The Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office will inter the unclaimed cremated remains of more than 300 people at an upcoming ceremony, rather than scattering them at sea.
Prior to 2021, the Medical Examiner typically scattered unclaimed ashes in Puget Sound — there were scattering ceremonies on the water in 2014, 2016 and 2017. 2021 was the first year that the county interred unclaimed remains at a local cemetery, instead.
The next ceremony — another interment — will take place on May 15, 2025 at 11:30 a.m. at the Haven of Rest funeral home. More than 300 unclaimed people will be interred, all of whom passed away in Pierce County prior to Nov. 9, 2024 and whose names can be found on Pierce County’s website , according to a press release from the Medical Examiner’s Office…