Fairhaven Memorial Park & Mortuary

Fairhaven Memorial Park & Mortuary Fairhaven is dedicated to celebrating the individual, providing services that are as unique and wide-ranging as the people they celebrate.

With the memorial park and mortuary in Central Orange County and an elegantly appointed mortuary in South Orange County, Fairhaven offers a wide range of pre-need and at-need services provided with care and compassion. Founded in 1911 by Oliver Halsell to provide a peaceful and comforting place for families to honor their loved ones, Fairhaven Memorial Park & Mortuary is Orange County’s most beautiful full-service mortuary, crematory and cemetery.

ALZ TALK provided by Alzheimer's Association, Orange County Chapter Free to AttendOpen to the PublicRegistration Request...
11/06/2025

ALZ TALK provided by Alzheimer's Association, Orange County Chapter
Free to Attend
Open to the Public
Registration Requested

When someone we love passes, it’s not the big things we miss most. It’s all the irreplaceable little things that made th...
11/05/2025

When someone we love passes, it’s not the big things we miss most. It’s all the irreplaceable little things that made them special. It’s the details that matter most.

When someone we love passes it's not the big things we miss most. It's all the irreplaceable little things that made them special. It's the detail that matte...

11/04/2025

"Don't Cry for Me," a poem on grief.

11/04/2025
Treat people with kindness because behind every face is a story that could use a little more love.
11/01/2025

Treat people with kindness because behind every face is a story that could use a little more love.

Our 13th Annual Día de los Mu***os Service is tomorrow in Fairhaven’s North Garden…North Garden will be closed to traffi...
10/31/2025

Our 13th Annual Día de los Mu***os Service is tomorrow in Fairhaven’s North Garden…
North Garden will be closed to traffic, parking available on the main side with transportation and crossing assistance!

10/31/2025
Celebrating Halloween Eve with photos from this year’s Pumpkin Patch…🎃🎃🎃A fun community event with a hayride, face paint...
10/30/2025

Celebrating Halloween Eve with photos from this year’s Pumpkin Patch…
🎃🎃🎃
A fun community event with a hayride, face painting, and a lot of fun!

As Dia de los Mu***os approaches, here are 10 ways to celebrate.
10/30/2025

As Dia de los Mu***os approaches, here are 10 ways to celebrate.

The Mexican holiday Día de Los Mu***os (Day of the Dead) is an annual celebration when friends and relatives come together to pray for and remember those who have passed.

10/29/2025

For those struggling with grief...this is for you

Address

1702 Fairhaven Avenue
Santa Ana, CA
92705

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm
Saturday 8am - 5pm
Sunday 8am - 5pm

Telephone

(714) 633-1442

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Forward Thinking and Film History

Oliver was also responsible for developing one of the first mausoleums in Orange County in 1916. During the last phase of construction on the Historic Mausoleum in the 1930s, he had the foresight to install a crematory there, making it one of the first crematories in Orange County. This mausoleum is the final resting place for many of Orange County’s founding families. During the mid-'50s, the Historic Mausoleum made Hollywood history when Charlton Heston chose it to record parts of his dialogue as Moses in the film The Ten Commandments, reportedly due to the “God-like quality of the acoustics.”

Modern Updates

After Oliver’s death in the mid-'50s, his foundation constructed Waverley Church to