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Resurrecting the dead: the ghosts of past Jewish San Franciscans

November 4, 2014 by Frances Dinkelspiel 3 Comments

An actor dressed as Adolph Sutro, a former mayor of San Francisco

An actor dressed as Adolph Sutro, a former mayor of San Francisco

Adolph Sutro, the former mayor of San Francisco, stood by his wife’s grave, a long slab of granite nestled on a slight incline near the top of the Home of Peace cemetery in Colma.

Sutro then pointed to his name, chiseled on a step near his wife’s tomb, and explained that he really wasn’t buried there. He had been disinterred and buried in three different spots. His remains had been moved so many time no one knew were they rested.

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