Wordless Wednesday ~ Berthe & Marcel Jaussaud

This beautiful and artistic headstone is located in Hayward at the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.

Berthe was born April 15, 1892 and passed away January 14, 1919 at the tender age of 26.

Marcel was born January 8, 1885 and passed away October 1, 1948. He was 63 years old when he passed.

A volunteer, countedx58, has added this monument to the Find A Grave site and is memorial #23358875. Further information is also noted on this site as: Plot: Section M, Row 6

Copyright © 2011 Cheryl Palmer

Wordless Wednesday - Cross

In Mausoleum. May 10, 2009. Holy Sepulchre Cemetery Mausoleum, Hayward, California. Digital Image. Privately held by Cheryl [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE] California. 2009

Wordless Wednesday - Mausoleum

Mausoleum. May 10, 2009. Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Hayward California. Digital Image. Held by Cheryl [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE] California. 2009

Harley Motorcade Request

A friend of mine is a nurse. She unfortunately sees many very ill people on a regular basis. Earlier this week one of her patients passed away from cancer. This story ends up at The Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. I did a post on this cemetery previously here.




Lawrence (Larry) DeMiguel died on January 1st, 2009 at the very young age of 45. He was the father of seven and a Reserve Deputy Sheriff with the Alameda County Sherrif's Department. His oldest son is a marine Corporal who will soon be deployed to Iraq. Services were held Friday, January 9th, 2009.

One of his final requests was for a Harley Davidson motorcycle escort to his final resting place.



The Patriot Guard Riders along with the Fremont Harley Chapter represented the escort. The Patriot Guard's main mission~

"is to attend the funeral services of fallen American heroes as invited guests of the family. Each mission we undertake has two basic objectives:

1.Show our sincere respect for our fallen heroes, their families, and their communities.
2.Shield the mourning family and their friends from interruptions created by any protestor or group of protestors.

We accomplish the latter through strictly legal and non-violent means."

The Fremont Harley Owners Group (which my nurse friend belongs to, as do I) "have at least one common interest, Harley-Davidson Motorcycles. Being a Member means meeting new people, making new friends, riding and having fun."

These two groups joined and gave Lawrence (Larry) DeMiguel his escort to his final resting place at the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. Here are a couple pictures of some of the motorcylces.






Although this next picture is rather difficult to see, if you enlarge it, you can see the bagpiper who played at the cemetery.




And one final picture I will share with you~



Lawrence (Larry) DeMiguel, you received the Harley Davidson motorcycle escort you desired. May you rest in peace.

Holy Sepulchre Cemetery

This catholic cemetery is located on Mission Blvd. in Hayward. From what I have read I understand the cemetery began in 1913 and as of a year ago entails about three thousand graves.





This is the entrance of the cemetery. It is quite nice, as cemetery entrances go. Not being catholic myself, I had never been inside this cemetery. For some reason I almost felt as if I wasn't suppose to be on these grounds. I am not sure why I felt this way.




The cemetery is probably the most organized looking cemetery I believe I have ever been in. The grounds were nicely kept and the headstones were lined up in rows so perfectly everywhere you looked. I felt such a sense of perfection. Maybe that is one of the reasons I felt I wasn't suppose to be on the grounds. Maybe because it was a catholic cemetery and it looked so perfect?

I took the above picture as I admired the difference in this memorial. There is a surname, but I don't remember finding dates or any other information. There are a few memorials like this one throughout the cemetery.




Here is a picture of the mausoleum. This is such a beautiful building. Next time I visit this cemetery maybe I will feel comfortable enough to actually going inside. I spent about an hour on the grounds and felt more comfortable the longer I was there. And, as usual, the more I explored the more I wanted to explore!


In the future I will share more pictures and a story or two of some of the more prominent people buried here. For now I wanted to introduce the cemetery to you and give you a flavor of age, beauty and perfection.

Holy Sepulchre Cemetery Looses Bishop

Bishop Floyd L. Begin died in 1977 and was buried in Hayward at the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. I was at this cemetery recently taking pictures. If I had known what was up and coming I would have found where he was, and made sure to take of a picture of his resting place. We rabbits however can't always know everything.

Bishop Floyd L. Begin was from Cleveland, Ohio and was the founding Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Oakland on January 27, 1962.

When Bishop Floyd L. Begin passed away he was interred in the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery where he rested for thirty one years.

A new cathedral has recently been built in Oakland by Lake Merritt. This cathedral opened about a month ago.

Yesterday, Sunday, Bishop Floyd L. Begin was moved from Holy Sepulchre Cemetery and taken to the new cathedral, the Cathedral of Christ the Light. 

You can read the full fascinating story here:

http://www.insidebayarea.com/timesstar/ci_10882790