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From: "Gerry Perry" <>
Subject: Northern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services Cemetery, Sparks, Nevada
Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 22:58:53 -0800

In the 1880s, the Mental Health hospital/center was established in Sparks, Nevada, a community right next to Reno, Washoe, Nevada. The institute had its own cemetery and thanks to Bob Berrington, who did a lot of ground work and investigating and making contacts, we are now able to post the new cemetery page. As you can see by the pictures, the cemetery has long been ignored and only a few graves are identified today. Hopefully, through more work and cooperation from the officials at the Mental Health Institute, plus state burial records, we will be able to increase the records for the deceased who were buried here. An article this year in a local newspaper indicated the officials are looking to expand the facilities, and use some or all of the cemetery. The question that remains is what to do with the deceased. This is not a unique problem with old cemeteries. But progress takes a toll on our history, and hopefully, this old cemetery will not be a victim of that pro!
gress.

You can see the new cemetery page at
http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/Nevada/county_pages/washoecem.html

just scroll down to Northern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services Cemetery and take a peek. I wish to thank Bob once again for his tremendous efforts in providing us one more avenue of research.

Cemeteries from the entire state can be viewed at:

http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/Nevada/nevada.html

Gerry Perry
Nevada Tombstone Project Manager

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