Odd Fellows Cemetery (Los Angeles, California)
- Odd Fellows Cemetery (Los Angeles, California)
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Odd Fellows Cemetery is a cemetery in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It is notable for specializing in cremation of obese individuals, especially those over 400 pounds (180 kg).[1]
Fetus burial
Main article: Los Angeles fetus disposal scandal
In 1985, 16,433 aborted fetuses were buried in unmarked graves at the cemetery on donated land. The fetuses were found in a shipping container in Woodland Hills, California in February 1982, and a three-year dispute over their burial ensued. The dispute reached the Supreme Court, who ruled the remains must be buried in a nonreligious ceremony. The burial includeded a eulogy by President Ronald Reagan, which was read at the 7 October 1985 service by Michael D. Antonovich.[2]
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