In a message dated 06/13/2000 12:08:50 AM Pacific Daylight Time, Pat_Palmer@email.msn.com writes: << I found the obit for Mark Baldwin. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE OREGON JOURNAL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1959 MARK BALDWIN Funeral for Mark Baldwin will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Trinity Christian Church. Burial will be at Willamette National Cemetery. Arrangements will be by Colonial Mortuary. Mr Baldwin, 88, of 22 SE 16th Ave., was a veteran of the Spanish American War and had lived in the community 40 years. he had worked as a detective and was a member of Scout Young Camp No. 2. He died at his home Wednesday. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Jennie E. Baldwin, and two sisters, Mrs. Mary McGregor of Miami Beach, Fla., and Mrs. Nelle Black of Washington, Pa. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Willamette National Cemetery 11800 SE Mt. Scott Blvd. Portland, OR 97266 503-273-5250 >> I was thrilled to get this Obit this morning but when I called the cemetery to see what additional information they might have, they went through their records and have no Mark Baldwin buried in that cemetery. Is it possible that he was never buried there? His wife is not buried there either. We tried alternate spellings but came up with nothing. Could it be possible that a National Cemetery would be full at the last moment and he had been buried elsewhere? I also need help on the date of death. The Obit was on Tuesday, December 15, 1959. It then states that the funeral will be on Monday but no date is given. That would make that Monday to be Dec. 21st. It further states that he dies at his home Wednesday which is this Obit was on Tuesday that would be the December 9th. I was not aware that bodies were kept for that long before burial unless in a climate where the ground would be so frozen as to necessitate a later burial. In that case the date of burial may not have been posted in the obituary. Can anyone shed some light on this mystery? Is the Colonial Mortuary still in operation? Could someone please send me the address and phone number if it is in business so that I can check their records? Thanks. Sally Chino, CA