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Item
Title
D20426-C
Date(s)
- 1945-10 (Creation)
Extent
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(1919-1980)
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Comfortable furnishings including a fireplace in Mountain View Memorial Park's funeral home provided a peaceful setting for grieving families in the mid-1940s. People could quietly talk or just meditate in this room which resembled someone's spacious living room. Mountain View had added mortuary facilities to their memorial park in 1942. This meant that preparation, funeral services and burials could occur in one location, thereby helping alleviate stress in families already suffering from the loss of a loved one.
Morgues & mortuaries--Lakewood; Reception rooms--Lakewood; Fireplaces--Lakewood; Mountain View Memorial Park (Lakewood);