Firestorm Memorial Garden Sculpture by artist Gail Fredell 1

Firestorm Memorial Garden is a City of Oakland Park located in the Hiller Highlands in memory of the 25 individuals who lost their lives in the 1991 East Bay Hills Firestorm.  The following is the list of the victims who perished on October 20, 1991: 3

  1. Eunice Barkell, 79, Oakland
  2. Gail A. Baxter, 61, Oakland
  3. May Elizabeth Blos, 85, Oakland
  4. Mary Lucile Brantly, 78, Oakland
  5. Robert Emery Cox, 64, Oakland
  6. Terrill J. DuPont, 58, Berkeley
  7. Carolyn Grant, 75, Oakland
  8. John Alexander Grant, 77, Oakland
  9. John. W. Grubensky, 32, Fairfield (Oakland Police Department)
  10. Segall Livnah, 18, Oakland
  11. Philip Loggins, 51, Oakland
  12. Lucy Chi-Wen Mantz, 46, Oakland
  13. Gregor E. McGinnis, 46, Berkeley
  14. Louis Douglas McNeary, 44, Oakland
  15. Patrick Emmett O'Neill, 40, Oakland
  16. Leigh Ortenburger, 62, Palo Alto
  17. Martha Gabriela Reed, 18, Orinda
  18. James Riley, 49, Martinez (Oakland Fire Department)
  19. Kimberly Robson, 37, Berkeley
  20. Francis Gray Scott, 85, Oakland
  21. Virginia Smith, 61, Oakland
  22. Anne Tagore, 54, Oakland
  23. Aina Turjanis, 64, Oakland
  24. Cheryl Turjanis, 25, Oakland
  25. Paul Tyrrell, 61, Oakland

Firestorm Memorial Garden plaque 2CC SA-BY Our Oakland

Location

Tunnel Road at Hiller Highlands Drive, Oakland, California

Links and References

  1. FIRESTORM MEMORIAL Gail Fredell

  2. California Gardens / Firestorm Memorial Gardens Northern California Gardens

  3. Attacks on Oakland Fire Dept. Mount Los Angeles Times