Turner & Stevens Live Oak Mortuary and Live Oak Memorial Park

Turner & Stevens Live Oak Mortuary and Live Oak Memorial Park, located at 200 East Duarte Road in Monrovia, California, have been pillars of the San Gabriel Valley community for over a century. The mortuary, established in 1962 by Mr. Turner and Mr. Stevens, has served generations of families with compassionate and personalized funeral and cremation services. The adjacent Live Oak Memorial Park cemetery was founded earlier, in 1887, as a pioneer burial ground on land that was once orange groves. Together, they offer the unique convenience of having both a funeral home and a cemetery on the same property, allowing families to complete all arrangements seamlessly with dedicated teams working in concert.

As part of the Dignity Memorial network—the largest network of funeral, cremation, and cemetery providers in North America—the mortuary brings additional resources and flexible packages to suit virtually any budget. The facility features a non-denominational chapel that opened in 1965, seating 125 guests, designed with an archway and calming aesthetic. A smaller slumber room is available for more intimate viewings or services. The staff is bilingual in English and Spanish, and translators can be arranged for other languages.

For families seeking personalization, the mortuary proudly helps create unique tributes, from a Star Wars-themed ceremony with lightsabers to a funeral honoring a basketball referee where attendees wore referee uniforms. An on-site crematory accommodates cultural or personal preferences, including witness cremations. A catering room seating 25–30 allows families to host receptions and share a meal after services.

Live Oak Memorial Park spans 55 serene acres near the Sierra Madre mountains, with shaded grounds and flat terrain for easy navigation. The cemetery offers diverse burial options: traditional ground plots, mausoleums, private family estates, columbaria, cremation niches, boulder memorials, and cremation gardens. It is one of the few parks in the San Gabriel Valley that permits upright monuments. The grounds are divided into themed gardens, each marked by a statue—such as the Masonic altar in the Masonic Garden, an angel in Jardin del Angel, and a Buddhist-influenced Columbarium of Eternity.

Community involvement is a hallmark of this mortuary and cemetery. Annual events include a Memorial Day ceremony with an airplane flyover and hot dogs, a Mother’s Day rose distribution, and a Day of the Dead celebration with mass, mariachi singers, and Aztec dancers. The facility is open daily for visiting hours from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and the staff is available 24/7 by phone at (626) 359-5311. With a 100% service guarantee and a century-long tradition of excellence, Turner & Stevens Live Oak Mortuary and Live Oak Memorial Park provide a compassionate, comprehensive final service experience for families in Monrovia and throughout the San Gabriel Valley.