Simi Valley Public Cemetery

Simi Valley Public Cemetery Clementine Parenteau was one of the first members of the California Mutual Benefit Colony of Chicago to arrive in the Simi Valley in 1888-1889.

Our mission is to offer cost-effective interments consistent with the needs of those we serve and to maintain an attractive, safe, and peaceful environment for our community, families, and friends. The Simi Cemetery is the first recorded cemetery in the Simi Valley, having been established in 1890 by Clementine Parenteau on land she purchased from the California Mutual Benefit Colony of Chicago (S

imi Cemetery Map, 4890). During the Southern California boom years of 1887-1888, the Simi Land and Water Company advertised land for sale in the Chicago newspapers. A group of eight Chicago doctors formed a corporation to purchase property and established what they called a Mutual Benefit Colony (Cameron, 1963). Their promotional literature referred to the area as Simiopolis, “The Garden of Southern California,” and stressed the potential for profits to be made from agriculture and the variety of crops that could be grown in the Valley. Also, the literature eloquently described the climatic advantages of the Simi Valley and predicted that within a few short years it would be “The most sought after desirable ad spot for invalids” to be found in the State of California (California Mutual Benefit Colony of California, 1888).

Address

1461 Thompson Ln
Simi Valley, CA
93065

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 6pm
Tuesday 8am - 6pm
Wednesday 8am - 6pm
Thursday 8am - 6pm
Friday 8am - 6pm
Saturday 8am - 6pm
Sunday 8am - 6pm

Telephone

(805) 526-8245

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