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This was the cemetery used for burial of patients by the Springfield State Hospital between 1899-1961. The graves are marked only with small numbered stones, there are about 900 graves. | This was the cemetery used for burial of patients by the Springfield State Hospital between 1899-1961. The graves are marked only with small numbered stones, there are about 900 graves. | ||
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+ | It took staff and volunteers about eight years of tedious research through copious dusty records, often illegible, written in faded ink or pencil, to name the dead. It meant checking and cross-checking several references to match the names with the numbers, said Paula Langmead, Springfield's superintendent. | ||
+ | Osbourne Broadwater was the last patient buried at Sunny Side in 1962, and his name is the last of 908 names on an imposing granite and bronze stone dedicated Tuesday at the cemetery "to the memory of beloved residents laid to rest." | ||
== Links & Additional Information == | == Links & Additional Information == |