His father, Luther James Shirley, was a funeral director for Shirley Brothers Mortuaries. There were also a number of synagogues, churches and mortuaries along the street. For example, several mortuaries/funeral homes were to be found just outside the facility. Above the mortuaries and storerooms were the LNC's workshops. In 1882 The Rural Sanitary Authority advertised for land in Mortlake and Petersham for mortuaries. It is operated by Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries. Waiting mortuaries were most popular in 19th-century Germany, and were often large, ornate halls. Forest Lodge is also home to one of Sydney's city mortuaries. There are currently two U.S. Army Mortuaries located in Germany and Korea. The deficiencies of the local mortuaries started to become an issue. All that crap, like breaking into mortuaries, we'd done that before. The company operated the Army mortuaries at Cam Ranh Bay and Boa Loc. It is reminiscent of Syrian-Palestine mortuaries with its two floors of identical design.