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Los Angeles Odd Fellows Cemetery is a full-service cemetery and crematorium located on Whittier Blvd between Esperanza Street and Calzona Street in the City of Los Angeles’ community of Boyle Heights. We are one block west of East Los Angeles’s border of Indiana Street. We are near the 110, 710, 5, 60, 10 and 101 freeways and just minutes from downtown Los Angeles.
Our staff is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to answer your question, provide a quote and/or just simply listen to any inquiries or concerns you may have. We do not use a third-party answering service so be rest assured that a knowledgeable staff member will be answering your phone call or email. (From the Oddfellows Cemetery Website)
In 1985, 16,433 aborted babies were buried in unmarked graves at the cemetery on donated land. The babies were found in a shipping container in Woodland Hills, California in February 1982, and a three-year dispute over their burial ensued. The dispute reached the Supreme Court, who ruled their remains must be buried in a nonreligious ceremony. The burial included a eulogy by President Ronald Reagan, which was read at the 7 October 1985 service by Michael D. Antonovich.