King County burial ceremony honors record number of people without family — again Noel Gasca June 06, 2025 / 11:21 am

Hundreds of King County residents who died last year without family members to claim their remains were honored Wednesday in a special burial ceremony at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Renton.

Tucked on a grassy hill, mourners lay flowers at a headstone inscribed with the message, "Gone but not forgotten, these people of King County," representing the 405 people buried through the King County Medical Examiner's Office indigent remains program.

"Our presence proclaims that these, our sisters and brothers, will never be forgotten in this sacred place," said King County Sheriff's Department Chaplain Joel Ingebritson.

About 50 people attended Wednesday's indigent burial cere

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