Dino Smith became one of San Francisco's unclaimed when he died in November 2020. Photo courtesy Anne Bluethenthal. This is part one of a two-part series. Read part two here. Dino Smith made his home ...

Sunset View Cemetery in Colma, where San Francisco's indigent and unclaimed dead were buried from 1899 to 1951. Photo from Find a Grave. One evening in October 2014, a group visiting Lake Merced made ...

COLMA — A blaze that broke out during the cremation of two bodies Wednesday damaged a historic chapel and gutted a crematory at Cypress Lawn cemetery, officials said. Firefighters who rushed to the ...

COLMA — Funeral Director Joe Stinson cradled a simple urn crafted out of sand. Brown, smooth, and light in weight, the vessel when full of ashes will sink into the ocean and won’t leave a trace of ...

KATHLEEN FRIDAY On October 2, 2006. Survived by her loving husband, Roy; daughter, Moira and her husband, Tim; grandmother of Cory and Nicole. Graveside services on Saturday, October 7, 2006, 1:30 p.m ...