'Remembering the Forgotten' burial event held to inter unclaimed remains
Augusta students take part in Lewis & Clark County Burial Ceremony
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Last updated 12/4/2018 at 5:21pm
Darryl L. Flowers / Fairfield Sun Times
From left to right: Augusta High School students Macyn Mahlum, Tregg Olsen, Cort Burdick, Jae Allen and Augusta teacher Tim Love.
According to findagrave.com, there are 1,454 remains interred at the Lewis and Clark County Cemetery in Helena. Fifty-three of those were added last week during a burial ceremony for unclaimed and cremated remains that had accumulated for over 80 years in funeral homes and even in the coroner's office.
The ceremony was called "Remembering the Forgotten."
Before the burial, eleven sets of remain...
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