Burr Oak Cemetery questions hopefully will be answered by the Cemetery Oversight Task Force. The head of Illinois’ newly formed Cemetery Oversight Task Force says she hopes to have a community meeting about the alleged wrongdoing at Burr Oak Cemetery.
Patricia Brown Holmes is a former prosecutor and juvenile court judge. She’s currently a partner with Chicago law firm Schiff Hardin LLP.
Holmes said Monday she wants to hear from the community about allegations that workers at Burr Oak in south suburban Alsip dug up remains and stacked bodies to resell plots.
Holmes says her father and infant brother are buried at Burr Oak. And at least two other members of the nine-member task force have relatives buried at the cemetery.
Holmes says the task force’s mission is to find out how the situation at Burr Oak developed and how to keep it from happening again. If you or a loved one has been the victim of a mortuary mistake or a cemetery scandal be sure to contact an experienced funeral home lawyer.