The bodies of 13 adults and 120 fetuses that had been stored at the Cook County morgue since November and December were laid to rest Wednesday at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Chicago’s Mount Greenwood community.
The Sun-Times first reported in January that corpses had piled up at the Cook County medical examiner’s office because of ongoing financial woes.
The Archdiocese of Chicago’s Catholic Cemeteries offered the county plots for up to 300 burials, including at Mount Olivet, which was established in 1855. The county took 18 plots at Mount Olivet, where small markers are expected to be laid near the graves so interested family members can visit later on.
Catholic Cemeteries has donated 300 graves for these burials. Many of us funeral directors have donated hearses and licensed funeral directors-to assist the Cook County Medical Examiner, to re-set her budget, as the State of Illinois stopped paying for the burial of the indigent-and often, families just can not afford to bury their loved ones; and still some-remain unclaimed and un-identified. Please Pray for them and us-as we all pull together to help. God Bless all of you. Martin Flagg-formally of Belvidere.
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