Coachella Valley Public Cemetery

The Coachella Valley Public Cemetery is a cemetery in the Coachella Valley of Southern California. Located in Unincorporated Riverside County, it is near the east valley cities of Coachella, Indio, and La Quinta.

Notable interments

Among those buried here are:

• Frank Bogert (1910–2009), Westerns movie star and Mayor of Palm Springs
• Frank Capra (1897–1991), film director
• Jacqueline Cochran (1906–1980), aviator
• Al McCandless (1927–2017), politician
• Benjamin Montoya (1935–2015), U.S. Navy rear admiral
• Alan O'Day (1940–2013), singer-songwriter
• Tommy Shepard (1923–1993), trombonist
• John Van Druten (1901–1957), playwright and theatre director
• Stan Wrightsman (1910–1975), jazz pianist

See also

• Forest Lawn Cemetery (Cathedral City)
• Desert Memorial Park
• List of cemeteries in California
• List of cemeteries in Riverside County, California

References

External links

• Coachella Valley Cemetery USGS Indio Quad, California, Topographic Map at TopoZone