Mount Olive Cemetery -

The Mount Olive Cemetery is no longer known by that name but is now part of Founders Memorial Park located between 12100 and 12500 Broadway Street in the City of Whittier, California. Citrus Avenue divides the park which was opened 1977. The cemetery was covered with fill dirt and leveled. 365 burials took place here between 1888 and 1957. Most burials were from 1900 to 1937. The Whittier Park department contacted over 2000 next-of-kin regarding this cemetery and the broadway (formerly Clark) Cemetery just across Citrus Street.

It was decided that the property be developed into a "quiet" park after having been declared a public nuisance in 1959. The remains of the unclaimed are still there and the names of the deceased are listed on a memorial at the park. The present park walkways follow the original cemetery paths.

 

 

 

 

Broadway (Clark) Cemetery -

The Broadway (formerly Clark) Cemetery is now a part of Founder's Park since it opened in 1977. It contained 926 burials - 68 percent of them prior to 1910. relatives were offered the

headstones, but most felt their stones were too large, so the Park Department stored them. Records from the City of Whittier state that the Broadway Cemetery was opened in 1902, however many deceased listed were buried on site prior to 1902. It is unknown exactly when the Broadway Cemetery was opened