Mountain View Mortuary & Cemetery — Local services in Altadena

We flew in from Washington state to attend a family function in Pasadena and visited Mt. View to see the graves of many family members and some friends. The cemetery itself is so beautiful with the eucalyptus trees all around and the hills in the background. We stopped in the office to get maps of the grounds and met Jim and then Denny who brought us in and printed everything we needed to locate the plots on our list. Denny took us out to the first one and then we chose to go to the rest on our own but he was willing to help us find them all - and there was quite a list. There were employees working out in the cemetery that we could contact at any time to get further help if needed - and we did at one point. They were very nice and explained how to find the markers in further detail that helped us. Jim also has created a searchable database online that is the only reason I found the death date and burial location of my great great grandfather. He has other online tools on the Mt. View website that pinpoint the grave location within the cemetery since it is so large. The cemetery has a beautiful, calm feeling and I know our friends and relatives are resting peacefully there and are well...

I visited Thursday August 28th, 2025 to simply walk around and enjoy the scenery with my boyfriend. I am from out of town and truly adore seeing new cemeteries. My first interaction was with a man who had let us know nicely that no pictures are allowed to be taken. I appreciated it and respected not taking any pictures. I placed my camera & phone away, I didn't want any problems or to be disrespectful. My boyfriend and I continue to walk around and acknowledging everything around us in a quiet manner. As we were acknowledging a beautiful headstone, I was approached by a filipino lady in a blue dress. She said "you can't be taking pictures" we said nicely that we aren't and we are just acknowledging the headstone. She proceeded to tell me "you can't be here and you need to leave". Out of complete shock, I couldn't respond. She continued to say "you can't be here because of your makeup and how you look, people are mourning their families. You are making them uncomfortable". The lady said she worked there, if that's the case, absolutely disgustingly unprofessional. Especially for a cemetery. Couldn't imagine if I had a family member buried here and couldn't see them because of...

My father recently passed away. Nothing can prepare you for losing someone so important and so loved in your life. And yet, when that person passes, you are forced to deal with the realities of responsibilities that must be met. You aren't ready, and certainly ill-prepared, but you must meet those responsibilities nonetheless. The most you could hope for is help from knowledgeable and sympathic experts. That is what my family received with the staff a Mountain View Cemetery. Our funeral director, Teresa, was amazing. So helpful and so sympathetic. She immediately became part of our family and guided us through our most difficult life experience. And Mountain View staff handled every important detail of the funeral service to perfection. Even our unconventional last rum and coke "toast" to our father was treated with the respect of family tradition. In the end, we were able to lay our father to rest respectfully and lovingly. We feel so fortunate and blessed to have found Mountain View Cemetery. Words will never adequately express...