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Calvary Catholic Cemetery in East Los Angeles, California

Los_Angeles_map.jpg (189857 bytes)   Map of Los Angeles showing the locations of 1) 2061 N. New Hampshire Ave, 2) 636 Robinson Street and 3) Calvary Cemetery on Whittier Blvd., 4) 516 So. Commonwealth, where Bernard and Nora Cavanaugh lived from 1939 to 1944.
Calvary_Cemetery_map.jpg (67224 bytes) February 24, 2001 Bernard and Nora Bell Cavanaugh and Anna Laura Bell are buried in Calvary Cemetery, 4201 Whittier Blvd, East Los Angeles.  This Catholic cemetery was started in 1896.  Some of the Hollywood notables buried there include Lou Costello, Ethel Barrymore and Lionel Barrymore.

Bernard and Nora Cavanaugh and Anna Laura Bell are in Section R - Immaculate Conception.  They are in Grave 7, Lot 806.  To find their grave, park at the marker 1029 on the street and walk in 11 rows.

Bernard_Cavanaugh_tombstone.jpg (72499 bytes) February 24, 2001 Bernard F. Cavanaugh, 1880 - 1944
Nora_Cavanaugh_tombstone.jpg (83131 bytes) February 24, 2001 Ellen Nora Cavanaugh, 1881 - 1956.  Nora's sister Anna Laura Bell died first and is actually buried in this same grave below Nora.  No marker is here for Anna Laura
Bernard_Nora_Cavanaugh.jpg (65458 bytes) February 24, 2001 Bernard and Nora Cavanaugh stones
Calvary_Cemetery_1.jpg (74776 bytes) February 24, 2001 View of Bernard and Nora Cavanaugh stones in foreground
Calvary_Cemetery_2.jpg (65769 bytes) February 24, 2001 Another view looking over Bernard and Nora Cavanaugh's stones

During this visit, Alice Gander also drove by the former homes of Nora Bell Cavanaugh and Anna Laura Bell.

2061_New_Hampshire_1.jpg (62426 bytes) February 24, 2001 Photograph of 2061 N. New Hampshire Avenue, Los Angeles.  This is the home where three of the Bell sisters lived late in life:  Agnes Bell Kendrick, Nora Bell Cavanaugh and Anna Laura Bell.
2061_New_Hampshire_Ave_2.jpg (47036 bytes) February 24, 2001 Another view of the house at 2061 N. New Hampshire Ave.
New_Hampshire_Ave_1.jpg (49544 bytes) February 24, 2001 2061 N. New Hampshire Ave is in the left side of the photo.  This view is looking North toward Griffith Park and the Griffith Observatory
New_Hampshire_Ave_2.jpg (48062 bytes) February 24, 2001 2061 N. New Hampshire Ave and its neighbor to the left
New_Hampshire_Ave_3.jpg (45593 bytes) February 24, 2001 View looking South on New Hampshire Ave
New_Hampshire_Ave_4.jpg (66070 bytes) February 24, 2001 Photo of the street sign at the top of New Hampshire Ave.  This is just a few houses North of 2061 N. New Hampshire Ave.
636_Robinson_St.jpg (46597 bytes) February 24, 2001 The original house at 636 Robinson Street has been replaced with this building that appears to be from the 1960's.  Nora Bell Cavanaugh was living at this location in the 1940's before they moved to the New Hampshire Ave location.
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