AFTER 145 years forgotten beneath a home in San Francisco, the 3-year-old child known as Miranda Eve has finally received a proper reburial.
People from all over California came to pay their respects to the unknown child, her blonde hair and skin still perfectly preserved, as she was buried in Colma’s Greenlawn Memorial Park.
On Saturday morning the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic-based fraternal organization, dressed to the nines to carry the casket to its resting place.
Four men lowered a new, cherry-wood casket into the earth as approximately 100 mourners threw flowers and petals on top.
Speakers played “A Trumpeter’s Lullaby” during the 10 a.m. memorial.
“It’s so special, the sun is coming out,” FOX 2 reported one woman saying.
Michael Dunn, from the Garden of Innocence, said it was important they buried Eve because she’d been forgotten for so long.
“She was forgotten and overlooked for more than 100 years, that ends today,” Dunn said.
SF Gate reported Eve’s body was one of about 30,000 people originally buried in San Francisco’s Odd Fellow’s Cemetery.
However, when the bodies were cleared out and moved to Colma in the beginning of the 20th century, Eve was accidentally left behind.
Garden of Innocence charity Ellisa Davey has been helping to bury the bodies of unidentified children in California for nearly 20 years.
Once Eve’s body was found, Davey got in touch with homeowner Ericka Karner.
Davey then planned for Eve’s reburial.
“It was tough, very tough. But she is not just our child. She is everyone’s,” she said.
All materials used in the funeral, including the casket, were donated.
Her headstone, in the shape of a heart, reads: “Miranda Eve. The Child Loved Around The World. If no one grieves, No one will remember!”
The back is flat so if Eve’s real name is discovered, she can have it etched into the back.
DNA tests have been conducted to try and find the child’s true identity and possible relatives.(SD-Agencies)
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