History Was Made In Shawnee, Dec. 8

  • Mike McElyea, Co-Owner, Funeral Director, and Memorial Care Specialist stands next to the newly installed Aquamation machine. He said you can have a normal conversation while this equipment is running. Countywide & Sun/Suzie Campbell
    Mike McElyea, Co-Owner, Funeral Director, and Memorial Care Specialist stands next to the newly installed Aquamation machine. He said you can have a normal conversation while this equipment is running. Countywide & Sun/Suzie Campbell
    State history, Pottawatomie county history, Shawnee history… it was a first for all of these when McElyea & Owens Funeral Group installed the first crematory in the county and then performed the first human Aquamation cremation process in the state. Mike McElyea, Co-Owner, Funeral Director, and Memorial Care Specialist, said Aquamation has been around since the late 1800s. Howev...

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