Contacting the VA turned into a dead end. They tried to be helpful but, I was just bounced from one department to the next until I gave up.
The good news is, I didn't stop there.
and I finally have some clue as to why nobody answers or returns the phone messages.This afternoon I contacted a constituent in Mayor Fung's office, from the City of Cranston, Rhode Island. She just so happened to have a relative buried in Oaklawn Cemetery and knew all about the grief this cemetery has cause the relatives of the deceased buried within their grounds. She passed on the temp. care taker's cell phone number to me (I'm pm it to ya) It appears he has some sort of agreement with the guardian of the estate, that he lives rent free on some property (may be the one we discussed early, that's registered with the Secretary of State, through the incorporation documents filed each year with the State of Rhode Island) in trade for cutting the grass and NOT RETURNING PHONE CALLS!
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It appears that many complaints have crossed the desk of the Mayor over the years and his office has a difficult time getting this gentlemen to return their phone calls, so how the heck do we expect him to return ours? I'll give you the answer to that question in a second. On 12 July 2009 an article appeared in the Providence Journal http://www.projo.com about the mausoleum's (I don't read the newspaper everyday, so I missed it) future being in doubt. Well here read it for yourself
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http://www.projo.com/ri/cranston/conten ... ae728.htmlI called the ProJo today to see if Randy Egar still worked as a reporter and sure enough he does. So my suggestion would be to contact Randy and see what type of information he uncovered during his investigation. Maybe he has a clue as to who the heck has their hands on the plot maps of Oaklawn? I would give him a big fat sob
story, that you want to visit your Uncle's site (through me of course, lol ) Here is Randy's e-mail address redgarATprojo.com Good Luck & Go Get Him, Carol
Marilyn
The cemetery is a mess and the stones are all facing in different directions, making it very difficult to read the names, plus there are many flat stones grown over by grass. I doubt if they had a flat stone, considering they purchased a large stone for their infant son (George?)