Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Submitted by David Johnson 

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From Hayward on 880 North: After Broadway exit take “980 to 24 Walnut Creek” exit.
Merge right to “580 East to Hayward”. Take the first exit  “Harrison St. & Oakland Ave”.
Choose “Oakland Ave” after exiting the freeway and turn left at the light onto (one way)
Oakland Ave. Turn left at the next light onto MacArthur Ave.  Turn right onto Piedmont 
Ave., just before the Shell Station, and follow it to the Cemetery.

From San Francisco or Richmond: Take 580 East and exit at “Harrison St. & Oakland Ave”.
 Choose “Oakland Ave” after exiting the freeway and turn left at the light onto (one way) 
Oakland Ave. Turn left at the next light onto Mac Arthur Ave. Turn right onto Piedmont 
Ave., just before the Shell Station, and follow it to the Cemetery.

Mountain. View Cemetery is an active cemetery which first opened in the 1860’s. It is 
226 acres large and has 77 plots and 4 Mausoleums. Aside from the cemetery’s five 
non-endowed plots, all of the plots are well maintained with less than 2% of the markers 
toppled or broken.

Mountain View Cemetery is open daily with office hours listed on their web site 
(www.mountainviewcemetery.org). The staff can assist you in locating a relative if you 
can provide a year of burial. Maps of the cemetery grounds are available on-line or at 
the office. My thanks to them for allowing this survey. 

The information provided is from a passive visual survey. I DO leave stones unturned. 
Errors and omissions are, of course, inherent. Corrections, comments, and questions 
about existing data are welcome. 

My abbreviations are: 
S/W: another name on the same marker. 
H/O: husband of; W/O: wife of; 
S/O: son of; 
D/O: daughter of; 
B/I: born in; 
D/I: died in; 
N/O: native of; 
A/T: marker adjacent to one with an incomplete name but not necessarily having any 
relevance to the incomplete marker;  
ND (after a plot number) Nonendowed or not maintained by the cemetery. 
CLM: Columbarium (date in death date column is the burial date and is marked with an *)