Every year, hundreds of New Hampshire residents are cremated, and their remains sit, unclaimed by family or friends, in funeral homes and crematoriums across the state. In recent years, the amount of taxpayer dollars used to fund those cremations has steadily increased.
The people listed here passed away during the previous weeks and have some public or charitable connection to their community. InDepthNH.org is now offering obituaries through the Legacy.com service.
Last week, Michaud Funeral Home and Crematorium laid to rest 40 people – some whose cremated remains have been stored at the funeral home since the late 1970s – in a plot in the corner of Laurel Hill Cemetery.“It’s a really good feeling to finally.