Lisa Burks writes at valleynews.com that former Glendale Mayor Bob Garcin had the ashes of his father and stepmother removed from the beleaguered Grand View Memorial Park. Garcin gave Burks access to the disinterment yesterday of Edwin and Lucille Garcin as long as she followed one court-imposed rule -- no photos.

Garcin hopes his actions prompt other families of loved ones buried at the cemetery, which has been under state investigation for over a year for having misplaced remains and other financial issues.

Burks retraces her footsteps to the Garden of Prayer, outside the North Mausoleum, where Garcin's parents were laid to rest in 1954 and 1966.

She writes ...

Two Eternal Hills groundsmen, Leo and Alfredo, began the process by prying Edwin and Lucille's markers off the wall with shovels. They came off with relative ease and set to the side. A bit of cement remained on each, which the guys later chipped off before the stones were placed in the trunk of Bob's car.

No formal ceremony was planned, so Leo and Alfredo immediately began the job of gingerly digging out relatively narrow space of dirt between the inner and outer retaining walls with narrow shovels, first above Edwin's spot.

Approximately 20 minutes later, the top of a small concrete vault was reached. Next came the process of excavating the earth around the vault, with very little wiggle room in which to work, maybe an inch or so on any side. The procedure took longer than usual due to having to work within such a small space, Leo told me.

Everyone's mood was somber and respectful.

At times, Bob wept.

Read the rest here.