---------- > From: Janet G. Baccus <JanetGB@worldnet.att.net> > To: PSRoots-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: FT. STEILACOOM, TACOMA > Date: Friday, February 05, 1999 8:55 AM > > Dear Mike, > > Our Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society is in the process of data > entering the deaths at Western Washington Hospital, in order to publish. > > It is possible that your great uncle is buried in the burial grounds near > the hospital. I believe that the undertaker is Oscar Storlie. Sad to > say, but ALL of his funeral home records were burned! > > If you would like to send a copy of the death record, perhaps we can help > you. If you would like further research in this area, our Society has a > person who does this. Go to our web site > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~watpcgs/about.htm > > Then go to the Family Line Research web page and follow the directions > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~watpcgs/famline.htm > > Good luck to you! > Sincerely, Janet G. Baccus, Puyallup, WA > > by way of Cyndi Howells wrote: > > > Hi Folks, I'm new to your list and hope someone can answer this query. > > > > My GUncle, shortly after his discharge from the Army in 1922, spent > > ten months > > at the "USOB Dept. Western State Hospital before dying in Dec. > > 1923. I cannot > > make out the place of burial nor the Undertaker. The first appears > > to be > > something like "Tacoma Twp." The latter is as bad, but looks something > > like"(?P?)Oscar S_octip". > > > > I would think that there would have been a particular funeral home or > > establishment that would have handled deaths occuring at the > > hospital; but > > maybe not. > > > > Anyone have any clues on this. Many thanks! > > Mike Murphy > > Dallas, TX > >