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John Anson Ford (1883–1983), Los Angeles County supervisor, namesake of John Anson Ford Amphitheatre; Thomas Francis Ford (1873–1958), U.S. Congressman and Los Angeles City Council member [75] Lewis R. Foster (1898–1974), director, producer, screenwriter and composer [76] Ivor Francis (1918–1986), actor; Betty Francisco (1900–1950 ...
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
Eaton opened the first mortuary (funeral home) on dedicated cemetery grounds after a battle with established funeral directors, who saw the "combination" operation as a threat. He remained as general manager until his death in 1966, when he was succeeded by his nephew, Frederick Llewellyn.
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 ...
A large gothic-style liturgical frame was built for the painting by Forest Lawn craftsmen, and it is still presented in this wooden frame at the Forest Lawn Museum. In 2005, the painting traveled to the Getty Center in Los Angeles for a cleaning with funding from the Conservation Partnership Program. Chief Paintings Conservator, Mark Leonard ...
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.
Pages in category "Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 536 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Chinese Cemetery of Los Angeles, East Los Angeles; 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 ...