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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 first Forest Lawn replica of David was installed at Forest Lawn on June 22, 1939. [5] The statue was placed using a series of ropes and pulleys. The statue fell due to seismic activity in 1971. [6] The head and right foot of the 1939 replica is on display at the Forest Lawn Museum. Later Forest Lawn copies fell in 1994 and 2020. [6]
Eden Memorial Park Cemetery, Mission Hills, Los Angeles; El Campo Santo Cemetery, City of Industry; Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles; First Jewish site in Los Angeles; Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries. Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Glendale; Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery, Los Angeles; Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Long Beach [9]
Dolly Cepeda (1964–1977), victim of the Hillside Strangler (original grave site, moved to Forest Lawn in Cypress) Mario Chamlee (1892–1966), opera singer; George Chandler (1898–1985), actor, Uncle Petrie Martin on TV's Lassie [33] NP Lon Chaney (1883–1930), actor (unmarked grave) [34] Charles Chapman (1853–1944), founder of Chapman ...
Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Burnaby), British Columbia, Canada; Forest Lawn, Calgary, a former Canadian town annexed by Calgary in 1961; Calgary Forest Lawn, a federal electoral district; Forest Lawn Scout Reservation, a group of Boy Scout camps in Cedar Glen, California, see Los Angeles Area Council: Camps
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
Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens (Variant Name) Desert Memorial Park: Cathedral City: See: Desert Memorial Park: Notable interments: Palm Springs District Cemetery Palm Springs Cemetery District: Elsinore Valley Cemetery Includes the Jewish Home of Peace Cemetery, a.k.a. Mt. Sinai Memorial Park: Lake Elsinore
In 1917, Eaton conceived the "memorial-park" concept and Forest Lawn Cemetery was renamed Forest Lawn Memorial-Park. [1] He envisioned Forest Lawn as a place for the living, having sweeping lawns and noble architecture, stained glass, and a place that uplifted the community rather than being a place of sorrow. Eaton became noted as, and ...