As a cornerstone in this community, and as leaders during times of tragedy and uncertainty, let us assure you that your family’s health and safety is our number one priority. Many of you have reached out asking how Cypress Lawn Funeral Home & Memorial Park is handling COVID-19. As a funeral home, our facility is ...
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The year 2020 is not going as planned. As COVID-19 travels across the globe, it is natural to feel heightened anxiety, disappointment, and stress. The coming days and weeks are unknown, and the unknown can be frightening. It’s important to heed local and national health guidelines and to practice self-care to make sure you are ...
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Perhaps no singular tree in the entire Cypress Lawn Arboretum collection is so grand as this – unassuming, still, in the lee of the ever-so-stately Hammond family monument, its gargantuan branches reach for the sun in all directions. Its evergreen leaves catch the afternoon light and flicker delicately on the eastward Pacific breeze. Its mighty ...
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Trees have always been integral to the life of Cypress Lawn’s new Arboretum Director, Josh Gevertz. Gevertz, who is a native of the Bay Area, grew up admiring the redwood tree in the front yard of his home in Moraga, CA. As a child, he started drawing comic strips, which later transitioned into painting. Now, ...
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At Cypress Lawn Funeral Home & Memorial Park, it has always been our honor to serve families of all ethnicities and cultures, especially our African-American neighbors in the Bay Area. During Black History Month, we’d like to highlight some of the special and influential African Americans who are laid to eternal rest within our grounds. ...
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By Josh Gevertz, Arboretum Director at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park  As our namesake tree at the Cypress Lawn Arboretum, the Monterey cypress is a unique species that we treasure as a distinguished feature throughout our growing collection. With nearly 200 specimens living in our Memorial Park, some as old as Cypress Lawn itself and others ...
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While our team at Cypress Lawn Funeral Home & Memorial Park has been proudly serving Bay Area families for over 100 years, we also help families who are from other states – and even other countries. We understand how devastating it is to learn about the loss of a loved one. Planning a funeral or ...
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At Cypress Lawn Funeral Home & Memorial Park, we’ve been helping San Francisco families through some of the most difficult times of their lives for well over a century. Over the years, we’ve worked hard to earn the respect and trust of the greater Bay Area community as we guide families through the planning of ...
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One of our deepest honors at Cypress Lawn Funeral Home & Memorial Park is to be able to pay tribute to the many prominent thinkers and leaders from the past century and beyond who are laid to rest here. It’s always been our privilege to help our San Francisco neighbors of all ethnicities, religions, and cultures ...
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At Cypress Lawn Funeral Home & Memorial Park, it’s our honor to serve Bay Area families during life’s most difficult moments. For over a century, we’ve been helping San Francisco families plan funerals, cremations, and burials, and each experience has been memorable and unique. There’s a lot about Cypress Lawn that makes us stand out ...
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