Ore. Seeks Burial Site for Unclaimed Ashes

Gustav Metzgus died in 1938 at the state psychiatric hospital where he was being treated for dementia, and his cremated remains were stored in a nameless metal canister alongside hundreds of others in a dank room.

Then his granddaughter, Roseann Ismert, learned about his whereabouts. She recently picked up his urn and took it to her pastor to give him a blessing.

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Just surfed on and sad to see the rest of the story no longer posted so as to finish reading it. Is there an update perhaps? Was this Central State? Thanks.