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Forest Lawn Memorial Park is a privately owned cemetery in Glendale, California, United States. It is the original and current flagship location of Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries , a chain of six cemeteries and four additional mortuaries in Southern California .
The first Forest Lawn, in Glendale, was founded in 1906 by businessmen who, 6 years later, hired Dr. Hubert Eaton, a firm believer in a joyous life after death.He believed that most cemeteries were "unsightly stone yards", and pledged to create one that would reflect his optimistic beliefs and be "as different, as unlike other cemeteries as sunshine is to darkness, as eternal life is unlike ...
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.
Hubert Eaton (1881–1966), founder and managing director of Forest Lawn cemeteries; Jay Eaton (1899–1970), character actor; Mary Eaton (1901–1948), actress; Neely Edwards (1883–1965), actor and comedian (unmarked grave) [65] [64] Ralph Edwards (1913–2005), television and radio host; Arnold Ehret (1866–1922), health educator and ...
Larry Walters (1949–1993), truck driver known as "Lawnchair Larry" or "The Lawn Chair Pilot who flew a lawn chair with weather balloons" Kent Warner (1943–1984), costume designer; Ruth Waterbury (1896–1982), film critic; Michael Wayne (1934–2003), film producer and actor, son of John Wayne; Paul Weatherwax (1900–1960), editor
Biography portal; Greater Los Angeles portal; This category contains articles about individuals whose remains are interred or entombed at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California; for those whose remains are at one of the other Forest Lawn chain of cemeteries in Southern California, including the Hollywood Hills facility, subcategories should be used.
Eaton became noted as, and referred to himself as, "The Builder" of Forest Lawn Glendale. During his life, he supervised the opening of Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills, Forest Lawn Cypress, and Forest Lawn Covina Hills in the greater Los Angeles area, which became the funeral or interment locations for many movie stars and other
The City of Glendale's historic preservation program began in 1977 with the designation of 28 properties as city landmarks. [3] The Glendale Register of Historic Resources was created in 1997 with the original 28 city landmarks and nine additional properties. The register now includes more than 100 properties. [4]