Since sharing the information of the upcoming Willard Tour I have received more than a few emails, I have tried to answer all of them and I have been more than happy to share lodging recommendations, and other basic information, but there is one request that has had me at a loss: “How do I research …
Lawerence Mocha, the Willard Grave Digger will be given a proper memorialization May 16, 2015! After years of work the Willard Cemetery Memorial Committee, with the help of John Allen of the Office of Mental Health, has made contact with a relative of Lawrence Mocha and the family has given their consent to proceed with a …
When a reader recently emailed me suggesting I update my Willard posts to correct the name of the Willard grave-digger and patient from “Lawrence Marek” to his actual given name Lawrence Mocha. I was happy to make that correction, even happier to learn that Lawrence Mocha will most likely be properly memorialized in the cemetery to …
This post is part of a series. To see all the buildings I visited on the Willard Tour click the links below. Morning at the Asylum by the Lake Grandview Hadley Hall The Morgue Elliot Hall Brookside The Bleak House The Cemetery (you are here) The final stop on our tour was the Cemetery where 5,776 Willard …