This is a very simple request. Please click the link below and sign this petition that will allow the Willard Cemetery Memorial Project to honor and remember with dignity former patient and resident grave digger, Lawrence Mocha, with a plaque at the Willard State Hospital Cemetery. Thank You!
CHANGE.ORG-PETITION TO ALLOW MEMORIAL PLAQUE FOR LAWRENCE MOCHA.
Support New York State Senate Bill S2514 that will allow the release of the names, dates of birth and death, and location of graves of former patients buried in anonymous, unmarked graves in long-closed NYS Hospital and Custodial Institution Cemeteries! There are THOUSANDS of forgotten souls who deserve to be remembered with DIGNITY! This bill introduced by Senator Joe Robach has been before the NYS Legislature for over three years. It is time for this bill to become law! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtaQX8uQdmY
Willard Cemetery Memorial Project 5.18.2013
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Done.
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Thank You!
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I’m confused, Who is “Lawrence Mocha” ??? If the memorial is for the grave digger, his name is Lawrence Mareck, not Mocha. ( see The Lives They Left Behind)
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No, they used fictitious surnames in the book. His name is Lawrence Mocha.
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No kidding, I never knew that. As he was so well known around the town, I thought his name was common knowledge. That calls for some reconsideration of the male voices we recorded in the cemetery. Thanks, Jc
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Bon courage et bonne chance!
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