Filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5)
                                               File No. 333-09523
                                
                      PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
                                
                                
                           338,440 SHARES
                       THE LOEWEN GROUP INC.
                  COMMON SHARES WITHOUT PAR VALUE
                                


      This  Prospectus Supplement is a supplement to that certain
Prospectus  dated January 17, 1997, contained in the Registration
Statement  on Form S-4 (File No. 333-09523) filed by  The  Loewen
Group  Inc.  ("Loewen"),  relating  to  5,000,000  Common  shares
without par value of Loewen ("Common Shares").

      This Prospectus Supplement relates to 338,440 Common Shares
(the "Subject Shares") issued by Loewen on November 11, 1997 (the
"Issue  Date"), pursuant to that certain Merger Agreement,  dated
as  of  November 11, 1997 (the "Agreement"), by and among Loewen,
Cauthens  Acquisition  Corp., a South Carolina  corporation  (the
"Acquiring  Corporation"), and Charles R. Cauthen  and  Hazel  R.
Cauthen, Jr. pursuant to which the Acquiring Corporation acquired
all  of the then outstanding shares of capital stock of Cauthen's
Inc. (the "Acquired Shares").

      The Subject Shares were issued by Loewen to the holders  of
the Acquired Shares as payment of a portion of the purchase price
for  the Acquired Shares, based on the weighted average price  of
the  Common Shares on the New York Stock Exchange over  the  five
trading  days immediately preceding the Closing Date (as  defined
in the Agreement), approximately $25.11 per share.

      All of the Subject Shares have been approved for listing on
the  New York Stock Exchange, The Toronto Stock Exchange and  The
Montreal Exchange.  However, the Subject Shares may not be resold
in  Canada or to a Canadian resident within a period of  40  days
after the Issue Date.

                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
  THE DATE OF THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT IS NOVEMBER 13, 1997.