Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale), Glendale, California

Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)

1712 S. Glendale Avenue

Glendale, Los Angeles, California, 91205

This cemetery is well known for it's "famous memorials". There's a wonderful video series on Youtube if you're interested in "seeing" these famous grave sites but cannot travel: Hollywood Graveyard 

(I tried to embed the videos, but unfortunately, technology is against me today).

According to Findagrave.com, there are 1068 Famous Memorials. I wanted to see who in my family are buried in this same cemetery as those so many admired! At the top of the list- 

Michael Joseph Jackson (1958-2009)- my 8th cousin, 1x removed

Michael's resting place is located in the Great Mausoleum, Holly Terrace, Santuary of Ascension. It's a private mausoleum and locked to the general public, but here are some beautiful pictures: 

Mendenhall Family buried in this cemetery:

1. Beatrice O. Richie Mendenhall (1908-1948)- Wife of 7th cousin, 5x removed

    -Resurrection Slope, Map 1, Lot 167, Space 5

2. William Philip Mendenhall (1914-1996) & Bernice Viola McLaughlin Mendenhall (1904-1996)

Col. of the Evening Star, Lot 0, Space 2533

3.  Carl Wilbur Mendenhall (1868-1940)- 5th cousin, 5x removed

    & Wife- Helen E. Hartman Mendenhall (1881-1938)

Graceland, Lot 2028, Space 1 

Graceland, Lot 2028, Space 2

4. William Franklin Mendenhall (1878-1939)- 4th cousin, 5x removed

    & Wife- Myrtle Vaughan Mendenhall (1884-1958)

    & Sons- Theodore Mendenhall (1902-1974)- 5th cousin, 4x removed

             Cedric Mendenhall (1903-1936)- 5th cousin, 4x removed

Columbarium of the Dawn, Lot 0, Space 30958

5. Charles Morton "Charlie" Mendenhall (1882-1947)- 5th cousin, 6x removed 

Liberty, Map 1, Lot 1353, Space 3

    & Wife- Marie Ellen "Mary" Strawsburg Mendenhall (1887-1971)

Liberty, Map 1, Lot 1353, Space 4

    & Daughter- Glendora A. Mendenhall Rostedt (1913-1976)- 6th cousin, 5x removed

    -Liberty, Map 1, Lot 1137, Space 4

6. Curtis Mendenhall (1880-1946)- 5th cousin, 5x removed

    -Section H, Map 1, Lot 128, Space 1

7. Earl Mendenhall (1895-1989)- 7th cousin, 5x removed

Gardens of Memory, Lot 1164, Space 1

    & Wife- Ruth Caruthers Willis Mendenhall (1895-1932)

Court of Freedom, Columbarium of the Evening Star, 
Lot 0, Space 2544

    & 2nd Wife- Ethel Otalie Soderquist Mendenhall (1903-1974)

Gardens of Memory, Lot 1163, Space 1

             

 8. Henry A. Mendenhall (1857-1937)- 4th cousin, 6x removed

Columbarium of the Graces, Dahlia Terrace, Lot 0, Space 11402

    & Wife- Elvira Clark Mendenhall (1857-1938)

Iris Terrace, Great Mausoleum, Sanctuary of Grace, Wall Crypt 7118

  

  & Daughter- Lois Mendenhall Pantages (1884-1941)- 5th cousin, 5x removed

Sanctuary of Benediction, Grand Mausoleum, Memorial Terrace
Lot 0, Space 5429

9. Fred G. Mendenhall (1894-1951)- 5th cousin, 4x removed

Eventide, Map 1, Lot 3378, Space 3

10. George Leroy Mendenhall (1912-1956)- 6th cousin, 3x removed

    -Tranquility, Map G02, Lot 1052, Space 4

11. Gertrude Mendenhall (1893-1987)- 6th cousin, 5x removed

Sunrise Slope, Map 1, Lot 5613, Space 2

12. Hanna Mary Mendenhall (1872-1964)- 6th cousin, 6x removed

Vesperland, Map 1, Lot 1154, Space 2

13. Walter Baird Mendenhall (1873-1947)- 7th cousin, 5x removed

    & Wife- Harriet Robbins Poland Mendenhall (1875-1964)

    -Col. of the Sanctuaries, Memorial Terrace, Lot 0, Space 10118

14. Josephine Lois Mayer Mendenhall (1903-1932)

-was married to Charles Thomas Mendenhall (1899-1982)- my 7th cousin, 4x removed

Buried with Parents, was divorced.
Columbarium of Sunlight, Lot 0, Space 141

15. Lois Vivian Mendenhall (1908-1965)

-wife of Arthur Junius Mendenhall (1904-1958)- my 5th cousin, 4x removed.

    -Col. Of Memory, Memorial Terrace, Lot 0, Space 20359

Other Celebrities that I'm related to who are buried here: 

~Joseph Jackson (1928-2018)- 7th cousin, 2x removed

~Walt Disney (1901-1966)- 7th cousin, 4x removed

~King Camp Gillette (1855-1932)- 7th cousin, 4x removed

~Frank Baum (1856-1919)- 7th cousin, 4x removed

~Humphrey Bogart (1899-1957)- 6th cousin, 4x removed

~Nat King Cole (1919-1965)- 7th cousin, 4x removed

~Natalie Cole (1950-2015)- 8th cousin, 3x removed

~Jean Harlow (1911-1937)- 6th cousin, 3x removed

~Spencer Tracy (1900-1967)- 8th cousin, 2x removed

~Tom Mix (1880-1940)- 8th cousin, 1x removed

~Mary Jane Gumm (1915-1964)- 7th cousin, 4x removed