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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.
This is a list of notable people buried at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park cemetery in Glendale, California. The cemetery was founded in 1906 and has been used for many funerals of film stars and other celebrities since then.
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]
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
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.
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.
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 ...
Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Long Beach, California. Pages in category "Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Long Beach)" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.