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From: "Gerry Perry" <>
Subject: [NVESMERA] Northern Nevada Mental Hospital Cemetery
Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 19:21:23 -0700

If you have not seen the pictures which show the deplorable state of the cemetery at the Northern Nevada Mental Hospital, please go to the Nevada Tombstone Project page at
http://usgwtombstones.org/nevada/washoe/mental/pages/mentalinst.html

Recently, an inquiry by a decendant of a patient who died at the Institute has led to a growing group dedicated to right a wrong. Today, in the Reno Gazette Journal, a story ran about the cemetery and the efforts by some volunteers. The article is at:

http://www.rgj.com:80/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080504/NEWS18/80504028&OAS_sitepage=news.rgj.com%2Fbreakingnews

If you have an interest in helping this group, contact Carolyn Mirich at

or visit the Friends of Northern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services Cemetery website at

http://friendsofnorthernnevadaadultmentalhealthservicescemetery.com/homepage.html


Gerry Perry Manager
Nevada Tombstone Project

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