Information came to me in passing (when we buried a family member) that my grandfather was buried at Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier California. Of course, in the few times I've gone with family no one wanted to spend more time there than they "had to" (like hanging out at the cemetery is weird or something!), and the times I've gone alone have been in brief snippets of time I've found when I'm in the area.
Well, now that I'm living in Los Angeles county again, almost 10 months after I first heard about it, I finally went to visit my grandfather and his second wife (who had the courage to marry a widower with 8 children). They are buried next to each other in the Garden of Affection area.
I've identified the image on her grave marker as being the LDS Temple in Salt Lake City.
Click for images: (Detail on the marker, 1999) (Likely original image from a post card)
There is similarly an image on his, which I believe to be the LDS Temple in Los Angeles. However there appear to be one or more auxiliary structures not in the modern photograph, to the right of the temple and to the left of the entrance archway. I will be looking online at images of other temples that he may have been familiar with to rule out similar architecture.
Click for image: (Detail on the marker, 1980) (Not an exact match, but a very good one)
More on my adventures soon.
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