Oakmont Memorial Park has been serving the needs of Contra Costa County in northern California since 1950. For decades, staff have dedicated themselves to serving the needs of grieving loved ones and family members. For over five decades, this 100 acre property has provided a beautiful, secluded yet easily accessible site for burial and memorial services for residents of Lafayette as well as surrounding city and county residents. Located atop a sprawling hill in the rural community of Lafayette, Oakmont crematory are surrounded by 100 acres of well manicured, rolling green lawns under pleasant Northern California blue skies. With a stunning view of Mount Diablo and Pleasant Hill, Oakmont Memorial Park is one of the most beautiful locations in Contra Costa County to serve as a final resting place for friends and loved ones. Staff at Oakmont Memorial Park offer a multitude of services that suit a variety of cultural and heritage traditions as well as religious backgrounds. Traditional funeral and cremation services as well as a crematoria and cemetery are available to meet the needs and preferences of community residents. Oakmont Memorial Park serves as the final resting place of author Leonard Michaels, politician John Finley Baldwin Junior, and musician Brent Mydland, keyboard player for the Grateful Dead. Oakmont Memorial Park also serves as a final resting place for many of Lafayette and Contra Costa County founders, political leaders, and community developers. With a rich history, generations of service, and a multitude of funeral, burial and memorial service options, Oakmont Memorial Park continues to serve the needs of grieving family members, friends and loved ones. Located slightly northeast of San Francisco near the town of Concord, Oakmont Memorial Park can be accessed from Interstate 680 with a turnoff on Pleasant Hill, heading toward beautiful Briones Regional Park. The grounds of Queen of Heaven Cemetery adjacent to Oakmont Memorial Park offer visitors hundreds of acres of sprawling green lawns, well manicured pathways, and sheltering trees, fauna and flora of Northern California nature. Nearby landmarks such as the John Muir National Historic Site, Berkeley University and nearby San Pablo and San Francisco Bays offer visitors to Oakmont Memorial Park a multitude of attractions and accommodations in Contra Costa County. |