This document announces a remembrance event to honor those who died while under the care of the Milwaukee County Mental Health System. It provides details about the event such as location, date, and contact information. It discusses the county cemetery where many without families to bury them were laid to rest, as well as signs put up to remember them. The document lists some patient names and causes of recent deaths at the mental health complex. It expresses a vow to stop further deaths and substandard care, and a message of hope for recovery being possible.
37. In 1940, there were 53 pages of
records of people residing at
either the Milwaukee County
Hospital for Mental Diseases
or the Milwaukee County
Asylum for the Chronic Insane.
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39.
40. The old County Asylum has fallen into a
state of disrepair now.
41. But Reverend Ray Gurney has
made the grounds a sanctuary
for monarch butterflies.
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43.
44.
45. But now, Reverend
Ray Gurney has
made the grounds a
sanctuary for
monarch butterflies.
54. We remember those who have died recently
at the Milwaukee County Mental Health
Complex. We vow to stop the deaths and
substandard, underfunded, misguided
care.