Cemeteries: Alta Mesa

Although Alta Mesa Cemetery is located in Santa Clara County, it is the home of many deceased San Mateo County residents.  Among those buried there are the Clouds and the Hinmans, 

The Website Offers a Map of the Cemetery and a Virtual Tour

 "The Alta Mesa Improvement Company bought the land occupied by the Alta Mesa Cemetery in March 1904 and immediately commenced work improving the property. They have since erected a handsome gateway and convenient office, a beautiful chapel and receiving vault, a residence for the superintendent and a large pumping plant, laid out the grounds under the direction of a landscape gardener, and now have a cemetery complete in every aspect."  (1905 - promotional booklet) 

Today Alta Mesa has a crematory, three mausoleums, a columbarium, several memorial gardens for cremated remains, a scattering garden, as well as the original cemetery grounds.  in 2010 they added a funeral home. 

Alta Mesa does not allow photographs of tombstones without permission from the family. They will take a photo for you, but the charge is $30.  You can request that a volunteer be allowed to take the photo by emailing rmclaughlin@altamesacemetery.com.  Be sure to include your relationship to the deceased and ask for the exact location of the burial.

If you are visiting the cemetery to take your own photos, check in at the office for location and permission.  

The Palo Alto Historical Association has a number of pictures of the cemetery in their photo collections

695 Arastradro Road
Palo Alto CA 94306
650-493-1041
Alta Mesa Memorial Park
Alta Mesa Funeral Home
 

Tour of Grounds
Alta Mesa on Facebook
Find A Grave lists over 32,000 burials and says they are 81% photographed.
Steve Jobs TOMB at Alta Mesa Memorial