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To Re-inier 59 Bodies•% *Body of English-Born BabyIs Found in MausoleumOne of 59 bodies In the crumbling mausoleum at Fairview Cemetery scheduled for re-interment there within the next two weeks is that of an infant stillborn in ISIS in England.There is no information available on circumstances that led to the body of the infant, whose name is Brdmpton Tompkins, being brought here for interment.Charles (Chick) Dykeman, funeral director, who has been working with County Attorney Roger Peterson on plans fof the re-interment program under authority of a special state permit, noted the inscription.Bartel Ml Feet AwayAThe final rating'place,, for'.thebodies of 57 adults and two' infants is located some Ml fept from the miwsokwm on « rally rolling hillside, the plot being donated by the cemetery.Excavating work on the 14 by 99-foot grave section will get under way sometime next week with the county engineer department in charge.One UnidentifiedIdentities of ail bodies have been established with the exception of one infant, after considerable time and work over a period of the last three months.The first interment in the mausoleum was in 1910 and the last in 1943, according to Dykeman. Constructed in about 1908 the structure was condemned at a hearing last March after a hog aeries of forays by vandals.After ftie graves am filled, t joint committal service at the site with clergymen of different UMm pressing, ia sehidefed.
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