Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries is an American corporation that owns and operates a chain of
cemeteries and
mortuaries in
Los Angeles
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Orange
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, and
Riverside counties in
Southern California
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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.
Its facilities are officially known as ''memorial parks''. The parks are best known for the large number of
celebrity
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burials, especially in the Glendale and Hollywood Hills locations. Eaton opened the first mortuary (
funeral home
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Services ...
) 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.
Memorial parks
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Forest Lawn Cemetery in
Cathedral City, California
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* Forest Lawn – Covina Hills in
Covina Hills,
Covina, California
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* Forest Lawn – Cypress in
Cypress, California
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Forest Lawn Memorial Park in
Glendale, California
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Forest Lawn Memorial Park in
Hollywood Hills
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Geography
The Hollywood Hills straddle the Cahuenga Pass within the Santa Monica Mountains.
The neighborhood touches Studio City, Univer ...
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Los Angeles, California
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Forest Lawn Memorial Park in
Long Beach, California
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See also
*
Forest Lawn (disambiguation) Forest Lawn may refer to:
Cemeteries
California
* Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries, a chain of cemeteries in southern California
* Forest Lawn Cemetery (Cathedral City), California
* Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale), California
* Fore ...
References
External links
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Cemeteries in California
Companies based in Los Angeles County, California
1906 establishments in California
Companies established in 1906
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