Sunnyside Cemetery

Sunnyside Cemetery
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Establishedc. 1906
Location
1095 E. Willow Street,
Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, U.S.
Coordinates33°48′19″N 118°10′44″W / 33.80528°N 118.17889°W / 33.80528; -118.17889
TypePublic
Owned byCity of Long Beach
Websitehttps://www.longbeach.gov/park/park-and-facilities/directory/long-beach-municipal-cemetery/
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Sunnyside Cemetery, is a cemetery established in 1906 in Long Beach, California.[1] It is adjacent to Long Beach Municipal Cemetery.

The cemetery encountered financial troubles in the 1990s when its owner, Dean A. Dempsey, stole over half the cemetery's endowment fund.[2][3]

  1. ^ Lizarraga, Andy (4 September 2019). "The City of Long Beach with take over Sunnyside Cemetery". Daily Forty-Niner.
  2. ^ Grobaty, Tim (6 May 2017). "Long Beach's Sunnyside Cemetery, steeped in history, struggles on the edge of insolvency". Press Telegram.
  3. ^ McDonnell Nieto del Rio, Giulia (27 June 2019). "Haunted by financial problems, a Long Beach cemetery ponders death". Los Angeles Times.