Newark Archbishop Theodore McCarick on Monday led a memorialfuneral service for Baby Jane Doe the newborn girl found in a Jersey Citysewage treatment plant in March whose remains were interred in a specialgravesite at Bayview Cemetery in Jersey City.
The archbishop, together with local Protestant, Jewish and Muslim religious leaders, took part in the interment service, which was initiated by Jersey City Mayor Bret Schundler to emphasize the sanctity of life..
At the cemetery site, City officials installed a headstone with the engraving, "Memorial to the Forgotten." The $1,500 memorial was purchased by the city, withthe help of donations from religious groups in the area.
Hoteles LeipzigThe large plot, dedicated to Baby Jane Doe, will be used for the burial of personswho die in Jersey City unidentified or unclaimed.
hoteles Lausanne Archbishop McCarick said the service was an occasion "to weep over deaths that might have been avoided if we would all recommit ourselves to a genuine respectfor life at every moment of its existense."
The newborn girl, her umbilical cord still attached, was discovered on a conveyorbelt amid debris filtered from the city's sewerage system on March 15 by a worker whothought she was a doll.
Bath accommodation When the worker took a closer look and realized it wasn't a doll, he stopped theconveyor belt and called police.
Victor Rodriguez, a foreman at Jersey City's Municipal Utilities Authority Treatment Plant, who saw the body before authorities placed it in a small body bag, was quotedin news reports at the time as saying, "It was a beautiful baby. She had beautiful straight hair, a beautiful face, a little flat nose. She looked like somebody in my family."
In April, as efforts to identify the infant were unsuccessful, the mayor led a vigilservice for Baby Jane Doe at the Watson Funeral Home, which donated its services,as did the Batesville Casket Company in Teterboro.
hoteles en Malaga At the vigil, Father John Cryan, pastor of Our Lady of Mercy Parish in Jersey City,gave the invocation. He also took part in Monday's interment service.
Our Lady of Mercy parishioners, who donated $1,000 for the funeral expenses,were among the many religious and civic groups which collected funds for the memorial.More than $3,200 was donated, according to Paul Schaeder, a spokesman for the mayor.
On August 21, a funeral service was held for the cremated remains of 47 unidentifiedpersons who died in Jersey City. A casket containing the remains was interred at the site.