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Funeral, Cremation & Cemetery

Evergreen Washelli Funeral Home & Cemetery

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Funeral, Cremation & Cemetery

Evergreen Washelli Funeral Home & Cemetery

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Highlights

100% Service Guarantee
Flexible event space
Celebration of Life center
Veterans cemetery section
Flexible chapel space

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206-362-5200

Address

11111 Aurora Ave N
Seattle, WA 98133

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About

Families have trusted Evergreen Washelli Cemetery for generations--we have served the Seattle community for over 135 years, and the 144-acre memorial park provides a wide range of burial services and is renowned for being the largest, most scenic and historic cemetery in Seattle.

The professional staff at Evergreen Washelli Funeral Home are experts at creating unique, one-of-a-kind services for your loved ones. Whether you are planning a traditional funeral service or a more personalized celebration of life, we are honored to assist in creating a memorial service that uniquely celebrates your loved one. Our spacious facility has multiple venues that can handle both large events and intimate affairs.

Our office is open Monday-Sunday, 9am-4:30pm, but we are available to serve you day or night at 206-362-5200. Our columbarium is open Monday-Sunday, 9am-5pm, with a closure every day from 12pm-12:30pm.

An inclusive funeral home

Seattle is diverse and our neighbors come from all walks of life. At Evergreen Washelli Funeral Home, we are happy to conduct your funeral or memorial service according to you and your loved one’s customs and traditions, no matter your religion, background or culture. As a non-denominational facility, we have proudly served families of all faiths for generations.

Facilities to meet your every need

Sitting Area at Evergreen Washelli Funeral Home & Evergreen Washelli Cemetery Whether you are planning a viewing for close family and friends, or need a large gathering space, our funeral home has facilities to meet your needs. We offer several visitation areas to choose from for more intimate services. Our Celebration Hall is a large multi-purpose space for celebration of life and memorial events, seating about 100 and is commonly used for catered meals. And the Tribute Center, seating 150, offers state of the art technology, video screens, music and computer capabilities.

Celebrations of Life

Unique Feature at Evergreen Washelli Funeral Home & Evergreen Washelli Cemetery We believe in honoring your loved one through a celebration that is personal and provides a healing experience to family and friends. Celebrations of life, led by our certified celebrants, can be held with burial or cremation and celebrate a life well lived. From traditional ceremonies to unique celebrations, we pride ourselves on helping you plan the perfect event.

Evergreen Washelli has been known for our customization and unique event options that most locations just don’t offer. Whether the funeral procession is led by an antique 1930s John Deere tractor, or the celebrant and guests are clad in hunting and fishing gear, we can custom tailor your celebration of life to honor the unique passions, hobbies and interests that inspired your loved one.

Cremation Services

Mausoleum at Evergreen Washelli Funeral Home & Evergreen Washelli Cemetery Cremation can and should be, just as personal as a burial and funeral service. A service before or after the cremation offers families and friends the opportunity to express their farewell. A service can be completely customized to make it a meaningful gathering. Location on the funeral ceremony and reception are of your choosing. Let us guide you through our trusted and dignified cremation options that can be personalized to truly celebrate a life lived.

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Proudly Serving those who have served

Veterans Section at Evergreen Washelli Funeral Home & Evergreen Washelli Cemetery People who have served in the armed forces deserve special consideration. To pay tribute to our fallen heroes, Evergreen Washelli assists in coordinating veterans burial benefits to those eligible. At Evergreen Washelli Cemetery, we can handle the details for you and provide all options so you can make an informed decision.

Available veteran benefits include: inscribed cemetery marker, U.S. flag, gun salute, payment, transportation costs. You may be eligible as a military member on active duty, military retirees, members and former members of the selected reserve, U.S. veterans of any war, U.S. veterans who served at least one term of enlistment and without a dishonorable discharge.

Create the perfect cemetery memorial

Special Garden Feature at Evergreen Washelli Funeral Home & Evergreen Washelli Cemetery A place for healing and reflection allows family and friends to find comfort long after services are over, and establishes your family legacy. There are a wide variety of options for burial and cremation memorialization, and we honor your burial traditions, no matter your religion, background or culture.

To further personalize a place of reflection, Evergreen Washelli Cemetery offers a variety of burial, entombment and cremation memorialization options which include:

Family Estates - Design the perfect private garden estate to accommodate as many people as desired. This can be burial space, cremation space, a private mausoleum, or a combination of any of these forms of memorialization.

Snoqualmie Estates - With its running creek and bubbling fountain, these estates provide beautifully secluded and peaceful resting places that harbor quiet reflection and remembrance for generations to come.

San Juan Mausoleum - Provides a beautiful and affordable option for above-ground placement.

San Juan Mausoleum Niches - A peaceful location surrounded by nature, this option is available for those preferring outdoor, above-ground placement of cremated remains. This granite columbarium contains niches that can hold either single or companion placements.

Washelli Columbarium - A beautiful and serene setting with its many water features, this option offers bronze or glass-front niches. The glass front niches allow for personalized memorialization for individuals or multiple family members. Sheltered and handicap-accessible, the Washelli Columbarium provides comfort and convenience.

Tree-Ring Cremation Gardens - A contemporary concept in cremation memorialization, Tree-Ring Gardens is a small, elegantly landscaped garden providing for economical individual placement of cremated remains.

Cremation Gardens - We offer several traditional cremation ground-burial options including Memory Glen. Our Memory Glen Wall allows for above-ground placement. Both are located in a garden surrounded in the beauty of nature.

Lawn Crypts - The Evergreen Lawn Crypt section provides a modern and affordable burial option. Modern engineering is used to create a well-drained section of pre-placed concrete burial liners, both single and double-depth. This is a beautiful yet economical burial option for individuals and couples.

Ground Burial—Evergreen Washelli has a wide variety of ground-burial areas throughout the cemetery.

Veteran’s Cemetery

Veterans Section at Evergreen Washelli Funeral Home & Evergreen Washelli Cemetery The first Memorial Day Service at the Evergreen Washelli Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery was held on May 30, 1927. At noon, a moment of silence was followed by a twenty-one-gun salute by the Battery I, 146th Field Artillery. The first headstone was placed during this service. Marine Private Thomas McElderry died on October 13, 1926. His mother, upon learning of the new cemetery for veterans, requested that he be placed where he would be honored for his military service. His body was moved to the new Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery.

Shortly after the cemetery was established, the American Legion donated a flagpole which has proudly flown our nation’s colors since. Chimes Tower, donated in the 1950s, rings the hours with its carillon. It stands as a memorial to veterans buried elsewhere, but remembered by friends and relatives.

Guarding the walkway to the Chimes Tower are two carronades from the U.S.S. Constitution which became famous after an 1812 battle against the Guerriere, a fast British frigate. The British ship fired furiously, but her shots glanced from the hull of the Constitution, whose cheering crew bestowed their sturdy frigate with the nickname “Old Ironsides.” The Constitution became a symbol of the United States’ rise to power. The presence of these guns and other symbols of military honor within the Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery serve to remind us that eternal vigilance is the price of freedom.

History

Evergreen Washelli Cemetery was started in 1884 in an area known as Oak Lake by David Denny, one of the founders of Seattle. In 1887, his cousin moved his family’s plot to the new burial ground, and family and friends also began to bury their loved ones there. In 1903, Oaklake Cemetery, was inherited by David’s son, Victor who sold the property in 1914 to the American Necropolis Association, a St. Louis-based company that owned cemetery properties in several states. ANA named the cemetery “Washelli” (a Makah word meaning “west wind”).

In 1919, the Evergreen Cemetery Company started a competing cemetery on the western side of Aurora Avenue, directly opposite Washelli Cemetery. In 1922, Evergreen Cemetery purchased Washelli from ANA. The cemetery changed its name to Evergreen Washelli in 1962.

The Evergreen Washelli funeral home was started in 1972. It quickly outgrew its offices on the eastern side of Washelli and in 1994, moved into larger facilities on the Evergreen side of the property. To meet the need for a gathering and reception space, Evergreen Washelli expanded the funeral home facility in 2008 to include modern and inviting reception rooms.

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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
Flexible chapel space
Our chapel can be used for hosting your religious events
Mountain views
Waterside views
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
Coffee lounge
Onsite cemetery

Cremation

Cremation remembrance jewelry
Cremation viewing suite
Cremation cemetery options
Cremation niches
Option for mail delivery of ashes
Sent through postal mail service, signature required.
Scattering assistance
Cremation gardens

Service

Arrangements by phone or email
Complete funeral planning, including electronic signature, without needing a funeral home visit
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
Tribute video production
Services available to create a tribute video for the service or obituary from photos and videos.
Audio and video equipment
Popular music selections
Intimate reception area
Police escort available

Religious & Cultural

Multicultural funerals
Feng shui design
Jewish cemetery section
Incense burning

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100% Service Guarantee
Livestreaming of Services

How may we help you?

Plan Ahead

A death has occurred or is near

Call us anytime

206-362-5200

Address

11111 Aurora Ave N
Seattle, WA 98133

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Every Detail Remembered

An experience like no other, carefully crafted by our caring planning team.

Our Venues

Our welcoming and comfortable spaces can be customized to fit your needs.

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Cemetery & Cremation Property

A final resting place that reflects a unique life and legacy for generations to come.

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Personalized Catered Receptions

From desserts and appetizers to a sit-down meal, we can arrange it all.

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Our Collections

A lasting remembrance as unique and special as the individual it represents.

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Remember the one you love

Honor the memory of your loved one with cemetery flower placement. You choose the flowers. You choose the months. We do the rest.

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Express your sympathy with flowers & gifts

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Remember the one you love

Honor the memory of your loved one with cemetery flower placement. You choose the flowers. You choose the months. We do the rest.

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Express your sympathy with flowers & gifts

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Express your sympathy with flowers & gifts

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Express your sympathy with flowers & gifts

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Remember the one you love

Honor the memory of your loved one with cemetery flower placement. You choose the flowers. You choose the months. We do the rest.

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Ratings & Reviews

4.4

457 Ratings

Staff

4.4

Arrangement

4.4

Cleanliness

4.3

Visitation & Service

4.5

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4.4

457 Ratings

Staff

4.4

Arrangement

4.4

Cleanliness

4.3

Visitation & Service

4.5

70%

13%

10%

Verified Customer Reviews

Since 2005, many of our customers have taken the time to tell us how we did each year via our Voice of the Customer program. Our star ratings and comments from families come directly from these surveys.

"Great experience at a bad time in life."

jd-power-verified-checkmark Verified Burial & Memorial Service Customer

May 2021

"My mom's death was expected, but still the shock of it all and the planning was made so much easier with the help of Nick, Scott and Rachael. Their kindness and overall care for our family is something I'll never forget. I had some requests and ideas I wanted for my mom's services and none were met with 'we can't do that' rather 'we will make it happen, we will take care of it' Every detail big and small, nothing was over looked. I also need to give a big THANK YOU to the grounds crew. I asked if I bought lights for the trees at my mom's gravesite could they be put up for her services...immediately I was told YES. They were beautiful. From helping us pick out plants to planting her favorite plants we've brought, they have gone above and beyond. My mom's gravesite looks amazing because they truly care about the deceased and the living that are left to grieve. Every person from from the front desk to the people that helped set up the services to Stacy that did my mom's make up and cared for my mom's body...ALL so very professional, empathetic, kind and helpful. They truly listen and make each service and experience personalized."

jd-power-verified-checkmark Verified Customer

March 2021

"Thank you for making a difficult time easy. Thank you for listening and for not trying to suggest things we did not ask for. All were very professional."

jd-power-verified-checkmark Verified Burial & Memorial Service Customer

March 2021

"The Funeral Director and staff have been wonderful to work with through this process: informative, compassionate, interjecting humor when appropriate. The facility is top-notch and I would recommend Evergreen Washelli to anyone. Taking care of a loved one's last rodeo is not an easy thing to go through so it's nice to have such a great team with you every step of the way."

jd-power-verified-checkmark Verified Burial & Memorial Service Customer

March 2021

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Upcoming Events

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31 May

Memorial Day at Evergreen Washelli

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Evergreen Washelli Cemetery Veteran Memorial Cemetery 11111 Aurora Ave N Seattle, WA 98133 GET DIRECTIONS

Evergreen Washelli's 95th Annual Memorial Day Celebration

On Monday, May 31st Evergreen Washelli will be hosting it's 95th Annual Memorial Day Celebration. Join us at 9:00AM for the flag placement in the Veterans Memorial Cemetery. With the help of community volunteers, each of the 5,000 graves will be adorned with a US flag honoring the servicemember interred. We will be joined by members of the NW Junior Drum and Pipe Band, who will be playinga concert before hand, and cemetery General Manager Scott Sheehan, who will be speaking.

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