Olivet Memorial Park

Another large cemetery in Colma, California is Olivet Memorial Park. The address is 1601 Hillside Blvd. The phone number is (650) 755-0322. I haven't found an official website yet, but there are numerous references to it in other sites such as Rootsweb and San Francisco Genealogy. We have a lot of family here, I've arranged them like a walking tour.

In the Columbarium, adjacent to the new office:

Three niches in a cluster in Room F
(Niche 416 )
JOOS, Martin born in France July 5, 1863, died in San Francisco April 15, 1936 (age 73)
JOOS, Sophie (Lowenguth) born in France February 21, 1864, died in Berkeley, California December 22, 1954 (age 90)
JOOS, Edward Henry (their son?) born May 15, 1899 in California, died September 10, 1915 in San Francisco. (age 16)
FERGUSON, Alice Josephine (Joos) born December 15, 1889 in San Francisco and died March 10, 1978 in Richmond, California. (age 89)
FERGUSON, Charles Roy (husband of Alice) born March 11, 1890 in Canada and died May 27, 1981 in San Rafael, California. (age 91) Edward H Winkler, stepson, was the informant/ next of kin.

Room F, Niche 418
JOOS, Martin W born 1916 in San Francisco, died August 29, 1962 in San Francisco (age 46)
JOOS, Martin A born 1896 in San Francisco and died in February 10, 1972 in San Francisco (age 76)
JOOS, Alice Victoria (Peterson) born 1892 in California, died October 24, 1972 in Burlingame, California. (age 80) *Relative listed as Georgina Rannizi Also in Room F a little higher on the left is Charles and Josephine Loewenguth, which I believed to be too much of a coincidence to Not be related to Sophie Lowenguth Joos. This Josephine's maiden name is Joos, also. One of my family books once owned by Alice and Marty Joos refers to "Aunt Josephine", so that's too many coincidences... CHARLES is Sophie's brother, JOSEPHINE is Martin's sister. Room I, Niche 102 at the bottom
GRIMM, Albert L. born September 24, 1906(or 05) in California. (He was the first husband of Emma Winkler) Died May 12, 1964 in San Francisco. (age 58?) Next of kin was his son, Robert L Grimm at 161 Bismark Street, Daly City.
GRIMM, Jacqueline Renee born October 18, 1937 at 374 Park Street, San Francisco, Ca. She died September 9, 1941 at the same address. (age 4)
GRIMM, Robert Lewis was born October 18, 1937, a twin. He died May 6, 1968. (age 31) Informant/ next of kin was his mother, Emma L. Gattorna at 475 Alvarado Street, San Francisco. His death was alcohol related.
Palm Room, Niche #724
GRIMM, Lewis Robert born March 23, 1876 - died December 2, 1956 (father of Albert L. Grimm, above)
GRIMM, Mary (Koch) born June 16, 1880 - died March 6, 1960 (daughter of Geo. & Maria)

Outside, you will find

Sycamore Section B
KOCH, George died February 12, 1934 at age 81 (grave 1)
KOCH, Maria M. died April 2, 1935 at age 73+ (grave 2)
George and Maria owned 13F-Section B Sycamore together with L.R. Grimm*. They were once thought to be just family friends, but they are actually family on the Grimm side.

*L.R. Grimm born March 23, 1876, died December 2, 1956 at 71 Forest View Drive, San Francisco. Husband of Mary- may be Albert's parents.
Right next to the Koch grave, previously thought to be anonymously burried with them is:

GATTORNA, Emma Louise (Winkler) born October 28, 1909 in San Francisco, she died January 13, 1972 in San Francisco. (age 63) Her husband, Angelo, was the informant.
GATTORNA, Angelo born 26 May 1913 in Italy - died 18 July 1994 in Sonoma County, California.

Sycamore Section FAMBROSE, Frank Murray born March 24, 1872 in Calabria, Italy. Died October 19, 1945 in Santa Rosa, California. (age 73)
AMBROSE, Catherine Agnes (Howard) born June 17, 1876 in San Francisco, California. Died April 25, 1952 in San Rafael, California. (age 76) She and Frank are in Sycamore section F, Division C, Grave 84.
You go around to where section H and I meet, allign yourself with two very large trees and a private mausoleum (you can see the building between the two trees) walk straight on and in the 2nd row back you'll see them.
(Their daughter, Kathleen (Kay) purchased a double grave in this same area, grave 45, in or around 1952, but I suppose she sold it to someone else...)


Linden, Lawn 1Lot 29 (10 graves in this lot- directly behind "Baby Land" on the Right)


WINKLER, Henry Edward (#3) Owner of the lot, born October 6, 1843 in Germany. Died June 30, 1914 in San Francisco. (age 71)

WINKLER, Caroline Ann (Rohrbach) wife of Henry, born December 2, 1855 in New York. Died August 6, 1918 in San Francisco. (age 63)

WINKLER, Phillip born in New York October 10, 1872, died November 7, 1934 in San Francisco. (age 62)

WINKLER, Edward born in San Francisco October 15, 1877, died in Richmond, California on July 10, 1929 (age 52)

WINKLER, William born in New York on June 19, 1878, died February 24, 1908 in San Francisco. (age 30)

WINKLER, Fredrick born July 18, 1880 in San Francisco, died in San Francisco on November 29, 1907. (age 27)

FRISCHE, William H. born May 1, 1913 in San Francisco to Amelia Winkler. Died August 1, 1915 in San Francisco. (age 2)

FIELDS, Louise (Winkler) born in San Francisco August 11, 1889, died September 28, 1928 in San Francisco. (age 39)

BRUNO, Nicholas born in Italy 1875, died in Redwood City on January 5, 1916 (age 41)

BRUNO, unnamed still born baby boy, born December 4, 1911 at 280-C Shipley Street (between Folsom & Harrison), San Francisco, CA (buried at the back of grave 9)

In 1913 a Bruno girl was born to a Winkler mother.