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Forest Lawn Memorial Park was founded in 1906 as a not-for-profit cemetery by a group of businessmen from San Francisco. Hubert Eaton and C.B. Sims entered into a sales contract with the cemetery in 1912.
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, 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 ...
People gathered Nov. 11t for a Veterans Day ceremony at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hendersonville, where 1,280 veterans have been laid to rest.
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 ...
Forest Lawn-Long Beach is a 38-acre mortuary and memorial garden in Long Beach, California, United States. The gardens were established as Sunnyside Memorial Gardens in 1921 by Cecil E. Bryan, Sr., an entrepreneur whose family operated the facility for three generations.
Forest Lawn Cemetery (Cathedral City), renamed from Palm Springs Mortuary & Mausoleum in 2005, is a mausoleum in Cathedral City, California near Palm Springs. [1] It is operated by Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries .
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