Forest Lawn Memorial Park | |
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Established | 1937 |
Location | Erlanger, Kentucky |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 39°00′59″N84°35′36″W / 39.0164415°N 84.5932724°W |
Type | Public |
Owned by | Stonemor Partners |
No. of graves | >15,000 |
Find a Grave | Forest Lawn Memorial Park |
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, is a cemetery is located at 3227 Dixie Highway in Erlanger, Kentucky.
In 1935, Marguerite Stetter, of Bellevue, Kentucky purchased the old Tom Cody Estate on the Dixie Highway for use as a cemetery. In January 1937, the first burial took place at Forest Lawn. The absence of large grave markers and monuments made Forest Lawn unique in the 1930s. The cemetery was built as a "garden." Grave markers were to remain small and flush with the ground, thus, maintaining a rural garden atmosphere. The cemetery has become one of the largest in Northern Kentucky. [1]
Some of the more famous burials include Congressman Judson Lincoln Newhall, Country-Western star Kenny Price of WLWT Midwestern Hayride and Major League Baseball Player Jim Viox of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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