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Your Trusted Partner for Funeral Services in Detroit, MI
Forest Lawn Memorial Park Detroit has been honored to serve Detroit families since 1888, providing compassionate end-of-life services that celebrate individual lives with dignity and reverence. Our experienced team, led by General Manager Christopher Strickler with over two decades of funeral and cemetery expertise, is dedicated to listening and supporting families during both immediate needs and pre-planning. We offer comprehensive options including traditional burials, cremations, mausoleum spaces, and personalized Prestige Collections that reflect elegance and luxury.Recognizing the importance of military service, we provide specialized options for active duty and retired personnel while maintaining transparent payment plans, insurance options, and flexible scheduling. Our historic grounds near Arthur L. Fletcher Play Field serve as a lasting refuge for remembrance, combining tradition with modern planning tools like our FREE Planning Guidebook to help families make informed decisions. Through Viewpoint with Dennis Quaid, we share our family-first values and commitment to open conversations about end-of-life topics.
Services
Burial Services
Cremation Services
Veterans Memorials
Pre-Need Planning
Prestige Collections
Highlights and features
- We have over 135 years of experience serving Detroit families since 1888
- Our team includes certified professionals with decades of funeral industry expertise
- We offer personalized memorialization options including luxury Prestige Collections
- Specialized military honors and veteran service options available
- Transparent payment plans and 2025 pricing guarantees available
Services
Burial Services
Traditional burial services with personalized memorialization options since 1888. Our historic cemetery provides dignified final resting places with customizable monuments and mausoleum spaces. Families receive compassionate guidance through every step of the arrangement process.
Cremation Services
Caring cremation services that honor cherished memories with grace. We offer full-service cremation arrangements including memorial ceremonies, urn selection, and scattering options tailored to family preferences and cultural traditions.
Veterans Memorials
Specialized services for active duty and retired military personnel. Our team coordinates flag presentations, rifle salutes, and government benefit applications to ensure veterans receive the full honors they deserve through our dedicated memorial programs.
Pre-Need Planning
Comprehensive pre-planning services that allow individuals to document their final wishes. We provide detailed guidance on all memorialization options, payment plans, and legal documentation to relieve future burdens from loved ones.
Prestige Collections
Exquisite luxury memorial collections featuring premium materials and custom designs. These distinguished remembrance options include ornate monuments, private estates, and personalized tributes reflecting elegance and unique life stories.
People
Christopher Strickler
General Manager
With over 20 years of funeral and cemetery experience across California, Texas, and Florida, Chris Strickler brings compassionate leadership to Forest Lawn Memorial Park Detroit. He specializes in creating personalized memorial solutions while supporting families during their most difficult moments.
Questions
What immediate steps should I take after a loved one passes away?
Notify immediate family, employers, and service providers like banks and insurance companies. Contact us for professional guidance through the arrangement process.
What's the difference between a funeral and memorial service?
Funerals include the deceased's body while memorial services occur after cremation or when remains aren't present.
How does the cremation process work?
Cremation uses high heat to reduce remains to ashes, which are processed and placed in an urn after removing metal components.
What payment options are available?
We accept credit cards, checks, payment plans, and burial/life insurance policies to accommodate different financial situations.
Why is funeral planning important for my loved ones?
Funeral services honor life journeys, provide healing closure, and celebrate personal legacies through meaningful tributes that comfort grieving families.
Reviews (6)
M. F.
Jan 15, 2022
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Please keep up the cemetery, this is not cool! The upkeep of this cemetery is poor! While visiting my mom's grave on Christmas a burial casket is just left out in the open. I was very disturbed and if I had an input on where to bury a loved one it would not be here! This is not the first time noticing things, just my first time posting.
Peter Wilke
Aug 27, 2021
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This is my first visit to Forest Lawn, I was very impressed by the facility. Well maintained, very nice and helpful staff. My family and I were looking for family buried 70 years ago. The staff looked them up and all but walked right to them. A heartfelt thank you.
M. Mae Ashley
Jul 20, 2021
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Vincent Chin is buried here at the front of section 42 (I have included a map for anyone who is trying to find his grave.). Look for the large bush, his family tombstone with his mother and father are to the right of the bush, and Vincent is immediately behind them. He will never be forgotten and his impact on the Asian American community will live on forever.
Yolanda Arnold
Jan 25, 2021
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My family has several plots and a few crypts here. Personnel is not very reliable. Got incorrect info when buying crypts with no resolution. Promised call-backs are never done. Corporate office is not very empathetic in re: to incorrect info by a former employee. Advise you to confirm/clarify ALL information on contracts.
Carol Ghesquiere
Nov 29, 2020
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My family's site has been neglected, bushes untrimmed, tree growing through middle of bush and obscured most of the view of the memorial stone, markers getting covered with grass. Have visited the office, called on the phone, emailed letters starting May 2019. Promises have been made by Forest Lawn but as of February 19, 2020, nothing has been resolved.
March 2020 update: Received a call from Forest Lawn stating a work order has been placed to perform maintenance. I've upgraded the rating from one to two stars and will adjust rating depending on outcome.
March 2020 update: Received a call from Forest Lawn stating a work order has been placed to perform maintenance. I've upgraded the rating from one to two stars and will adjust rating depending on outcome.
Monty Gatson
Nov 26, 2020
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The second time in as little as 4 months that someone has stolen my mom's headstone flowers. I put them on there late Saturday, early Monday they were gone. No sympathy at the office they could care less! What type of person steals flowers from a headstone???
