Fairhaven Memorial Park & Mortuary 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. 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. Fairhaven is dedicated to celebrating the individual, providing services that are as unique and wide-ranging as the people they celebrate.
04/26/2026
The efforts of funeral directors are always remembered, but seldom expressed. Their satisfaction comes from knowing that they helped craft your loved one's legacy, even in a small way. When you really miss your loved one and want them back here, they feel the same, but it's essential to remain positive to better serve the needs of the many who attend.
04/24/2026
Fairhaven Family Service Counselor, Sylvia Cavaness presented about Final Arrangement Planning to the Anaheim Police Association 🖤💙🖤
04/23/2026
Matching Gift Challenge Alert!
Double Your Impact with Dignity for Orange County!
Thanks to Dignity Memorial, we're launching the "Double Your Impact with Dignity Matching Challenge" and matching the first 10 participants who raise (or donate) $500 for any of the 3 Walk to End Alzheimer's OC events - giving you an instant $500 match!
Raise $500 = Receive An Additional $500 Total = $1000 more in your fundraising account … making your impact even stronger in the fight against Alzheimer's!
Earn a Champion Level Title + earn extra incentive prizes and Walk Swag.
The Double Your Impact with Dignity Challenge BEGINS this Friday, April 24th at 12:01am PST and ends when the first 10 slots have been filled.
NOTE: Winners will be notified when all slots have been filled. The challenge is open to the first 10 participants raising (or donating) an ADDITIONAL $500 beginning on April 24th. Funds raised prior to 4/24/26 will not be counted towards the challenge.
Register for an OC Walk to End ALZ NOW at act.alz.org/ocwalks
04/22/2026
Don’t worry, life’s not supposed to be perfect, and neither are we. We are all a little broken, and that’s okay.
04/21/2026
LIFT OC took a docent-led tour of the Moulton Museum in Laguna Hills. The museum preserves the history of Orange County's ranching era, focusing on the legacy of Lewis F. Moulton and features many paintings by Nellie Gail Moulton.
LIFT is a Social Support group for surviving spouses sponsored by the Dignity Memorial locations in Orange County 🍊
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04/19/2026
“Have you ever noticed how the memories we create are exactly the ones we need?"
But let’s just suppose that the memories we spend a lifetime trying to get past are actually somehow memories we have purposely chosen to
04/19/2026
Create a beautiful floral arrangement for Mother's Day!
Free to Attend - Limited Spaces
REGISTRATION REQUIRED cynthia.adair@dignitymemorial.com
714.922.2953
04/17/2026
Fairhaven Associates GO PURPLE to show their support to
April 17 is END ALZ Day — a moment for all of us to unite in the fight against Alzheimer’s.
We are partnering with Alzheimer's Association, Orange County Chapter for a Do What You Love to End Alzheimer's Fundraiser on Thursday, May 7 at 6pm. For more information visit https://events.alz.org/fundraisers/fairhaven2026/2026-events-at-fairhaven-memorial-park
04/16/2026
Save the Date!
$20.00 per person
TOTAL AMOUNT GOING TO ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION
donation includes signed copy of Living Memories and light refreshments
Join us for a special fundraising event celebrating Living Memories, the memoir of Nellie Gail Moulton, lovingly edited and published by her great-grandson, Scott T. Barnes. Scott will be sharing selected readings and signing copies of the book.
Come enjoy an inspiring evening while supporting a meaningful cause—proceeds and donations will benefit the Alzheimer’s Association
The Alzheimer's Association leads the way to end Alzheimer's and all other dementia — by accelerating global research, driving risk reduction and early detection, and maximizing quality care and support.
04/11/2026
"After silence,
that which comes closest to expressing the inexpressible
is music."
~ Aldous Huxley
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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
commemorate him, his wife, Della, and his mother, Susan. The church’s architecture mimics that of English churches. Historically, if a building remained incomplete, no taxes would have to be paid on it, so many churches left off the steeple. That explains Waverley Church's distinctive square tower and almost fairytale setting amid the cemetery’s emerald green lawns. Waverley Church is used frequently for weddings as well as committal ceremonies.
📷In 1976, the funeral home and florist shop were built on the cemetery property. The funeral home has a chapel that seats approximately 80 people, and until 1995 it was furnished with sofas and chairs instead of pews for a home-like atmosphere. To offer families more choices for services, Rose Window Chapel in the Historic Mausoleum was updated with curtains and padded seating.
Today, Fairhaven Memorial Park Mortuary and Fairhaven Memorial Park are members of the Dignity Memorial® network, the largest provider of funeral, cremation and cemetery services in North America.