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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Thank you for the clarification. Both Van and his wife
Thirza McCullough were buried there. She died June 1 1899 and he died March
31 1900. So they were dug up, cremated and lived in the basement when the film
"One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest " was made. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Are they proposing to do away with the Memorial
Circle or just what is going on? </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>The hospital kept very good information on the deaths of
the patients and I received from them the information on the death and numbers
from them. I cannot find for sure but believe they are in vault 6.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>So the release of names must come from the hospital
records. It would help to account for all the patients who died there. The
labels may not be legible but the hospital records would be and were cross
referenced to the vaults.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Thank you, Mimi</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Susie</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=MStang5165@aol.com
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us
href="mailto:or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, September 18, 2009 10:14
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [or-roots] Hawthorne
Asylum</DIV>
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<DIV>I am familiar with the book you cited - in fact, Sue Bell is a friend.
But note that the title is the "Asylum Cemetery." It concerns the old
cemetery there - the bodies were removed, cremated and placed in the
canisters - and documented. I believe that this is just a small number of the
cremains that are actually held by the Oregon State Hospital.</DIV>
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<DIV>If you do a Google search for "cremains at Oregon State Hospital" you
will get 2,600 hits! The one from the New York Times (quoted from The
Oregonian) is quite good and gives the number as 3,489 cremains that are
there in canisters. And the notation that many of the labels are no
longer legible.</DIV>
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<DIV>The Public Notice in the Statesman Journal gives the following: Family
members may report their objection to the publication of a relative's
information by contacting DHS at: <A
href="mailto:oshcremains@state.or.us">oshcremains@state.or.us</A>.
However, I have tried using this URL a number of times and it does not
seem to work! Never brings up an Oregon State Hospital web
site. </DIV>
<DIV>
Mimi Stang</DIV></FONT>
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