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Glen Abbey Memorial Park & Mortuary

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3838 Bonita Road
Bonita, CA 91902

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With breathtaking views of San Diego Harbor and downtown San Diego, Glen Abbey Memorial Park & Mortuary in Bonita, California, is a stunning place for honoring loved ones.

Glen Abbey Memorial Park has been a peaceful final resting place for South San Diego County residents since 1924. With mature trees, serene lakes and carefully planned gardens, Glen Abbey provides a tranquil setting for reflection and remembrance.

Glen Abbey Mortuary is a full-service, state-of-the-art funeral home that provides cremations and funerals, as well as event spaces for services of all types and sizes.

Working together, these sister locations allow families to conveniently take care of all their funeral, cremation and burial arrangements.

Amenities

Location

Flexible event space
Facility is available to host your personal events
Celebration of Life center
Facility is designed for personalized funeral celebrations
Veterans cemetery section
Mountain views
Ocean views
Multiple chapels
Chapel
Cemetery spaces available
Custom headstones and markers
Piano/Organ on site
Family estates
Family Estates are a distinguished tribute to a family legacy. They can be customized with stained glass, benches and landscaping
Flat markers
Grave markers that sit flush to the ground in the material of preference
Upright headstones
Mausoleums
Private or Community spaces for urns as well as caskets, that can be Indoor or outdoor
Onsite cemetery

Service

Catered events
Large reception area
Event planning
Services available to support planning events
Outdoor celebrations
Options to have your personalized celebrations on outdoors on our property
Arrangements by phone and email
complete funeral planning without needing a funeral home visit
Tribute video production
Services available to create a tribute video for the service or obituary from photos and videos.
Audio and video equipment
Intimate reception area
Meeting space
space available for corporate and organization meetings
Police escort available
Cemetery flower delivery

Religious & Cultural

Multicultural funerals
Feng shui design
Catholic cemetery section

Cremation

Cremation remembrance jewelry
Cremation viewing suite
Cremation cemetery options
Cremation niches
Option for home delivery of ashes
Option for mail delivery of ashes
Scattering assistance
Cremation gardens

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Interested in learning more? Call us at 619-498-4600 to request a custom quote.

Glen Abbey Memorial Park & Mortuary's "Little Chapel of Roses" Stained Glass Window

Our Difference

We want you to feel confident planning a funeral for yourself or a loved one. Here are some of the unique benefits we offer to help relieve your family of emotional and financial burdens.

National plan transferability
Personal Planning Guide
Free online obituary
Price protection
Experts in honoring veterans
Away from home protection
Celebration of life
Compassion help line
100% Dignity Service Guarantee

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Funeral chapels to suit every family

Front exterior view of chapel at Glen Abbey Memorial Park. Glen Abbey has three non-denominational chapels and an outdoor pavilion for funeral services, cremation services and catered receptions. Each is special in its own way.

The Little Chapel of the Roses is an iconic structure built in 1925. The replica of Victorian poet Alfred Lord Tennyson's chapel in Somersby, England, sits on a hill in the center of the cemetery. It seats approximately 90 guests and features stained-glass windows, amber skylights and an indoor garden. A stained-glass artwork at the back of the chapel depicts "The Resurrection." A circular stained-glass window positioned over the altar illustrates a verse of Tennyson's "Crossing the Bar." The space is so unique and beautiful that couples even choose it as a wedding venue!

Glen Abbey Memorial Chapel is in the main building on the east side of the cemetery. Spanish-style candelabra illuminate the vaulted ceiling with exposed wooden beams and paneling. Ample natural light streams in during daytime services and provides a beautiful warmth to the space; light blue brick walls set off dark wood pews. This chapel seats about 150 guests.

The Little Lodge is located by the west entrance of the cemetery and accommodates about 100. This space has an outdoor patio.

For those desiring a more natural and contemporary setting, the Bonita Vista Pavilion is a lovely outdoor space for evening services.

Affordable cremation services

Close up view of flowers in the estate area at Glen Abbey Memorial Park. We believe a funeral or cremation should be about memories, not high prices. Making final arrangements is stressful enough without worrying about high costs.

Cremation is important in certain religions and cultures, but regardless of cultural or religious affiliations, more and more families are choosing cremation over other options. Glen Abbey partners with an off-site crematorium and provides several options for cremation services.

Some families choose direct cremation without a service of any kind. Some families opt for a traditional funeral service with the body present, followed by cremation. Still others have a loved one cremated and then hold a celebration of life at the funeral home, cemetery or a location especially meaningful to the person being remembered.

If you’re planning ahead, Glen Abbey Memorial Park offers affordable cremation services that don't compromise quality or personal touches. Get more information on starting prices for cremation.

Celebrating life like no other

Reception room at Glen Abbey Memorial Park Each person’s life is special, and a unique life deserves a unique celebration. Our funeral directors specialize in creating one-of-a-kind tributes that celebrate a person’s passions, interests and individuality. You name it—dove release, putting green in the chapel, antique cars in the parking lot, customized T-shirts, beach-themed cupcakes, Mardi Gras parade, mariachi band—and we can probably do it.

We are members of the Dignity Memorial® network of funeral, cremation and cemetery providers, offering compassionate care, personalized service and premier benefits and amenities. You can count on us to serve you with the utmost respect, integrity and dignity.

Please call us for any reason. We’re available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Glen Abbey Memorial Park cemetery

Estate area at Glen Abbey Memorial Park. Far away from the hustle and bustle of downtown San Diego, Glen Abbey Memorial Park is a tranquil sanctuary. One hundred acres of meticulously manicured gardens, calming fountains and elegant sculptures create a serene refuge for reflection and remembrance.

To add to its park-like setting, shade-providing trees surround the lovely Lake of Dreams, which is home to geese, turtles and koi fish. Thirty-four acres of the property are a dedicated bird sanctuary. In a word, Glen Abbey Memorial Park is beautiful.

Traditional and cremation burial choices

The many manicured gardens at Glen Abbey Memorial Park are private and peaceful. A walk down one of our winding paths reveals a range of burial, entombment and cremation memorialization options.

Cemetery property choices include traditional ground burial with flat markers, entombment or niche placement in one of three mausoleums, custom-built private and semiprivate estates, columbaria, cremation benches and scattering gardens, including the Nature Garden.

For art lovers, Mausoleum of Impressions is a truly special resting spot. Situated near the Lake of Dreams, the outdoor mausoleum complex stands apart for its impressionist-style art on some of the granite crypts. With depictions of ponds and lily pads, the scenes are reminiscent of Monet’s “Water Lilies” series.

Prepared for the future

Since the cemetery grounds sit on a mesa, we have stunning views of San Diego and the surrounding areas. When we take in the miles and miles of picturesque scenery, it reminds us that our cemetery is the final resting place for many generations of families who once enjoyed these views too. With plenty of land still left for development, we stand ready to serve many more generations of California families.

Honoring veterans, the military and public servants

The San Diego area has a large military presence. Glen Abbey Memorial Park & Mortuary supports military members, veterans and their families. The funeral home is well-versed in arranging services with military funeral honors for eligible veterans and military members and works with all branches of the U.S. armed forces.

Every veteran deserves a proper and dignified burial, no matter his or her financial circumstances. As a participant in the Dignity Memorial Homeless Veterans Burial Program, Glen Abbey provides free cremation services, funeral services and burial services to homeless and indigent veterans without family.

Glen Abbey also recognizes the courageous and selfless men and women who serve as law enforcement officers, firefighters and emergency services personnel. Through the Dignity Memorial Public Servants Program, the funeral home offers dignified and honorable cremation services, funeral services and burial services, at no cost, for career and volunteer public servants who fall in the line of duty.

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Upcoming Events

We cherish the community we serve and invite you to join us for our upcoming events.

11 December

Candlelight Memorial Service

06:00 PM - 07:30 PM

Glen Abbey Memorial Park and Mortuary

Main Chapel

3838 Bonita Road
Bonita, CA 91902

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During the holidays, we know that memories and time spent with family and friends are what makes the season special.

In love and remembrance this holiday season, you and your family are invited to join us for a special candlelight memorial service.

In addition to the memorial service, we will have arts and crafts, music, holiday treats and a visit with Santa.

5:00 PM Activities begin

6:00 PM Memorial Service

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14 December

Wreaths Across America

09:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Glen Abbey Memorial Park and Mortuary

3838 Bonita Road
Bonita, CA 91902

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Each December, on National Wreaths Across America Day, is an opportunity to live out the Wreaths Across America mission: to Remember our fallen US Veterans, Honor those who serve and Teach our children the value of freedom.

Glen Abbey is honored to invite you and your family to be a part of our inaugural Wreaths Across America wreath laying program.

Wreaths Across America

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Monthly Mass - First Monday of every month

6:30pm
Chapel of Roses
Glen Abbey Memorial Park and Mortuary
3838 Bonita Road
Bonita, CA 91902

Very Reverend Efrain Bautista, Pastor of Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Bonita, celebrates Mass in honor of your loved ones every month. Everyone is welcome to attend. No RSVP required.

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Life Well Celebrated

We take personalized funeral services to the next level with custom menus, themed decor, just the right music, keepsakes and much more to reflect the unique life of each individual.

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