It has been less than a year since the Burr Oak Cemetery Grave Scandal was exposed. Today the Cemetery has been sold. A Bankruptcy Judge has authorized the sale Of the Cemetery from Perpetua, Inc To Cemecare with a catch.
The Burr Oak Cemetery Scandal brought about National Legislation moving through Congress, the Bereaved Consumers Bill of Rights Act of 2009.
Snippet on the condition of sale
There is a catch to the deal: It’s contingent on obtaining permission to perform burials in 9 acres on the northern side of Burr Oak Cemetery. It’s the area the workers allegedly used as a dumping ground for human remains. via abclocal.go.com
Over 300 graves were desecrated at Burr Oak, and bones were piled up around the cemetery.
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A Memo on Burr Oak Cemetery was good political cannon fodder in the Illinois Governors Race. At the time of this post the results are not clear in the Governor democratic primary in Illinois . But what is clear is that that the horrible grave scandal At Burr Oak Cemetery and associated memo are a big a factor in the governors race between Pat Quinn and Dan Hynes.
Now it is quite unclear why the Grave Desecrations known about in 2003 were not reported to Law Enforcement by Perpetua and Slivy Edmonds Cotton a Perpetua Manager in Charge of Burr Oak. It is my opinion that Pat Quinn was making something out of nothing in the last days of the campaign with his Burr Oak cemetery attacks on Hynes.
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In The Illinois Governors Race Candidates are fighting over the Burr Oak Cemetery Scandal. The scandal has come back to life because of these politicians. They are calling each other incompetent.
But in reality the situation is simply a cover up by the funeral Company Perpetua, and Silvy Cotton, a Burr Oak Cemetery Manager.
“Our office doesn’t have a role. We audit the books of cemeteries,” Hynes told ABC-7. “It’s shameful that the families of Burr Oak have to relive this and see this tragedy politicized because Pat Quinn wants to win an election.”
“I told [ABC reporter Chuck Goudie] we had not seen [the memo], were not aware of the contents and the details of it were not discussed in the meeting,” Hynes’ campaign spokeswoman Carol Knowles told Huffington Post Chicago in an email. “I also told [Goudie] that if Ms. Cotton was aware of something illegal/inappropriate she should have immediately reported it to the appropriate legal authorities.”
But in the same piece from ABC, Quinn brought the full-court press. “The Burr Oak Cemetery scandal is the worst scandal…in American history. Grave robbing going on and there was information about that in 2003. Why didn’t the comptroller know about it? He’s in charge of that office and they have a duty, he does, under law to make sure things are done right.”via www.huffingtonpost.com
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Carol Knowles of the Illinois Comptrollers Office is correct-Perpetua Manager Silvy Edmonds Cotton is responsible along with others at Perpetua Inc.
There are skeptics , naysayers on Funeral and Cemetery Scandal. I have been hearing from folks who are victims of the grave desecrations at Burr Oak Cemetery But I am also hearing from people who just cannot believe that such scandals can occur.
I have had contact with many folks who have had problems(moved loved ones graves) AT EDEN MEMORIAL PARK-and at Burr Oak Cemetery.
Therea re folks who believe Funeral annd cemetery Scandal does not exist
The Two companies involved here are Perpetua, Inc and Service Corporation International-NYSE:SCI.
Authorities have been searching Burr Oak Cemetery For Graves and remains
Those responsible for the Burr Oak Cemetery Scandal in Alsip,IL were those arrested and the owners of the cemetery in Texas and Arizona.Perpetua Holdings is the Arizona company who is ultimatlely responsible. There address is 6614 E Villa Dorado Dr., Tucson, AZ 85715-4725 Their phone is 480-985-2495.
In the Burr Oak Cemetery Scandal up to Three Hundred Graves were desecrated. Over 100,000 graves and loved ones will need to be identified. Records were moldy and stuck together, and maps of the cemetery either did not exist or were not accurate. The FBI and the Cook County Sheriff in Illinois are having a difficult time sorting this out. Body parts were found piled up at the cemetery.
Perpetua Holdings, an Arizona company, appears to be the parent company of Perpetua Holdings of Illinois. Melvin Bryant is the CEO of Perpetua Holdings of Illinois who as directly responsible for the the Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip,Illinois.
“Perpetua Holdings of Illinois, Inc. has owned the cemetery since 2001 and the company president is Melvin Bryant of Richardson, Texas. An attorney for Bryant told the newspaper that the company went to police, triggering the investigation.”
It is very important to know who you are dealing with when making funeral arrangements at the cemetery or at the funeral home.
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