Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries

American cemetery and mortuary operator

Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries is an American corporation that owns and operates a chain of cemeteries and mortuaries in Los Angeles, Orange, and Riverside counties in Southern California.

History

The company was founded by a group of San Francisco businessmen in 1906. Hubert Eaton assumed management control in 1917 and is credited with being Forest Lawn's "founder" because of his origination of the "memorial-park" plan. The first location was in Tropico, which later became part of Glendale, California.^{[citation needed]}

Its facilities are officially known as memorial parks. The parks are best known for the large number of celebrity burials, especially in the Glendale and Hollywood Hills locations. Eaton opened the first mortuary (funeral home) on dedicated cemetery grounds after a battle with established funeral directors, who saw the "combination" operation as a threat. He remained as general manager until his death in 1966, when he was succeeded by his nephew, Frederick Llewellyn.^[1]

Memorial parks

Forest Lawn Cemetery in Cathedral City, California
Forest Lawn – Covina Hills in Covina Hills, Covina, California
Forest Lawn – Cypress in Cypress, California
Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California
Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California
Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Long Beach, California

References

^ Llewellyn, John F. (August 28, 2018). Birth of a Cemetery: Forest Lawn Memorial-Park. Forest Lawn Memorial-Park Association. ISBN 978-0-9665801-6-7.