Harwich, Massachusetts: Genealogist Pieces Together Forgotten Life

Posted by admin on Oct 22, 2010

No one in town seems to know of Ida Chase, the woman whose casket was opened after vandals broke into her family’s 97-year-old mausoleum in Mount Pleasant Cemetery on South Street earlier this month.

Buried nearby is her husband, George, who built the granite and marble structure for her in 1914, according to cemetery administrator Robbin Kelley. The mystery of the couple’s past intrigued and moved genealogist Liesa Healy-Miller, who spent 30 to 40 hours this month to place Ida and her family in the history of Harwich.

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