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To further honor Mercer County
residents who served their country in the Armed Forces, County Executive Brian
Hughes and Edward Mazzeo, executive director of Mercer County Veteran Services,
announced the purchase of an additional 680 veteran burial spaces at
Greenwood Cemetery in Hamilton, N.J.
The purchase was made in response to the high demand from
Mercer
County veterans and their
families for additional burial spaces.
With the growing number of veterans, the Board of Chosen Freeholders
deemed it essential to approve the purchase. The County also holds an option to
expand the section to include an additional 680 graves.
The County originally purchased 1,000 graves in the early 1980s,
adding another 500 as requests increased.
There are 288 existing mausoleum spaces available solely for Mercer
County Veterans and their spouses who prefer above-ground
entombment.
The purchase of the additional burial spaces was announced during
a news conference on Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at noon on the grounds of the newly
purchased “Field of Honor” section
that is adjacent to the existing “Field of Honor” in Greenwood Cemetery. Attending in addition to Hughes and
Mazzeo were representatives from CMS-Mid-Atlantic, Inc. and Greenwood Cemetery; they included President and CEO Bernard
Stoecklein, Chief Operating Officer William Passodelis, Vice President Dennis
Sabatini and John Novey, director of Greenwood Cemetery.
“Greenwood Cemetery is honored to be the final
resting site for many of the veterans who fought for our freedom in the U.S.
Armed Forces,” Stoecklein said. “In
fact, it is very appropriate that Mercer County
veterans be layed to rest on the land that is rich in U.S.
military history. General George
Washington marched his troops through this land on his way to the Battle of
Trenton in 1777.”
Veterans and their families who are interested in burial space or
mausoleum entombment at Greenwood
Cemetery can visit the cemetery office
weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at 1800 Hamilton Avenue in Hamilton, New
Jersey or call
609-587-4993.
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