THROUGH NEXT SATURDAY.
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A NEW GRANITE MEMORIAL WILL NOW
PROVIDE A PERMANENT REMEMBRANCE
FOR PEOPLE IN LEWIS AND CLARK
COUNTY WHOSE REMAINS HAD GONE
UNCLAIMED.
IN NOVEMBER, LEADERS HELD A
"REMEMBERING THE FORGOTTEN"
CEREMONY AT THE LEWIS AND CLARK
COUNTY CEMETERY.
THEY INTERRED MORE THAN 100
PEOPLE’S CREMATED REMAINS, WHICH
HAD BEEN LEFT AT THE CORONER’S
OFFICE OR LOCAL FUNERAL HOMES.
EARLIER THIS MONTH, MONTANA
GRANITE DONATED AND INSTALLED A
GRANITE SLAB
ENGRAVED WITH EACH OF THE NAMES.
COUNTY COMMISSIONER SUSAN GOOD
GEISE
(GEE-SEE)
SAID THEY HOPED TO HAVE THE
MONUMENT INSTALLED BY MEMORIAL
DAY.
SHE SAID IT IS A FITTING
CONCLUSION TO THE LONG EFFORT TO
GIVE THESE PEOPLE A FINAL
RESTING PLACE.
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{"I THINK THAT THIS WAS A REALLY
GLORIOUS EFFORT ON THE PART OF
MANY, MANY PEOPLE, SO THAT WE
KNOW THAT THESE WEREN’T JUST
FACELESS, NAMELESS INDIVIDUALS,
THEY WERE PARTS OF OUR
COMMUNITY, AND THEY ARE MISSED,
THEY ARE REMEMBERED.}
THE GRANITE MEMORIAL WILL GO
ALONG WITH A METAL SIGN MADE BY
