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Resident tells council Oak Hill Cemetery plots were driven over during funeral; also raises animal-control complaints
Summary
A McAlester resident told the council that vehicles driven by cemetery workers damaged family plots at Oak Hill Cemetery during saturated ground conditions and that two urns with ashes were lost.
A McAlester resident told the City Council that burial work at Oak Hill Cemetery damaged his family’s plots and caused the loss of two urns containing ashes, and he asked the city to investigate and improve staff training.
Joseph De Silvestro, who identified himself as a resident of north McAlester, said he found vehicles had driven through his family plot and described the incident as ‘‘negligence’’ by cemetery employees. He said he had video and photos and described lost urns and ‘‘thousands…
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