A very good friend of the blog, David Collins, kindly alerted me to Friday’s funeral service for 3 long forgotten veterans at the Massachusetts Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Winchendon MA. The Campbell Funeral Home has 3 locations including one here in Gloucester. Aaron Mizen, funeral director of the Beverly location is a retired Marine who does background research and crosschecking of unclaimed remains in hopes of either reuniting them with their families or laying them to rest. I don’t know the stories of these three Cape Ann veterans but Mr. Mizen has ensured they will be remembered with a service scheduled for Friday Jan 24 from 1-3 PM at the Massachusetts Veterans Memorial Cemetery 111 Glenallen Street Winchendon MA. All are welcome to attend and pay final respects.
These veterans include Sergeant First Class Phillip Tutino of Gloucester (died Nov 23 2005); Aviation Machinist Mate Petty Officer Third Class Suzanne Gleason of Rockport (died Sept 21 2001); and Boatsawin’s Mate William D. Carver of Gloucester (died Aug 19 2017). Their obituaries can be found at the Campbell Funeral Home website link here. I recommend you take a few moments to read and reflect.
Mr. Mizen tells me he has been able to return 12-15 veterans to families or lay to rest 12-15 previously unclaimed veterans from among the 40-50 remaining among the three funeral home sites. He’s doing this out of a feeling that “no one should be left behind.” I thank him for doing his part to finishing their stories on their behalf.
Thank you David Collins for the information and story idea!
Good Morning Gloucester 
Thank-you, Pat, for putting together this blog entry and, Mr. Mizen and the Campbell Funeral Home and Massachusetts Veterans Memorial Cemetery, for seeing to it these long forgotten veterans are being properly remembered.
David
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Today’s Gloucester Daily Times provides some details today about these veterans if you’re interested.
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