Location within Western Los Angeles | |
Details | |
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Established | 1905 as Sunset Cemetery, 1926 name officially changed to Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery |
Location | 1218 Glendon Avenue Westwood, Los Angeles 90024 |
Country | United States |
Type | Public |
Owned by | Service Corporation International |
Website | pbwvmortuary |
Find a Grave | Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery & Mortuary |
Designated | May 16, 2003 |
Reference no. | 731 |
The Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery is a cemetery in the Westwood Village area of Los Angeles. It is located at 1218 Glendon Avenue in Westwood, with an entrance from Wilshire Boulevard.
Although it is the resting place of some of the entertainment industry's greatest names, it also contains the graves of many uncelebrated people. For example, when Marilyn Monroe died in 1962, Joe DiMaggio, responsible for Monroe's arrangements, chose Westwood not because of its celebrities but because it was the resting place of Monroe's mother's friend, Grace Goddard, and Goddard's aunt, Ana Lower, both of whom had cared for Monroe as a child.
Coordinates: 34°03′30″N 118°26′26″W / 34.05833°N 118.44056°W