The hollow portion of what looks like stand for a bird bath contained the cremated remains of three individuals. / Courtesy photo Warren McLeod
Updated at 1:40 p.m.
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – The Lewis County Coroner’s Office is seeking the public’s assistance in locating the next-of-kin for three sets of cremated remains found at a Centralia recycling business.
Coroner Warren McLeod suspects they are from the same family and were inadvertently discarded. They were turned in to the coroner in October, who has run into a dead end.
The decedents are: Marjorie Boyer, age 77 when she died on Feb. 4, 2004; Emmett Robert Nesteby, age 76 when he died on Feb. 8, 2000; and Wayne Nesteby, 43, who died on Sept. 26, 1997, according to McLeod.
Th remains were inside three labeled plastic bags inside an ornate ceramic container which looks like a pedestal base to a sun dial or maybe a bird bath, according to McLeod.
The pedestal is light weight, about two and half feet tall and appears to be something one might place in a garden.
Information from a funeral home involved led to the name of a daughter, Kathleen Colley, who 13 years ago had an Oregon address and phone number, according to McLeod.
The labels are from funeral homes in Parker, Arizona; Gresham, Ore. and another city in Oregon, according to McLeod.
If anyone knows Colley or the others, they are asked to contact the coroner’s office at 360-740-1376.
Update at 7:38 p.m.: McLeod says a nephew has been located in Walla Walla and will be coming over on Monday to pick up his family members.
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