Ellis Resthaven Funeral Home and Memorial Park

04/24/2026

: While both are places where people are buried, a graveyard is affiliated with a church and a cemetery is not. Graveyards are often smaller, located on church grounds and may be limited to people of that faith or members of the church. Cemeteries are often larger and open to anyone who wishes to be buried there.

04/22/2026

This Earth Day, learn about how you can go green even in death – through human composting: https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/07/world/human-composting-natural-organic-reduction-scn-lbg/index.html

04/20/2026

Celebrate the life of Sylvia Jones, leave a kind word or memory and get funeral service information care of Ellis Resthaven Funeral Home and Memorial Park.

04/20/2026

During National Volunteer Week, we celebrate all of the volunteers at Donate Life America for their dedication to promoting organ, eye and tissue donation. We appreciate your support in creating a community that celebrates and advocates for donation!

04/17/2026

Funeral homes used to operate ambulance services. Before the 1970s, many funeral homes took on this operation because they had vehicles large enough to fit stretchers and employees accustomed to handling bodies.

04/15/2026

Celebrate the life of Daniel Govea, leave a kind word or memory and get funeral service information care of Ellis Resthaven Funeral Home and Memorial Park.

04/15/2026

Celebrate the life of Judith Pare, leave a kind word or memory and get funeral service information care of Ellis Resthaven Funeral Home and Memorial Park.

04/15/2026

Social connections may help protect health and lengthen life. Scientists are finding that our link to others can have powerful effects on our health. Whether with family, friends, neighbors, romantic partners or others, social connections can influence our biology and well-being. Learn more: https://newsinhealth.nih.gov/2017/02/do-social-ties-affect-our-health

04/13/2026

04/11/2026

Celebrate the life of Erich Dalrymple, leave a kind word or memory and get funeral service information care of Ellis Resthaven Funeral Home and Memorial Park.

04/10/2026

In her will, the woman whose life was often a nonstop party allotted $2,500 to fund one last bash for her friends as "a final gesture of appreciation and farewell." On Oct. 26, 1970, friends and members of San Francisco's music community attended Janis Joplin's wake, a celebration of the life for one of rock's wildest stars.