Many thanks for responding Lester .. One puzzle ... Rhoda was baptised in a Church of England church - not catholic - but that doesn't mean that she couldn't have become a Catholic later in her life - maybe because of her marriage to the Anon Mr Roberts ... ? ... Lots of food for thought ... I shall await your next posting with anticipation ... Thanks again .. Sue Where its been raining most of the day ... > Sue Wherethesnowhasfinallymelted: > > Sue's great aunt Rhoda Roberts (nee Dunn) was buried at > Holy Cross Cemetery, via funeral directors Callanan > Mortuary. Sue bewails the confusion that there are two > Holy Cross Cemeterys in L.A.Co. I checked my Thomas Bros. > atlas, and yep, there's two of 'em, one in Culver City and > the other in Pomona. But, we know that the funeral > director was Callanan, and chances are that Callanan was > close to the correct Holy Cross. > > I checked http://www.555-1212.com and found the mortuary > as thusly: > > Callanan Mortuary > 1301 N. Western Ave. > Los Angeles, CA 90027 > phone (323) 462-2266 > > That address is in the Hollywood area, and is VASTLY > CLOSER to Culver City than it is to Pomona. Pomona is > way, way, way, way yonder out there at the other end of > the county. So, the Culver City cemetery has just about > gotta be the one. The www.555-1212.com site lists: > > Holy Cross Cemetery > 5835 W. Slauson Ave. > Culver City, CA 90230 > phone (323) 776-1855 > > A peek at L.A.'s USGenWeb Project page, > http://www.cagenweb.com/~re/losangeles > (via www.rootsweb.com, going the long way in) shows > Holy Cross to be a Catholic cemetery. I don't know the > admission requirements for Holy Cross, but there is > certainly a chance that Rhoda Roberts (nee Dunn) was > Catholic. > > For some overall photos of Holy Cross at Culver City (and > a conflicting, possibly obsolete phone number) see > http://www.lacatholiccemeteries.org > > To get at least some sort of start on things Catholic in > L.A., see http://www.la-archdiocese.org (Push the Easy > Interface Home Page button; then select Baptisms for a > notion of their recordkeeping -- which isn't easy to > get!) > > There is a question about a 1997 L.A. Times obit. Alas, > my city library is remodeling, and the microfilms are > now in-a-box-somewhere. Sigh. > > For Jean A. and Mary A. Roberts, maybe the CA Marriage > Index has something. I believe that my local LDS FHC > might have that, and I'll check and see tomorrow. I've > never done the marriage index before, so there's no > guarantees because I simply don't know (yet) what they > have. > > Lester Powers > lesterps@juno.com > > > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. >