Eternal Hills Memorial Park Mortuary

There comes a time in our lives that we must inevitably face what we long avoided to even fathom – the burial of a beloved family member. It was a very hard time for my family to accept this loss, but with great help from the Eternal Hills staff, a beautiful service was put together for our loved one. I attended the funeral planning meeting. 1 agent appointed to you takes care of the funeral planning and the other handles the paperwork aspect of the whole process. The staff were extremely thorough, highly knowledgeable in their craft and patient, (as most meetings take an entire day). Any questions WILL get answered and they have many resources for your needs, i.e. dove releases for your loved one’s celebration of life ceremony. This place is great if your family comes from a military background because they offer great discounts to those who served. The property is very beautiful. There’s a large coy fish pond too.
Funeral planning is no easy task when you must make decisions while dealing with your own grief, but the pros at Eternal Hills are there to help every step of the way.

No one wants to go to Eternal Hills. The idea of it is sad and horrible and just really sucks. Honestly, if I never had to go to another funeral or grave site for the rest of my life I’d be just fine with that. But death, being what it is, is unavoidable and places like Eternal Hills are part of it all.
This is less of a review and more of a thank you to everyone who helped my family out over the last four months as we prepared ourselves for the death of a family member. From the first phone that was placed to speak to someone about finding out what needed to be done to preplan the service down to the very last goodbye at the gravesite, everyone at Eternal Hills was amazing. The people of Eternal Hills are well versed in dealing with grief and the myriad of emotions that comes with grieving; each person handled us with care and respect.
My entire family can’t express how grateful we are.

Last year we laid a loved one to rest here, and none of us can forget the compassion and kindness that Hiram, Christina and the staff had showed us and our family. We have come every week, and every week this place is clean and pristine. It’s never easy to lay a loved one to rest, but we had personally chose Eternal Hills for the great service, reasonable cost, and the overall feeling of serenity.

I always try to come here as often as I can to visit my grandmother who’s buried here.
It’s hard to explain how beautiful Eternal Hills really is-it’s one of those places you have to visit to understand. It’s a nice place to just set up a blanket, play some music and simply relax and breathe in all that fresh air you get from the coast. I love it.
The lawn is always well kept and manicured, trash cans are always empty and the flowers they sell are always so fresh and pretty! The only downside I think would be to keep the restroom on the hill a littler cleaner. Otherwise, no complaints.
Eternal hills is a good place to work out at because of all the hills/​incline. So if you want to workout try here too.

I’d give them no stars if possible!!! Rude, and all about the money. Rushed my family thru the process as if we were a number. Don’t use them, awkward feeling to be crying and treated like we didn’t give them enough money. They can all go to hell for their no shame, vultures !

The entire staff was amazing with the care they took of our loved one who passed, as well as all of our family and friends that attended the service. The facility set up was beautiful, and the video they had playing of photos we had provided them was very well done of all the great memories we had. Eternal Hills took care of everything we needed and made this difficult time much easier to deal with.

The staff and management are amazing! They took our pictures and made an outstanding video presentation that played on several TVs. We were provided with a separate room for friends and family to share stories and reminisce. We cannot give them enough stars.

My father passed in July 2014 and we had our service here in September. My family and I were overwhelmed with all the details and add ons they try to pressure you into. Very unemotional staff and that’s what you would expect from a corporately owned facility. The prices are outrageous compared to other funeral homes in the area, it’s my fault for not calling first for a quote. Many items were forgotten to be displayed during the service and we had the sense that we were being rushed out. I cannot express enough the level of frustration dealing with this entity and the dissapointing experience. To make it worse, they don’t do funerals on the weekends, weekdays only. Even our Deacon said this place treats you like another number and are only concerned about money. They are owned by a corporate company named «dignity“which is diametrically opposed of how you feel once you hand over many thousands of dollars to them. Avoid this place at all costs literally. One star is way too much of a compliment and wish there were a negative option

I never thought I would be writing a review for a Cemetery, but after working with this establishment I was compelled to do so, as they really provide a great service and they really care about people.
The people here were friendly accommodating and what a beautiful place, as you can really tell they make a daily effort to keep this place up, and the staff were all great to work with and would strongly recommend there services to anyone.
I would like to say thank you Leo for your constant effort in making things go smoothly.
And Debra you were a real pleasure and very professional too.
I thank all of you!
Joseph P

For those of us who have large families and many loved one’s visiting Cemeteries can be difficult, but with the proper support you can get through the difficult times. Although I have not buried anyone personally I have lost friends who have been buried here. Having lived in Oceanside most of my life I’ve literally driven by here thousands if not tens of thousands of times and it’s to the point where I sometimes forget to genuflect the sign of the cross because I’m Catholic with each drive or walk by.
It’s a sprawling estate with green grass even in drought and hot summers it’s generally much better than most in terms of aesthetics. The parking lot is kind of on the small size and generally overflows onto the street and neighboring school and surrounding neighborhoods so for the especially loved consider this. The hall where most services are held is also quite small and I’ve seen many standing room only events. It has good acoustics for services, sermons and speakers. It’s a solemn place with placid and calming aesthetics to bring comfort.
The staff is helpful, considerate, understanding, classy and gracious with everyone they encounter because they know how hard coming here can be. As morbid as it sounds I’m one of the few in my groups of friends who was born here, but I’ll probably die here and it would be an honor to do so here, unless I decide to get cremated and have my ashes spread somewhere.

Thank you Eternal Hills, for taking such good care of the grounds. We laid my mother and grandmother to rest here 24 years ago, and I’ve just come from the park. Everything is still very beautiful and I was able to have a very meaningful visit. RIP Mom and Gram.

I do come here a lot, and I find the place always so well manicured.
It’s peaceful and so well laid out.
Very serene…

Great customer service and the service for my father was beautiful! Made thing easier having used Eternal Hills Services!

We attended a funeral visitation today for four hours. The staff was very warm in welcoming us and giving out little remembrance booklets. We had quite a few people who came to visit. The staff made sure to discreetly check on us by walking down the hall so they didn’t interrupt us. They provided lots of Kleenex and a tray of bottled water for us. The mortician did a fantastic job. They didn’t cake on the makeup like I’ve seen happen at other funerals.
We needed more chairs and the staff quickly accommodated us with several more chairs, all of which were comfortable.
The ambiance is very comforting. Lots of soft chairs and warm lighting, all with gentle, calming music in the background. It didn’t really feel like a funeral parlor. I would highly recommend booking funeral services at Eternal Hills.
The funeral was held at Eternal Hills the next day and it was fantastic. The chapel is very light and peaceful, rather than dark and ominous like some actual churches can be.
Two employees, Laurie and Zack, actually accompanied our party to the burial site over an hour away from the mortuary. They were very professional and friendly. A groundskeeper from the cemetery had to be present before the pallbearers could unload the body, so they were great at making light conversation with us as we waited. They walked us through the service and said a few words of comfort after the casket was placed on the grave site.
Everyone we encountered at Eternal Hills acted with absolute grace and class. They were calm, quiet and very respectful of our mourning party. The actual facility is elegant and peaceful. I’m atheist and was comfortable in their environment, yet we actually saw a Catholic mass being held there. It’s definitely a place that can adapt to your family’s needs.

Not that I have a lot of experiences to compare it to, but when my father died and we buried him here it was a surprisingly simple process. The staff was very kind and supportive. They worked with us on the price and didn’t come off like used car salesmen.
They even paid out of pocket for flowers to put on my father’s grave when I came back to visit once.
Class acts here.