A committal service for unidentified deceased persons was held on Dec. 4 at Mount Olivet Cemetery, 2755 W. 111th St. Archbishop Cupich presided at the service during which 20 unidentified persons and a number of unborn children were buried. Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Chicago assists the county with the burial of the indigent and the unborn.
Funeral directors from the Chicago area stand by the caskets of the unidentified people to be buried. The directors volunteered their services to transport the remains from Cook County Morgue to the cemetery. At the end of the service, they laid white roses on top of the coffins.
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