Tradition! The annual acknowledgement of those interred in the local Corona cemetery will again be experienced on Sunday, 26 October 2025 and it promises to be an exciting and educational event. Scripts will (eventually) be posted here.
The exciting theme will feature biographies of immigrants from Mexico who were the backbone of Corona’s early citrus industry.
This lush, beautiful valley with abundant water, hot springs and tin mines was home to Civil War veterans, miners, farmers, ranchers, homesteaders, and apiarists long before South Riverside (Corona) was founded.
Some of these early pioneers and/or their descendants were laid to rest in Sunnyslope starting in 1892.
Did you miss out? Would you like to be a participant? It’s not too late to check it out. See below to make that a reality!
For information and possibly to participate in an upcoming year (usually the last Sunday of October): Contact Kathleen Dever (cemstroll[at]aol.com) – see the different possibilities below.
HELP WILL BE NEEDED AS FOLLOWS:
PERFORMERS
TOUR GUIDES
TICKET-TAKERS
GREETERS
REFRESHMENT-HANDLERS
AND MORE!
PLEASE NOTE:
While you can see the names of the various folks honored in the past, the actual scripts are up for format revision and the webmaster has been unable to proceed with that due to health issues. If anyone reading this wants access to a particular script before the conversion takes place, please contact Jean Hibben.
Scripts from earlier strolls are listed below (alphabetically by deceased person/people surnames) and the latest ones will be posted as soon as it is possible.
The Sunnyslope Cemetery Project
The society has succeeded in properly and completely documenting the graves of Sunnyslope Cemetery in Corona. The beautifully bound book was displayed at Corona Family History Seminar on 6 October 2007. A copy is available for reference in the Corona Public Library in the Heritage Room (upstairs).
Questions about this project can be directed to
Len Enlow via email
Requests for information that is in the book should be directed to
The Corona Public Library
On 10 October 2007, Len Enlow presented a copy of the book to the Corona Public Library;
On 19 October 2007, a copy of the finished product was presented to Sunnyslope Cemetery.
Cemetery Strolls
have been conducted at Sunnyslope for a number of years. Presenters have told the stories of those at rest in the cemetery in a first-person format. These have been presented by the Friends of Sunnyslope, which has sponsored the Cemetery Stroll since 2008 (the Corona Historic Preservation Society sponsored the Cemetery Walk in prior years). All stories have been researched by local historians and written in a narrative format for performance. If you have additional information on these Corona residents, please contact Jean Hibben via email, who will forward the correction or addition to the appropriate historian for further communication and/or adjustment. If you have personal information of someone interred in Sunnyslope that you would like to see featured in a future stroll, contact us and we will follow up accordingly. Primary mover and shaker of the stroll: Kathleen Dever; please direct questions to her via email.
To read the information on residents discussed in past Strolls, the following people/topics have scripts.
PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO A CHANGE I HAVE YET TO UNDERSTAND, THE SCRIPTS BELOW ARE UNAVAILABLE IN THE CURRENT FORMAT (.doc) AND WILL NEED TO BE REFORMATTED IN PDF FORM. I HAVE NO IDEA WHEN I WILL BE ABLE TO GET TO THIS TASK. PLEASE BE PATIENT AND, IF SOMETHING HERE IS WHAT YOU WANT IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO, EMAIL ME AND I’LL SEND YOU THE SCRIPT SEPARATELY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING. Jean Hibben (circlemending(at)gmail(dot)com), webmaster
Jewel Allensworth -2015 script
Dr R D Barber, narrator (2012)
Arthur Cane (abridged for Leona Fink)
Christina Fear (script to be added at later date)
Ida Belle Humble Bainbridge Fraiser
George R. and Mabel A. Freeman, revised
William Lee Peeler and Lizzie Peeler Lloyd
Marcella Francisco Speer Thompson (2008)