Helping Families Connect, Honor, and Remember.
We offer unique opportunities for families to create healing moments after loss. Our experience, coupled with our perspective on the importance of ceremony, will help you discover ways to pay tribute to your loved one. Whether traditional or unique, these tributes allow us to love, laugh, and live well again.
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Honoring Life
Honoring a life means acknowledging the uniqueness of the deceased: their personality, life choices, and the path they walked in life. Read more...
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Designing Your Funeral
Taking the design steps with us isn't difficult. We invite you to explore the almost infinite variety of ways to celebrate and honor a life. Read more...
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Funeral Services
All too often, families discount the value of ceremony after the death of a loved one. It's an important part of the healing process. Read more...
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Permanent Memorialization
When the services are over, grief can become overwhelming. Having a dedicated place to find comfort can make all the difference. Read more...
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Memorial Property
This section helps you understand your choices for traditional burial in our park setting, or above-ground entombment in our mausoleum or garden crypt. Read more...
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Plan Ahead
We do not like to think about death, so we avoid making important funeral and cemetery decisions in advance. Our interactive planning tool makes it easy. Read more...
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Family Grief Support
The death of a loved one is an experience that affects us all. Use Sesame Street’s When Families Grieve resources to help your family begin the process of moving forward. Visit the Sesame Workshop's page on grief.
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Click below to read a guide to Embracing the Journey of Life
Kent Forest Lawn FAQ
Q: What type of service should I have?
A: The type of service conducted for the deceased is specified by the family. Funeral directors are trained to help families arrange the type of service they desire. The service is usually held at a place of worship or at the funeral home. The service may vary in ritual according to religious denomination or the wishes of the family. The presence of friends at this time is an acknowledgment of friendship and support. A private service is by invitation only where selected relatives and a few close friends attend the funeral service. A memorial service is usually a service without the body present and can vary in ceremony and procedures according to the family's community and religious affiliations.
Q: Can I personalize my funeral service?
A: Absolutely, in fact, we recommend it. After all, the funeral is a celebration of life. Funeral directors are happy to discuss all options and ensure your funeral is tailored to your wishes. It may be personalized in many unique ways. Contact us at (850) 763-4694 to explore the possibilities.
Q: Can I personalize my funeral service?
A: Absolutely, in fact, we recommend it. After all, the funeral is a celebration of life. Funeral directors are happy to discuss all options and ensure your funeral is tailored to your wishes. It may be personalized in many unique ways. Contact us at (850) 763-4694 to explore the possibilities.
Q: Why should we have a public viewing?
A: There are many reasons to view the deceased. It is part of many cultural and ethnic traditions, and many grief specialists believe that viewing aids the grief process, by helping the bereaved recognize the reality of death. Viewing is even encouraged for children, as long as it is their desire to do so, and the process is explained well.
Q: Is cremation a substitute for a funeral?
A: No, cremation is an alternative to earth burial or entombment for the body's final disposition and often follows a traditional funeral service. We can assist you with the necessary information for a funeral with a cremation following or a memorial service.
Q: Why are funerals so expensive?
A: In some respects, funerals are a lot like weddings or birthday celebrations. The type and cost will vary according to the tastes and budget of the consumer.
A funeral home is a 24-hour, labor-intensive business, with extensive facilities (viewing rooms, chapels, limousines, hearses, etc.), these expenses must be factored into the cost of a funeral.
Moreover, the cost of a funeral includes not only merchandise, like caskets, but the services of a funeral director in making arrangements; filing appropriate forms; dealing with doctors, ministers, florists, newspapers and others; and seeing to all the necessary details.
Q: Are cemeteries running out of space?
A: Just like other open spaces, cemeteries are impacted by increased population density in both urban and rural areas. Cemetery spaces are a finite resource, and as such, are at a premium in some regions.
Q: What are the advantages of a mausoleum burial?
A: Mausoleum crypts are both clean and dry. They offer a viable alternative for those who simply have an aversion to being interred in the ground. Furthermore, with the growing shortage of available land for cemetery use, mausoleums will allow for a maximum number of entombments in a minimum amount of space.
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