Firestorm Memorial Garden

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
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
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

• City of Oakland Parks official website

• Ten Years After the Oakland Firestorm East Bay Express

• Oakland: Survivors recall '91 fire, promote safety SFGate

• Fighting art thieves at Oakland Firestorm Memorial SFGate

• Oakland hills fire memorial vandalized Oakland North