- Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries
Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries is an American not-for-profit corporation that owns and operates a chain of cemeteries and mortuaries in Los Angeles, Orange, and Riverside counties in
Southern California . The company was founded by a group of San Francisco businessmen in 1906. Doctor 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 ofGlendale, California . Its facilities are officially known as "memorial parks". The parks are best known for the large number ofcelebrity burials, especially in the Glendale and Hollywood Hills locations.Memorial parks
*Forest Lawn - Cathedral City, in
Cathedral City, California
*Forest Lawn - Covina Hills, inCovina, California
*Forest Lawn - Cypress, inCypress, California
*Forest Lawn - Glendale, inGlendale, California
*Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills, inLos Angeles, California
*Forest Lawn - Long Beach, inLong Beach, California External links
* [http://www.forestlawn.com/ Official website]
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