Rose Hills Memorial Park - Cemetery in Whittier, California

Rose Hills Memorial Park - Cemetery is a memorial park in Whittier, Los Angeles County, California. It is operated by Dignity Memorial. The grounds sit at about 837 feet above sea level. Wikidata records 118 notable people buried here, including Eazy-E, Alvin Ailey and Haing S. Ngor. It is recorded in the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System as feature 1652832. The nearest other listed cemetery is Buddhist Memorial Columbarium, about 0.5 mi to the south. The nearest funeral home we know of is Skyrose Chapel in Whittier, about 0.1 mi away. It is one of 101 cemeteries we list in Los Angeles County, and 32 other listed cemeteries lie within 10 miles. The oldest recorded cemetery in Los Angeles County dates to 1860. 20 of the 101 listings in Los Angeles County have a phone number or website on record.

A cemetary encompassing 1,400 acres and housing a total of 5 funeral homes

Among them: 22 actors, 8 baseball players, 8 musicians, 7 football players, 7 writers, 6 business leaders, 4 basketball players, 4 scientists.

• Eazy-E1964-1995
  American rapper
• Alvin Ailey1931-1989
  African-American dancer, choreographer and activist
• Haing S. Ngor1940-1996
  Cambodian-American physician and actor
• Duong Van Minh1916-2001
  South Vietnamese commander
• Nguyen Cao Ky1930-2011
  Vietnamese politician and general
• Lupe Ontiveros1942-2012
  American actress
• Mark St. John1956-2007
  American guitarist
• Lewis Arquette1935-2001
  American actor
• Richard Wurmbrand1909-2001
  Romanian Christian minister of Jewish descent
• Thuy Trang1973-2001
  Vietnamese actress
• Ron Glass1945-2016
  American actor
• Keye Luke1904-1991
  American actor

People whose Wikidata entry gives Rose Hills Memorial Park - Cemetery as their place of burial, ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions cover them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists. Plot locations are not included; ask the cemetery office.

Not available: we have no confirmed information yet about accepting new burials, cremation options, cremation niches, mausoleum, columbarium, chapel, green burial, veterans section, office on site, parking, wheelchair accessible, restrooms. If you work there or know it well, tell us what it offers.

• Buddhist Memorial Columbarium

  Whittier, CA
  Cemetery

  0.5 mi
• Whittier Heights Mausoleum

  Whittier, CA · est. 1918
  Cemetery

  1.7 mi
• Mount Olive Cemetery

  Whittier, CA
  Cemetery

  2.0 mi
• Olive Grove Cemetery

  South Whittier, CA
  Cemetery

  4.7 mi
• Resurrection Cemetery

  South San Gabriel, CA
  Catholic cemetery

  4.9 mi
• Savannah Memorial Park

  Rosemead, CA
  Memorial park

  5.5 mi
• Little Lake Cemetery

  Santa Fe Springs, CA
  Cemetery

  6.1 mi
• Paradise Memorial Park

  Santa Fe Springs, CA
  Memorial park

  6.2 mi
• Mount Olive Memorial Park

  Bell Gardens, CA
  Memorial park

  6.6 mi
• Queen of Heaven Cemetery and Mortuary

  2161 Fullerton Rd, Rowland Heights, CA
  Catholic cemetery

  6.7 mi

• Skyrose Chapel

  Funeral home · Whittier · (562) 699-0921
  0.1 mi
• Hillside Chapel

  Funeral home · Whittier · (562) 699-0921
  1.7 mi
• Guerra Gutierrez Mortuary

  Mortuary · Whittier · (562) 698-9935
  2.0 mi
• Whittier College Memorial Chapel

  Funeral chapel · Whittier · (714) 504-9232
  2.1 mi
• Funeral Pre Planning with Brian Tocts

  Funeral home · Whittier · (626) 201-8312
  2.2 mi
• White Emerson Mortuary

  Mortuary · Whittier · (562) 698-0304
  2.2 mi

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