Goodbody Mortuary has served San Diego families from its College Area location at 5027 El Cajon Blvd, 92115, since 1950, though the mortuary's founding dates to 1920 when Michael D. Goodbody established the practice in its original downtown location. Now operating under the Dignity Memorial network as part of SCI California Funeral Services, the facility houses two distinct chapels. The upstairs Boulevard Chapel seats 100 in a space built from the former Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church structure relocated to this site in 1961, and cremation arrangements through nearby providers such as Preferred Cremation & Burial handle direct cremation referrals for families choosing that option. The lower-level Thien An Chapel, remodeled in 2017 under the design guidance of The Most Venerable Thich Nguyen Sieu from the Phat Da Buddhist Congregation, gives College Area's multicultural population distinct liturgical spaces for Buddhist and secular memorial services. Goodbody's own program includes witness cremation, full funeral service before or after cremation, and traditional casket burial. El Cajon Boulevard places the mortuary between SDSU and the City Heights commercial district, drawing families from the 92115 ZIP and surrounding neighborhoods in Del Cerro, Talmadge, and Rolando. Manager Alan Rabe oversees operations across burial services, pre-need planning, and the Dignity Memorial pre-payment program that locks in current pricing for future arrangements. Faith communities including College Ave Church coordinate funeral and memorial logistics with the mortuary's directors for services that begin at the church and process to the cemetery. The BBB-accredited operation has maintained an A+ rating over more than four decades of continuous file history, and the 106-year-old business remains one of the city's longest-running funeral homes.