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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:MStang5165@aol.com">MStang5165@aol.com</a> wrote:<br>
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<div>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> ... gives the number as 3,489 cremains that are there in
canisters. <br>
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Our evidence (we have somewhat recently (compared to his DoD) picked up
"Grandpa's" cremains) is that there are/were 3000 or so, as his
canister was numbered in the 3K range. I do not believe the number of
cremated reburials is large, and that most of the cremains are from
original cremations.<br>
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My wife made an appointment and just went down and picked them up --
the old "canister" was encased in a nice durable plastic container.
Fits on a bookshelf with some VHS tapes just fine (until we can figure
out what to do with "him").<br>
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It would seem, looking at the burials, that a number of earlier OSH
burials occurred at the Bethany Pioneer Cemetery, Silverton, Marion,
OR, or at least that is how I recall my impression. Could just be that
a lot of "crazy" folks lived in Silverton? <grin><br>
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Now, before y'all jump on me for that last comment, Dad graduated from
Silverton High School ...<br>
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Bill Strickland<br>
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