A range of services

As a full-service funeral home, Forest Lawn Funeral Home provides a wide range of funeral, cremation and memorialization options. Our funeral home offers the services of our on-site cremation center for those who choose cremation.

Every person’s life has a story. We help you tell yours like no one else can. Whether you are making arrangements in advance or have an immediate need, our caring and compassionate associates will guide and assist you in creating a tribute that honors your loved one’s wishes. We want to help you truly reflect personality, individuality and passion for life.

Cremation services in Seattle

We specialize in cremation services that honor loved ones in personalized ways, and families love our transparent pricing. With expertise in scattering ashes and a friendly team who pays attention to every detail, we provide service that is second to none. And now we offer both traditional flame cremation and water cremation.

More and more people are choosing cremation over traditional burial, but most aren’t familiar with the many options:

• a cremation without a funeral or memorial service of any kind.
• a funeral with your loved one present, followed by cremation.
• a cremation followed by a scattering, cemetery memorialization or celebration of life—or all three.

For those who wish for a more momentous memorial, Neptune Memorial Reef^® is an underwater cremation garden off the coast of Florida. A Celestis Memorial Spaceflight takes ashes into space for a little while or forever.

There are many cremation providers—and they're not all equal. Here's what you can expect when you choose us for your loved one's cremation:

• Custody of care guaranteed. Our custody-of-care program helps safeguard the identification of your loved one from the time we bring them into our care until the time we return them to your family. We check, cross-check and check again, every step of the way.
• Exclusive custody of your loved one. We use only crematories owned and operated by Dignity Memorial^®; providers or trusted partners. Once your loved one is in our custody or that of a trusted partner, they’re in our care until they’re returned to your family.
• Licensed, certified, conscientious staff. All Dignity Memorial crematory operators are licensed and certified by Cremation Association of North America, or CANA. Only one person at a time is cremated, and the cremation chamber is thoroughly cleaned before the next person is cremated.

Now offering human composting

Human composting is an alternative to burial and cremation. Inside a vessel created especially for this purpose, organic elements, such as wood chips, mulch and wildflowers, gently transform a body into nutrient-rich soil. Your family may choose to use this soil to plant trees or flowers, or you can place it in a location meaningful to you. The remaining soil is sent to conservation land on the Olympic Peninsula to aid projects such as reforestation, improving soil health and restoring challenged ecosystems.

Cemetery

Situated on 20 naturally beautiful acres with attractive trees, seasonal flowers and well-kept lawns, Forest Lawn Cemetery provides a quiet place to honor the memory of your loved ones. All of our services are designed to help you through one of the most personal and challenging stages of life. With a wide variety of burial options, including glass-front cremation niches in the mausoleum and a granite columbarium, we are certain that your family will find an arrangement that suits your needs and wishes.

Memorial Day event

We consider it a privilege to honor military families and veterans. Each year, on Memorial Day, we honor the brave men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. For over 80 years, we have hosted a ceremony in partnership with American Legion Post 160 and other community groups.

Here to serve you

Forest Lawn Funeral Home and Forest Lawn Cemetery are conveniently located in the High Point neighborhood of West Seattle at 6701 30th Avenue, SW. We invite you to take a tour of our interfaith chapel and well-maintained gardens. Please contact us if you need immediate assistance, or would like more information about our services.

History

Considered the longest continuously operating business in West Seattle, Forest Lawn Cemetery has served families since 1902. In the early 1980s, Forest Lawn Funeral Home opened to better serve the West Seattle community. The facility closed shortly thereafter and reopened in 1995. In 2002, we merged with West Home Funeral Chapel in West Seattle. Today, both the funeral home and cemetery are members of the Dignity Memorial^® network of funeral, cremation and cemetery service providers and create personalized tributes to celebrate those who shape our community each day.