known as "Dean of California Journalists," and other members of the Hichborn family who were direct descendants of Paul Revere.
 

A stroll among the older areas of the cemetery finds headstones of other well known locals including: Maude and Mabel Applegarth, who are mentioned in many of Jack London's books; James Billings, a justice of the peace and an early postmaster in Santa Clara; John Dibble, an early member of the Board of Trustees of Santa Clara; and Clarence Upton, who was a member of the State Legislature at the time of his death in 1878.

The cemetery also honors veterans from every conflict including the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, the Vietnam War, and the Gulf War. The annual flag display on Memorial Day and other appropriate holidays pays tribute to these veterans. Twenty-one U.S. flags measuring 9' by 6' were donated by Mission City Community Fund, with funds provided by Veterans of Foreign Wars. This display of flags is also replicated on holidays at Central Park along Kiely Blvd. with 57 additional flags. Collectively, these two flag displays are referred to as the City of Santa Clara's "Avenue of Flags."

The park-like setting and tree-lined streets of Mission City Memorial Park attract many visitors who enjoy its peaceful serenity. A quaint chapel is available to those who have purchased burial or cremation services.

Mission City Memorial Park features pre-installed double grave garden crypts which allow the purchase of future need plots at today's prices. Further details about the cemetery are available from Mission City Memorial Park at (408) 615-3790.

Services offered for cemetery needs include placement, records, and cemetery maintenance.

The cemetery includes an office, chapel, two mausoleums, Sarah Fox community vault, and a service center. Personnel are available for cemetery arrangements and needs which may include: in-ground burial, in-ground or niche placement of cremated remains, or mausoleum placement. The cemetery includes a children's area, and the chapel is available for cemetery related services. Gravesite services are allowed.

Residents of the City of Santa Clara receive a discount for selected cemetery services. A schedule of fees and services is available by calling or visiting the cemetery offices.

 
Historic Cemetery Self-Guided Walking Tour

A self-guided walking tour through the Mission City Memorial Park, with stops at 60 final resting places of important people in the City's history. The walking tour brochure is available for viewing online (PDF).

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Mission City Memorial Park burial index
 
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