Wednesday: 1,440 indigents to be buried in mass grave

	Supervisor, Fourth District               822 Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration              Los Angeles  90012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE               Contact:          Cheryl Burnett

                  (213) 974-1095

 

 

 

SUPERVISOR KNABE HONORS THOSE BURIED AT COUNTY GRAVE

 

LOS ANGELES, December 7, 2010 – Supervisor Don Knabe issued the following statement in advance of tomorrow’s mass burial at the LA County Cemetery:

 

“This holiday season many of us are reminded of how fortunate we are to be surrounded by our loved ones.  Sadly, not everyone shares this blessing.  On Wednesday, the County will bury the remains of approximately 1,440 individuals in a mass grave.  These are individuals that, for one reason or another, have no one but the County to provide them with a respectful and dignified burial.  Some are homeless.  Many are poor.  Some have no families to grieve for them.  Regardless of what their status in life was, each one of their lives mattered.  It matters to us, their County family.”

 

Supervisor Knabe requested a moment of silence in honor of these individuals at today’s Board of Supervisors meeting..

 

Service Details:

Wednesday, December 8; 2p.m.

LA County Crematory and Cemetery

3301 East 1^st Street (corner of 1^st and Lorena, adjacent to Evergreen Cemetery)

 

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