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Catholic Cemeteries holds 29th burial of indigent, unborn

Catholic Cemeteries for the Archdiocese of Chicago hosts the burial of one unidentified person, 48 unborn persons and 114 cremated indigent remains from the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office at Mount Olivet Cemetery on Nov. 12, 2020. Since 2012, Catholic Cemeteries, the Archdiocese of Chicago and Cook County have worked together with help from the Cook County Funeral Directors Association, Worsham College of Mortuary Science and Malcolm X College to bury the indigent, unborn and unidentified persons. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Cemetery workers transport the cremated remains from hearses to the gravesites. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Cemetery workers transport the cremated remains from hearses to the gravesites. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Father Larry Sullivan, director of Catholic Cemeteries for the Archdiocese of Chicago, leads a prayer service Nov. 12 at Mount Olivet Cemetery before the burial of unknown, indigent and unborn persons from the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
A funeral director stands next to boxes of cremated remains from the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office during the service. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
A funeral director places a white rose atop caskets containing cremated remains. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
A participant places a white rose on the casket of an unknown person. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Cemetery workers lower caskets of cremated remains into a grave. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

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