Greetins K. Kangus.. are you related to the Kangus family that lived in Newberry in the 70's and 80's?I have some info for you:

the Newberry Regional Mental Health Center was huge. Kept the whole Upper Peninsula as well as lower penninsula. over 1200 patients, as I recall. From my understanding... (I had a good friend whose father was the head of the place) lived in adjoining buildings just off the ground. Families of the deceased were notified, and if no claim was laid to the body, they were interred east of the institution in unmarked graves. This was later confirmed when I had a friend who was a genealogist tell me the story about tracking down the relative of a someone from Houghton who had been rumored to have been committed. Thus, their are yet records, and I believe the geneologist is still alive. She is very good in fact hired by the Sault Chippewas and the FBI to track the Durant roll from the 30's. Her name is Alex Meron and she lives in Manistique.

Hi Alex, the name of the cemetary is actually Forest Home I believe... I thought you might be interested in the following which I sent to the people you were helping a year or so ago.

the Newberry Regional Mental Health Center was huge. Kept the whole Upper Peninsula as well as lower penninsula. over 1200 patients, as I recall. From my understanding... (I had a good friend whose father was the head of the place) lived in adjoining buildings just off the ground. Families of the deceased were notified, and if no claim was laid to the body, they were interred east of the institution in unmarked graves. This was later confirmed when I had a friend who was a genealogist tell me the story about tracking down the relative of a someone from Houghton who had been rumored to have been committed. Thus, their are yet records, and I believe the geneologist is still alive. She is very good in fact hired by the Sault Chippewas and the FBI to track the Durant roll from the 30's. Her name is Alex Meron and she lives in Manistique.

God Bless you in your work to help these people in their searches alex

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Thanks for the info. I did know of Forest Home as I have been there visiting the graves of my family. I just didn't know where people from the assylum would be buried. I did have two relatives in the hospital but they were properly buried. Vickie

Is there anyway I can contact this person? I need to know if a John Harold Blossingham was a patient and died there. 1900
George Blossingham
g1k2bloss@voyager.net
6501 N 35 rd
Manton, MI 49661

Was the Newberry Regional Mental Health Center still open in December 1960?
Would they have treated patients with Alzheimers disease in 1960?
Are there records available for these patients?

I don't have any information on Newberry, sorry.

Could you please look on your Forest Home Cemetery in Newberry
list for a GEORGE GINGRAS buried Aug 12, 1901? I have found his death certificate and it says he was buried in Newberry. Is that the only cemetery in Newberry?
Thank you for your time.

I'm sorry, but George Gingras was not listed in my forest home booklet. As far as I know, forest home is the only cemetary in Newberry. There is a small cemetary in Engadine which is only a little ways down the road but if he was buried in Newberry, it would surely be forest home. Wish I could be more help.

Thank you for your reply. George Gingras was living in Engadine at the time of his death but the record said he was buried in Newberry. Engadine cemetery has an online list of names and George is not on it. Is your list made from grave markers or from burial records?

Mine are burial records and obituaries put out by the Luce-Mackinac Genealogical Society. I also have relatives buried there that are not listed. Vickie