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We went through this process a couple of years ago when there were
some news stories about it. I remembered hearing something about
the husband of my husband's great aunt having been in the state
hospital and checked and found out that the cremains were still
there. In completing the paperwork, we found that his brother's
cremains were also there but we had no relationship to the brother.
So we connected with other family and they claimed the remains of
the brother. We set a date to get together with all the relatives
that we could and interred the cremains in a family area of a
cemetery in Coos County and purchased and set headstones for the
two. In the process discovered that the mother had a beautiful
headstone but that the father and sister did not. Robyn Greenlund
found that the father was eligible for a veteran's headstone and
ordered that and the group of relatives bought another headstone for
the sister. So now all family members buried there have stones to
mark their graves. It was a very rewarding experience to know they
had been brought home to rest.<br>
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Sue Steward<br>
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On 2/2/2011 10:05 AM, Carol Peterson wrote:
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<p class="h2black"><span style="color: rgb(125, 0, 0);">Oregon
State Hospital unites families with cremated remains
of deceased patients</span></p>
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<p>While the Oregon State Hospital has made enormous strides
toward improving the care and treatment of the patients of
today, there is unfinished work in honoring patients of
previous generations.</p>
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<p>The Oregon State Hospital is the custodian of the cremated
remains of approximately 3,500 people who died while living
at Oregon State Hospital, Oregon State Tuberculosis
Hospital, Mid-Columbia Hospital, Dammasch State Hospital,
Oregon State Penitentiary, and Fairview Training Center
between 1914 and the 1970s. These cremains were never
claimed.</p>
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<p>The hospital hopes to change that and unite the cremains
with family members. To that end, the hospital has posted
this list of names of the people whose cremated remains are
in its possession. Hospital officials urge anyone who thinks
he or she may have a family member who passed away at one of
these institutions to review the list. As soon as the
connection can be confirmed, the hospital will make
arrangements for the cremains to be sent to the family.</p>
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<p><a moz-do-not-send="true" id="names" class="bookmark"
title="names" name="names"></a>---Carol Peterson</p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:58cjpeterson@comcast.net">58cjpeterson@comcast.net</a></p>
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