Editorial: History makes Marin cemetery worth preserving

Editorial: History makes Marin cemetery worth preserving

For 145 years, Mount Tamalpais Cemetery in San Rafael has been a significant part of Marin’s landscape. The cemetery holds the gravesites of many of Marin’s pioneer families and notables, from shipping and timber magnate Robert Dollar and the Boyd family members to baseball Hall-of-Famer Lefty Gomez and local personality Sally Stanford. Today, it’s the subject of growing concerns about so-called “abandoned” cemeteries. Some owners have too few n…