DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) – Nearly 200 Iowans were laid to rest at Avon Cemetery in Des Moines today after years of having no place to go.
As KCCI reports, the Final Salute, a nonprofit that provides funeral services for unclaimed remains, recruited dozens of strangers to serve as the friends and family of those being put to rest.
Dozens gathered to carry urns carrying the remains of teachers, soldiers, doctors and more…