From our Hillside Chapel service we got in our cars and traveled the short distance to our pop’s graveside next to our mom’s in the Summer Terrace area of Rose Hills. Many of our relatives are buried in different sections of this Memorial Park.
Rose Hills Memorial Park was founded in 1914 by Augustus Gregg on part of the historic Rancho Paso de Bartolo land grant. Whittier Heights Memorial Park, as it was originally known, began as an 18-acre cemetery serving the burgeoning city of Whittier. … At its largest, the park once spanned nearly 2,500 acres. Today, Rose Hills Memorial Park covers more than 1,400 acres, making it the largest cemetery in North America.
Our 93 year old aunt, Pop’s sister was a real trooper hiking up this slope with help from her grandchildren.
Our two sons, Josh and Dan.
Our nephew Andrew giving his respects.
Hope recited the 23rd Psalm in English.
Our parents lie side by side. My mom’s headstone reads “The Lord is my shepherd;… and on my pop’s headstone to the right of my mom it reads, “I shall not want”.
Hope’s dad, my brother Leonard, read the 23rd Psalm in Russian.
My pop’s grandsons Caleb and Joseph gave the graveside messages.
Some of Moisi’s granddaughters.
Dear’s only brother with one of his three daughters, Annie, our DIL Jamie and Addy.
Jamie and Addy with Addy’s great great aunt Anna who is our pop’s sister and the last surviving sibling in our pop’s family.
We don’t shelter our children from death and funerals.
We always do our part in burying our loved ones.
From the graveside services we drove to Fullerton for a catered reception that our dear old Pop provided the money for. We are grateful to EV Free Fullerton for allowing us to use one of their large halls. Next Tuesday with Moisi I’ll have photos from the reception.
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
…sweet family time.
A beautiful celebration of a beautiful life lived, thank you for sharing.
Blessings,
Sue
The day was fine and Pop is in Heaven. What a family!
Addy looks so much like her daddy.
God be with you, Ellen.
Ellen, wow, what emotion and love in this post. Praying for you all. May your Pop rest in peaceā¤ļø
Hello, a happy and sad time for the family. Prayers for you and your family.
Aw Ellen – thank you for sharing these tender moments! Such a touching celebration of life with family all around!
Dear dear Ellen, thank you for sharing your Pop’s burial with us. Tears still flow when I observe and read…what a special special family you have. We did not shelter our children from death or funerals either. They were taught from a young age that death is a part of life. What a special blessing it was to see your aunt make that climb to the graveside to see her brother buried. I had not seen a family participate in “doing their share” when it came to the burial. Very special. Hugs to you, dear one.
God bless your family. Your father would be so happy to know how much love was shared at his funeral and the tribute to his long and faithful life.. May he rest in peace with our Lord Jesus.
A wonderful honoring for your beloved Pop.
If it is OK to say, I am enjoying being a witness to the funeral customs of your family – faith-filled and diligent even in death – I am not sure I have ever seen a family participate in the closing the grave other than one handful of dirt. Thank you for sharing.