Where's Les Baxter? - Tiki Music

K kdeazell Member Kim Joined: Nov 01, 2007 Posts: 1	K kdeazell Posted posted on Sat, Nov 3, 2007 8:19 PM On 2007-10-11 01:19, cynfulcynner wrote: Info on Les Baxter's final resting place (from another mailing list I'm on). The person I'm quoting works at Pacific View Memorial Park in Orange County, CA. I have had some people tell me repeatedly that Les Baxter was here. I've looked couldn't find anything . . . [we] found him. He was under Leslie so I over looked that. Well he died in 1996 and sat in our vault till 1999 when he was put into a storage room above the mausoleum. Than when Sunset court was built we have several lower position crypts that we use for storage of cremains. They are all named and numbered so if anyone wants to come back and get them we can find them. So I went to our cremation gal and asked her where he was and she gave me the crypt # he is in. So sad he was never claimed. But than again maybe the family didn't have any money. So mystery solved. I can't believe nobody ever claimed his ashes! He deserves a more dignified memorial than this. Yes that would be me that was quoted. So here's the deal. I know how to go about getting Les of vaultage and can get him a niche at PV at 1/2 with my employee discount. I know the legal in's and out's on getting him out. So what I need is to try to start collecting donations to pay for a niche. About $1400 is the cheapest PV has. Than the niche plate would be probably less than $500. This is where he wanted to be, but the family never picked him up and all the contacts that the cemetery contacted ignored our letters and calls. We can move him out of the niche without having to refile a burial permit too. I he is moved out of the cemetery that would have to happen. But this is home to him since 1996. So I need someone to step in who is willing to put there name on a legal document to get him out. I would do it, BUT this is a conflict of interest because I work there. Don't want to lose my job over this either. My co-worker is a huge Tiki music fan too and loves Les Baxter so he is willing to help too. If interested. Email me or post on the board and maybe we can get the ball rolling. Thanks Kim

On 2007-10-11 01:19, cynfulcynner wrote:
Info on Les Baxter's final resting place (from another mailing list I'm on). The person I'm quoting works at Pacific View Memorial Park in Orange County, CA.

I have had some people tell me repeatedly that Les Baxter was here. I've looked couldn't find anything . . . [we] found him. He was under Leslie so I over looked that. Well he died in 1996 and sat in our vault till 1999 when he was put into a storage room above the mausoleum. Than when Sunset court was built we have several lower position crypts that we use for storage of cremains. They are all named and numbered so if anyone wants to come back and get them we can find them.

So I went to our cremation gal and asked her where he was and she gave me the crypt # he is in. So sad he was never claimed. But than again maybe the family didn't have any money.
So mystery solved.

I can't believe nobody ever claimed his ashes! He deserves a more dignified memorial than this.

Yes that would be me that was quoted. So here's the deal. I know how to go about getting Les of vaultage and can get him a niche at PV at 1/2 with my employee discount. I know the legal in's and out's on getting him out. So what I need is to try to start collecting donations to pay for a niche. About $1400 is the cheapest PV has. Than the niche plate would be probably less than $500. This is where he wanted to be, but the family never picked him up and all the contacts that the cemetery contacted ignored our letters and calls. We can move him out of the niche without having to refile a burial permit too. I he is moved out of the cemetery that would have to happen. But this is home to him since 1996.

So I need someone to step in who is willing to put there name on a legal document to get him out. I would do it, BUT this is a conflict of interest because I work there. Don't want to lose my job over this either.
My co-worker is a huge Tiki music fan too and loves Les Baxter so he is willing to help too.
If interested. Email me or post on the board and maybe we can get the ball rolling.
Thanks
Kim

Post #341927 by kdeazell on Sat, Nov 3, 2007 8:19 PM