This cemetery is so well taken care of and beautiful! Ben is extremely compassionate and helpful in…read morethe process through the entire end of life journey. Johnny keeps the grounds looking beautiful the year round. He's one in a million!! I love this cemetery!

Beautiful very clean and well taken care of...the cemetery had a lot of charm to it. So many…read morebeautiful Tombstones. I walked around for about an hour there was so many awesome people there, loved reading the tombstone and looking at the pictures

We live out of the area. My family is from the Paso Robles and San Luis Obispo area. We visited…read morethe cemetery because so many of our family members are buried there. We needed help locating several grave sites and one of the burials was over a 100 years ago. We went to the office and were met by Tom and his staff who were very friendly, patient and helpful with our visit. Tom even took the time to escort us to each family member's grave site. The cemetery is well maintained and cared for. We enjoyed our visit.

I arrived late after closing but you can still access the cemetery even if the gates are closed…read more Basically the cemetery is open during daylight hours. I love walking through these old historic cemeteries to see all the beautiful art work on the tombstones.

Communication was frequent, accurate and calming. They treated me with respect especially when I…read morewas picking up the ashes. Overall a really good experience under the circumstances. Thank you

Highly Recommend... when my husband passed away we called 4 different cremation services and…read moremortuaries and they all wanted us to come in and would not give us any information over the phone or they were ridiculously expensive. Blue Sky was the only one that did not insist on us coming in (the rest just wanted us to pick out the urn there and charge us an arm and a leg) and gave us all the information we needed over the phone. They were professional and compassionate people. I procrastinated on getting an urn and they were very patient and told me to take my time and when I finally picked up the ashes (they would have delivered but I took mason jars for them to fill also for spreading) I brought the jars and they kindly asked how much I wanted in each jar and accommodated me getting the permits needed to carry one on a plane in a very speedy manner. I would definitely recommend this business to anyone looking for a cremation service.

The Dorn Pyramid in SLO has towered over the San Luis Cemetery (aka Odd Fellows Cemetery) for over…read more100 years now as a masonic symbol for the remains of a mother and child. This Egyptian Revival funerary architecture was generally an extravagance of American tycoons who wanted themselves remembered as long and as well as the ancient pharaohs. Pyramid monuments were also considered fashionable for wealthy Victorians who buried their families in these beautuful tombs in London's Highgate Cemetery. Often compared to a latter-day Taj Mahal, the Dorn Pyramid sits as a somber monument to a lost love. But the two-story-tall, 113-year-old Dorn Pyramid shares something else in common with the Taj Mahal: It has become so much more than just a grave marker. It is an enduring part of San Luis Obispo's mythos. Not surprising the Dorn Pyramid is also the site of a mystery: Why is the man whose name is on the pyramid not interred inside it? Like many good novels, it begins with young, doomed love. In 1890, Adolphus Dorn married Cora Russell, a very influential woman in town. Cora Russell was the eldest daughter of Charles Jay Russell, a county supervisor, merchant, real estate investor and member of the San Luis Obispo Knights Templar. It seemed destiny. Then, it seemed doomed. There was talk of a family curse. The year before Cora conceived her child, her mother died. Then her newborn dies, and then she dies. Not long after- her sister dies. And then her father dies. The entire family within a three year period of time. The truth to that mystery of misfortune is unknown. From the pyramid outside, we are able to gather that a mother, Cora Russell Dorn (1868-1905) and her son, Fred Adolphus Dorn, Jr. (1905 - 1905) are the only officially interred inside. The entrance eerily reads: "DISTVRB NOT THE SLEEP OF DEATH." Fred Adolphus Dorn was a wealthy lawyer, an elected district attorney 1894 and in 1899, he entered a lucrative private practice with contacts both in San Luis Obispo and San Francisco. He was a highly respected citizen and a Master of King David's Masonic Lodge. In grief, he wanted to pay tribute to his beloved wife and son the best way he knew how, and so having a 25-ft granite pyramid as a memorial seemed the perfect way. To build the mausoleum, Dorn brought in granite all the way from Porterville. This being before the days of California freeways, Dorn had to build special wagons to transport all that stone. The pyramid was chosen due to his role with the Freemasons, and some say it stands strangely alone and isolated. This is because of its weight, the location was the only one with solid enough rock to support the massive mausoleum. Two stones once lied in front of the door waiting to be cemented in place once all the Dorns were laid to rest inside. Once the pyramid was built in 1905, Dorn interred his wife and son inside. Their names were engraved on the side of the pyramid along with Dorn's. The pyramid was left unsealed so that Dorn could one day join his family in death. Then life happened. Fred Dorn Sr. had intended to be buried there, but went on a cruise and met another woman. Which is reasonable -- as he was still a young man. Dorn ultimately remarried and moved up to the Bay Area. He eventually died in San Francisco in 1940 at the age of 74 and is buried in Cypress Lawn Memorial Park in Colma, San Francisco's famed "city of the dead." His current memorial is nothing more than a small brass plate. Dorn's new family wasn't interested in dealing with a monument to his old family, but that wasn't the end of the story. Legend has it that one dark night in the 1960s, "A mysterious car pulled into the cemetery dirt lot. Some man came through with a box, went inside the crypt and came out with nothing. This led to speculation that Dorn, or at least some of his ashes, had finally rejoined his former wife and child in the tomb marked "DISTVRB NOT THE SLEEP OF DEATH." In January 2018, Master Masons prepared to seal the pyramid, which has sat unfinished for more than a century. They attempted to inspect the crypt inside to see if there was any truth to the legend, but could not get inside. Time, and vandals had rendered the crypt impossible to open without damaging the historic landmark. Even snaking a camera into the crypt failed to turn up an answer. It remains unknown if Dorn ever rejoined his family in death. Which is great, because everyone loves a mystery.

I don't usually make it a habit to visit cemeteries but Atlas Obscura had this spot down as an…read more"attraction" in SLO - specifically the Dorne Pyramid. We came by and parked in the back of the funeral home parking lot and explored a bit on foot. The cemetery appears to be well maintained, and groundskeepers were on staff when we visited. The pyramid is easy to get to but I found it odd that there is no plaque or anything - the interesting story behind it's creation are apparently only found online, so the visit itself wasn't really needed. J David H's review can fill you in on all you need to know. NOTE: The pin/GPS to navigate here doesn't quite take you to the right place. Drive past the cemetery and park in the funeral home parking lot. No other parking appears to be available. Fastest route to the Pyramid, too.

Wow! My husband surprised me today after work with this gorgeous bouquet of flowers! Such a…read morebeautiful arrangement and they smell amazing! Michelle is friendly and great at her craft! We highly recommend her flower shop!

Great stuff! Cant wait to try this Sunveil tallow & mineral sun balm i bought......w zinc! Maybe…read morea god-send. Spent 40$ there then went back for most beautiful 5$ rose. Such a pleasant finish ruined, you cant imagine how pathetic the rose looks....still cant believe it was handed to me without even a sprig of greenery or baby's breath! True depth of Niceties just aren't in this town. What are you all afraid of. I have to go back for this tallow.......but 'wont buy any flowers

I highly recommend this firm. The staff members came promptly after being called, were very caring…read moreand gentle when taking my husband, and very kind to me. Chelsea was a great assistant through this sad process.

You will not regret your choice! Every employee that I have come in contact from blue sky has been…read morevery sensitive and amazing

Lovely volunteer staff in a beautiful setting in downtown SLO and, most importantly, services and…read moresupport offered free of charge for those experiencing grief and loss.

The people here are very kind. They offer free one-on-one counseling (10 sessions) and grief…read moregroups. The group I've attended is very small but helpful.

This is a unique cemetery in regard to the breadth and scope of the way all of the graves are all…read moredifferent. The history, the monuments, the decorations ( see photos ) are all personalized and unique to the person they represent. Our family is buried here as will we someday. Family are allowed to have anything they want around the gravesite unlike most cemeteries. The services offered here are respectful of what each family needs. The value in visiting is not exclusive to family. This is a beautiful mostly flat place to walk in nature. The smells of the pine trees and soft sounds of wind chimes is very pleasing. Even the drive up Bridge St. is a step out of the business of life. If you need to take your dog for a walk or recuperate from a surgery this is a great spot to come and walk. Please remember to pick up any trash and do not bother the headstones that are very fragile. Tim is in the office up front if you need to inquire in the purchase of a rest g place for a loved one.

This was a unique experience. High on the hill above Cambria, this quiet cemetery had some of the…read moremost touching and colorful tributes to deceased loved ones. It was an enjoyable terrain to walk on and take in the different tributes that have been designed and kept up.