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June 20, 2014 at 6:39 pm
Unclaimed cremated remains laid to rest at Northville cemetery
Charles E. Ramirez/The Detroit News
Northville The cremated remains of Nettie Rutledge along with those of 56 others that have gone unclaimed for years at a local funeral home finally were laid to rest Friday.
The remains of the 57 people were interred during a special ceremony at the Rural Hill Cemetery in Northville. Among the group are a couple of infants and seven veterans of the U.S. armed services, including Norval Marlett, who served in the Spanish-American War in 1898.
We realized we had to do something ... and we decided to have a ceremony of remembrance, said David Griffin, owner of the L.J. Griffin Funeral Home Inc. Its our honor ... to do this service for those who have been forgotten.
The funeral home inherited the unclaimed remains when it bought the Northrop-Sassaman Chapel this year...
From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140620/METRO08/306200107#ixzz35HSZOHvZ
Unclaimed cremated remains laid to rest at Northville cemetery
Charles E. Ramirez/The Detroit News
Northville The cremated remains of Nettie Rutledge along with those of 56 others that have gone unclaimed for years at a local funeral home finally were laid to rest Friday.
The remains of the 57 people were interred during a special ceremony at the Rural Hill Cemetery in Northville. Among the group are a couple of infants and seven veterans of the U.S. armed services, including Norval Marlett, who served in the Spanish-American War in 1898.
We realized we had to do something ... and we decided to have a ceremony of remembrance, said David Griffin, owner of the L.J. Griffin Funeral Home Inc. Its our honor ... to do this service for those who have been forgotten.
The funeral home inherited the unclaimed remains when it bought the Northrop-Sassaman Chapel this year...
From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140620/METRO08/306200107#ixzz35HSZOHvZ