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Subject: Re: Crematoriums
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 20:27:01 EST

In a message dated 12/02/1999 6:28:32 PM EST, writes:

<< The last cremation was probably not more than a few hours ago. There
is a
crematory at Mt. Hope Cem. and they send remains to other cemeteries, as
needed. I was sitting at the desk a few years ago looking up records and they
came in with a box which smelled very burnt. It was someone's cremains and
they
were sending them out UPS.
I doubt that they keep records of who they "process." Most remains are
still buried and those records would in with the other cemetery records. >>

Actually, I believe that they do keep records of the deceased who are
cremated at Mt. Hope Cemetery. My great-aunt was cremated at Mt. Hope in
1981 but buried at White Haven Memorial Park. The record of her cremation
was kept in Mt. Hope's regular burial books.

Best Regards!

John W. Ladwig
Henrietta, New York

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