Memorial Day at Forest Lawn Memorial Parks & Mortuaries

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By Pamela Hale-Burns on July 2, 2010 1:23 PM | | Comments (0) |
pn05-rpmemorial.JPG Mary Utha, a resident of Los Angeles and a native of Thailand came to California with her husband Smitty Bortat over 49 years ago.
In her younger years she work as a professional nurse and served in the community working at local convalescent hospitals and home day care. Now retired, she lives at home in Los Angeles.
She has been attending Memorial Day services at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Long Beach for more than a decade. This year, Utha won the event's raffle.
"It is a joy to come and attend this wonderful service, always very well presented, they provide us with free drinking water and ice cream which I love very much," she said.
"When (the)Forest Lawn representative called I couldn't believe it; I was a real winner. My husband did not believe it either, until we confirmed it was real; Forest Lawn made it possible. Thank you Forest Lawn Memorial."

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