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Despite his service as a deputy, Olinger has been widely denounced as a "bully with a badge" and a serial murderer. [12] Most notably, fellow deputy Pierce Jones brought charges against Olinger for shooting an unarmed Bob Jones in the back while serving a small civil fine. The charges were dismissed, but Olinger's reputation as a bully has ...
A post office called Olinger was established in 1902, and remained in operation until 1917. [2] The community has the name of John Olinger, the original owner of the site. [ 3 ]
Jean-Paul Olinger (born 1943), Luxembourgian fencer John Wallace Olinger (1849–1940), American frontiersman Marilyn Olinger (1928–2006), American baseball player
As a means of monitoring and establishing the protocol for handling corpses, the first mortuary schools were established in 1898, along with the National Funeral Directors Association, which is still the leading industry association today. [6] Prior to the mid-19th century, the dead were prepared, dressed, and displayed by their own family. [8]
The Friends of Hull General Cemetery Facebook group [19] was formed to promote and celebrate the unique historical and environmental attributes of the cemetery. It is the ‘Friends’ intention to try to turn this long-overgrown and disused burial ground into a place which can once more be enjoyed by all in the local neighbourhood.
Wilhelm's Portland Memorial Funeral Home, Mausoleum and Crematory is a funerary establishment in the Sellwood neighborhood of southeast Portland, Oregon, United States. Opened in 1901 as the Portland Crematorium, it is the first and oldest crematorium west of the Mississippi River , [ 1 ] and the largest privately managed indoor burial site in ...
The sanctuary east and west walls have two large windows, the east and the Angel window with the verse "Glory to God in the Highest." and the circular west window is "Christ the Teacher," that was given by the Women's Society and dedicated all the children of Sierra Madre. The lower south widows were a gift from Dick and Dotty Anderson in 2008.
Women have recently [when?] started to regain prominence in the funeral industry, as more than half (57%) of mortuary science students are women. [7] Funeral homes such as White Lady Funerals have a staff completely composed of women. [5]