Steve Jobs Laid to Rest at Alta Mesa Memorial Park

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was laid to rest Friday at the Alta Mesa Memorial Park in Palo Alto, California, according to a death certificate obtained by Forbes from the Santa Clara County Public Health Department.

Forbes notes that he will be surrounded artists, technologists, and a former U.S. Secretary of the Interior.

Jobs will be in good company. The leafy memorial park in the Palo Alto foothills is the final home for a wide range of artists and technologists, according to web site Find-A-Grave. They include country singer country singer 'Tennessee' Ernie Ford,' and Grateful dead member Ronald 'Pigpen' McKernan. Technologists buried nearby include Hewlett-Packard co-founder David Packard and engineer Lewis Terman, who mentored Packard and HP co-founder Walter Hewlett.


Apple is planning a celebration of Steve Jobs in the outdoor amphitheater on the Infinite Loop campus on Wednesday, October 19, at 10am, according to an email sent to employees by Tim Cook.

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