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Bernalillo County held its annual formal burial of indigent and unclaimed residents Thursday, Sept. 4, at Fairview Memorial Park. Director’s Choice Mortuary Services and the county conducted the ceremonial services, which included a dignified and appropriate disposition of the cremains of 171 people. Pastor Richard Mansfield delivered offer the eulogy. Pictured is Robert C. Noblin Jr. of Director’s Choice Mortuary giving the opening remarks. Photo by Roberto E. Rosales / New Mexico News

Their community remembers them. Bernalillo County Thursday morning, gave a dignified farewell to 171 individuals who died recently and whose cremated remains went unclaimed. The memorial service at Fairview Memorial Park was characterized by reminders that the deceased mattered. “No one should leave this world unrecognized or unmourned, and today, we all make sure that […]

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