(Boise, ID) – The Ada County Coroner’s Office is hosting a Memorial for the Forgotten on Wednesday, May 9th at 10am at Cloverdale Funeral Home at the Mausoleum at Terrace Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery-SW Corner of Fairview and Cloverdale.
The Coroner’s Office has 11 unclaimed or abandoned remains that will be placed in the crypt this year. In order to ensure these remains have a proper resting place, the Coroner’s Office partnered with Cloverdale Funeral Home. In 2016, they graciously donated a crypt to store the remains in until such time that loved ones can be located and/or someone will come forward who will take responsibility for them. All remains will be interred in the crypt prior to the service. In the past two years, 65 remains have been interred in the Ada County Coroner’s crypt.
Idaho State law allows coroners to cremate an unclaimed body and the county must do this within 14 days of death. The 76 cremated remains at the Ada County Coroner’s Office are each assigned a case number and proper files are kept in case someone does come forward to claim them. In the meantime, Ada County remains will rest at the Mausoleum at Terrace Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery thanks to Cloverdale Funeral Home.
The Ada County Sheriff’s Office Honor Guard will be in attendance on Wednesday, May 9th to honor the forgotten and to represent the communities Ada County serves.
WHAT: Ada County Coroner’s Memorial for the Forgotten
WHEN: Wednesday, May 9, 2018 | 10am
WHERE: Mausoleum at Terrace Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery | Cloverdale Funeral Home
WHO: Open to the public
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