the mental hospital that I used to work at had a cemetery on the grounds because we had alot of patients that were left by the families and never acknowledged again and we buried alot of them there. I dont know if that is common for mental hospitals or not. juanita <[email protected]> wrote: You might ask the hospital or facility where your gr aunt died about her burial. The County should also have information about her death if she was considered an indigent. These should be public records, especially if the county or state was involved. juanita >> Author: gwill65074 > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.coun > ties.jackson/6257/mb.ashx > I have a great aunt that passed away in 1987. She spent most of her > adult life in and out of State hospitals due to a mental breakdown > after her husband was killed in WWII. To my knowledge, no family > members were ever contacted by the state when she died. I just > received a copy of her death certificate and was surprised to see > there was no attending physician's name nor place of burial listed, > only her name and cause of death. If there was no family members > listed in any of her information available to the hospital or county, > would the county have taken on the task of burial and if so does > anyone know where the county would have sent her remains? ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Those who've lit our lives with love are never truly "gone" They watch over us from heaven, Where their spirits, Still shine on.