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From: "Gerry Perry" <missgerry(a)cox.net>
To: <TOMBPROJ-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 10:58 PM
Subject: [TOMBROJ] Northern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services Cemetery,
Sparks, Nevada
In the 1880s, the Mental Health hospital/center was established in
Sparks,
Nevada, a community right next to Reno, Washoe, Nevada. The institute had
its own cemetery and thanks to Bob Berrington, who did a lot of ground
work and investigating and making contacts, we are now able to post the
new cemetery page. As you can see by the pictures, the cemetery has long
been ignored and only a few graves are identified today. Hopefully,
through more work and cooperation from the officials at the Mental Health
Institute, plus state burial records, we will be able to increase the
records for the deceased who were buried here. An article this year in a
local newspaper indicated the officials are looking to expand the
facilities, and use some or all of the cemetery. The question that
remains is what to do with the deceased. This is not a unique problem
with old cemeteries. But progress takes a toll on our history, and
hopefully, this old cemetery will not be a victim of that pro!
gress.
You can see the new cemetery page at
http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/Nevada/county_pages/washoecem.html
just scroll down to Northern Nevada Adult Mental Health Services Cemetery
and take a peek. I wish to thank Bob once again for his tremendous
efforts in providing us one more avenue of research.
Cemeteries from the entire state can be viewed at:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/Nevada/nevada.html
Gerry Perry
Nevada Tombstone Project Manager
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