Photo Gallery: Ascencia Homeless Persons’ Memorial Service in the Museum Plaza at Forest Lawn Memorial Park

Ascencia staff, with candles, prepare to go on stage to read the names of the homeless who died in 2018, at the Ascencia Homeless Persons’ Memorial Service in the Museum Plaza at Forest Lawn Memorial Park on Friday, December 21, 2018. The names of twelve homeless people who died alone in 2018 were recognized by reading them aloud.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Deacon Ron Baker welcomes the audience to the Ascencia Homeless Persons’ Memorial Service in the Museum Plaza at Forest Lawn Memorial Park on Friday, December 21, 2018. The names of twelve homeless people who died alone in 2018 were recognized by reading them aloud.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

California Assemblymember Laura Friedman, Glendale Councilmember Paula Devine, California State Senator Anthony Portantino, and Burbank Councilmember Jess Talamantes sit with lit candles during the program at the Ascencia Homeless Persons’ Memorial Service in the Museum Plaza at Forest Lawn Memorial Park on Friday, December 21, 2018. The names of twelve homeless people who died alone in 2018 were recognized by reading them aloud.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Attendees with lit candles at the Ascencia Homeless Persons’ Memorial Service in the Museum Plaza at Forest Lawn Memorial Park on Friday, December 21, 2018. The names of twelve homeless people who died alone in 2018 were recognized by reading them aloud.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Ascencia Executive Director Dr. Laura Duncan talks about remembering the homeless who had died, at the Ascencia Homeless Persons’ Memorial Service in the Museum Plaza at Forest Lawn Memorial Park on Friday, December 21, 2018. The names of twelve homeless people who died alone in 2018 were recognized by reading them aloud.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Christy Hamilton, with Ascencia, reads the name of 82-year-old Larry Cole, a local homeless man who died in 2018, at the Ascencia Homeless Persons’ Memorial Service in the Museum Plaza at Forest Lawn Memorial Park on Friday, December 21, 2018. The names of twelve homeless people who died alone in 2018 were recognized by reading them aloud.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Attendees lower their heads during a prayer at the Ascencia Homeless Persons’ Memorial Service in the Museum Plaza at Forest Lawn Memorial Park on Friday, December 21, 2018. The names of twelve homeless people who died alone in 2018 were recognized by reading them aloud.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

California State Senator Anthony Portantino speaks at the Ascencia Homeless Persons’ Memorial Service in the Museum Plaza at Forest Lawn Memorial Park on Friday, December 21, 2018. The names of twelve homeless people who died alone in 2018 were recognized by reading them aloud.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Candles, lit to recognize local homeless who died in 2018, at the Ascencia Homeless Persons’ Memorial Service in the Museum Plaza at Forest Lawn Memorial Park on Friday, December 21, 2018. The names of twelve homeless people who died alone in 2018 were recognized by reading them aloud.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

California Assemblymember Laura Friedman speaks at the Ascencia Homeless Persons’ Memorial Service in the Museum Plaza at Forest Lawn Memorial Park on Friday, December 21, 2018. The names of twelve homeless people who died alone in 2018 were recognized by reading them aloud.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Glendale Councilmember Paula Devine speaks at the Ascencia Homeless Persons’ Memorial Service in the Museum Plaza at Forest Lawn Memorial Park on Friday, December 21, 2018. The names of twelve homeless people who died alone in 2018 were recognized by reading them aloud.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Burbank Coucilmember Jess Talamantes speaks at the Ascencia Homeless Persons’ Memorial Service in the Museum Plaza at Forest Lawn Memorial Park on Friday, December 21, 2018. The names of twelve homeless people who died alone in 2018 were recognized by reading them aloud.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Trumpeter Joey Ko plays “Danny Boy” to open the service at the Ascencia Homeless Persons’ Memorial Service in the Museum Plaza at Forest Lawn Memorial Park on Friday, December 21, 2018. The names of twelve homeless people who died alone in 2018 were recognized by reading them aloud.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Glendale Councilmember Paula Devine talks with Burbank Councilmember Jess Talamantes at the Ascencia Homeless Persons’ Memorial Service in the Museum Plaza at Forest Lawn Memorial Park on Friday, December 21, 2018. The names of twelve homeless people who died alone in 2018 were recognized by reading them aloud.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)