Parsons State Hospital Cemetery Traditional Cache

Sad little cemetery that shows how far we have grown in our thoughts.

 The Hospital first opened in 1903 as a State Hospital for Epileptics. In 1957 the Hospital was renamed Parsons State Hospital and Training Center and began providing programs for individuals with mental retardation. The Hospital occupies 43 buildings on 163 acres. Major components include residential services, the University Center on Developmental Disabilities and the Parsons Research Center for the University of Kansas, the Special Purpose School of the Southeast Regional Education Service Center, and the Southeast Kansas Agricultural Research Center of Kansas State University.

Located next  to Mt. Calvary Cemetery.with a old wire fence seperating the two.  The cemetery is no longer used.
There is no sign for the State Hospital Cemetgery, just a gate with red-brick columns. Few headstones, most graves marked with metal plate, many with no names.  Up to 800 past residents are buried here.

The names were transcribed from a list that is at the Parsons City Library. The list contains Grave No.; Deceased Name; Date of Death..