My journey ends here...
WESTWOOD MEMORIAL PARK
Cemetery and chapel.
Address 1218 Glendon Avenue, Westwood, Los Angeles, 90024 California.
Map 
Story
Founded in 1904, the Pierce
Brother's Westwood Memorial was a local quiet cemetery until 1962 (
,
;
,
), the year when Marilyn was buried, next to Grace McKee
Goddard, her former guardian (
) and Ana Lower (
).
Other members of Grace's family were buried there, such as her father Wallace Atchinson
(
), her mother Emma J.Atchinson (
), her aunt Enid Knebelkamp
(
) and her second husband, Reginald Evans (
).
After Marilyn's death, the owner of the Westwood Memorial Park Cemetery, Guy Hockett, carried Marilyn's body
from her residence to the morgue, on August 5, 1962, at 7.30 AM 
-
The funeral ceremony, limited to some close relatives, took place on August 8, 1962, in the brand new funeral chapel of Westwood Village.
Pictures inside the chapel 
,
;
,
Pictures outside the chapel 
,
Marilyn's simple stony vault is located in the "corridor of memories", memory alley n° 24 
,
,
On the other side, there's a commorative bench, wearing a tablet dedicated to the star, from her fan-clubs
"Marilyn
remembered" and "All About Marilyn", for the 30th death anniversary 
.
When she was buried, this cemetery was considered as a place of rest rather old-fashioned.
The closest vault form Marilyn's one was purchased by
Hugh Hefner (founder of Playboy magazine),
who would have paid 85 000$ to have the privilege to rest next to Marilyn for eternity.
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