Sarasota Memorial Park is located along the beautiful western coastline of southern Florida, just off the Phillipi River and Roberts Bay south of downtown Sarasota. In close proximity to area amenities, beachfront properties and the nearby communities of St. Petersburg and Tampa, the cemetery property has long served the needs of residents throughout the area and surrounding Sarasota, Manatee and Hillsborough counties. The cemetery property, adjacent to the Phillipi Estate Park, offers a beautiful and suburban setting that offers comfort, familiarity and security for visitors. The cemetery offers a variety of locations for interment, and services that meet the needs of area residents and their cultural and religious beliefs. The columned structures on the property offer a glimpse into southern culture and charm, and the property, graced with palms and other coastal flora and fauna, offers not only beautiful greenery, but heady scents that soothe and comfort the senses. Sarasota Memorial Park is the final resting place of many area notables, including veterans, Hall of Fame baseball players and even famous Ringling Brothers clown Otto Griebling. Though relatively small by modern cemetery standards, the property at Sarasota Memorial Park makes up for its size with exceptional compassion and care for the departed loved ones, whose families come to utilize the property to memorialize their family and friends. Staff at Sarasota Memorial Park take pride in their service, depth of understanding and knowledge of grief and do their best to comfort, serve and provide a sense of closure for relatives mourning their loss. Surrounded by greenery and mature trees, the property is an oasis of comfort in the midst of Florida's gorgeous coastline, with the aqua blue waters of the Gulf of Mexico just moments away. Sarasota Memorial Park, located along the western coastline in central Florida, can be reached via Interstate 75 with a west turnoff into Clark Road, also known as Route 72, straight to Tamiami Trail. Turn north and the cemetery is just minutes away to the north, located on the eastern side of the highway. |