Pre-Memorial Celebration
Join us in a celebration of love for our son, grandson, brother, cousin, nephew, and friend Danté Andres Carrasco.
When:
Saturday, March 4th 2023 @ 12 noon.
Where:
Prior to the burial, we will gather for a welcome reception and ceremony at the Belle Fiore Winery located at: 100 Belle Fiore Lane, Ashland, OR 97520 (formerly 955 Dead Indian Memorial Road).
During the pre-memorial celebration, you’re invited to share a passage, poem or story commemorating Dante’s life.
Please consider donating to the Danté Carrasco Memorial Fund which supports charities and causes meaningful to him. To donate, please visit the Latino Restaurant Association website: https://
All donations go to the Danté Carrasco Memorial Fund, not the Latino Restaurant Association.
Please do not deliver flowers or bring flowers to the pre-memorial celebration or memorial services (see below)…thank you.
Memorial Services
When:
Saturday, March 4th 2023 @ 2:30 pm.
Where:
Danté Carrasco will be laid to rest at The Forest Conservation Burial Ground located at: 658 Shale City Road, Ashland, OR. 97520.
The burial site is at 5,000 feet elevation and the roads going up the mountain are slippery due to recent snow. If you’re driving, please consider a four wheel drive vehicle. When traveling up the mountain, please carpool as much as possible as parking is limited.
Dress warmly, including appropriate footwear, as there will be snow on the ground.
**Reception in Ashland immediately following the Memorial Services**
Directions to the Forest Conservation Burial Ground:
- Directions from the 5 freeway in Ashland, Oregon
- take exit 14 for 66 Highway East
- Drive east 1 mile
- turn left on Dead Indian Memorial Road and continue 6.6 miles.
- turn left on Shale City Road, a paved Bureau of Land Management road, just after a large powerline crosses Dead Indian Memorial Road. Shale City Rd is a loop … take this end, marked by: “Grizzly Peak Trail,” a sign for our Farm Store, and nine mailboxes. Follow Shale City Road (you are now on public forest land) 3.2 miles. You will cross two cattle guards and a well-graveled road on your left with a “Grizzly Peak Trailhead” sign.
- Continue on Shale City Rd 50 yards further
- turn right at “The Forest Conservation Burial Ground” driveway, which has a sign. Follow it 3/4 mile to the Farm. Watch for the “Family Forest” and “Watershed Friendly Steward” signs at our entry gate. If the electric gate is closed, the keypad will have instructions for opening.
Travel to Ashland Oregon
Air Travel
The nearest airport is Rogue Valley International Medford Airport (MFR), 25 minutes from Ashland, OR.