| Birth: | Apr., 1999 | | Death: | Apr., 1999
Point Breeze (Allegheny County)
Allegheny County
Pennsylvania, USA | 
Abandoned Baby.
On April 11, 1999, two employees of a Neville Island manufacturing plant, working the 3-11 shift, were making their usual security check of the property when they spotted buzzards flying overhead near the river's edge. Walking down a rutted path, they saw the body of a baby boy, with part of the umbilical cord still attached, caught up in the rocks & twigs, in just inches of water, off to the side of an old boat ramp. Law Enforcement investigators believe that the child was thrown into the river further upstream and he floated to where he was found. For two months, the Allegheny County Coroner's Office tried to elicit what the boy's tiny 7lb. body might tell them. There were no signs of birth defects and no evidence of trauma. It is possible he died from exposure, but his cause of death was ultimately undetermined. It is believed he was caucasian but because determining race in newborns is often difficult, his heritage also remains unknown. Rev. Edward M. Bryce at St. Bede's Roman Catholic Church in Point Breeze, hearing the story of the unknown infant, offered to bury the boy if no one else came forward. When no one did, Rev. Bryce named the boy Bede, after his parish's patron saint "The Venerable Bede", patron saint of history, scholars and historians. On June 16, 1999, about 100 people gathered for Baby Bede's funeral, starting with a service at St Bede's Church and ending at a narrow grave in the children's plot at Calvary Cemetery. Among the songs sung by the mourners were these lines from Desiderata:
"You are a child of the universe,
You are no less than the trees,
and the stars..."
| | | Burial:
Calvary Cemetery
Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Pennsylvania, USA |
Created by: Always with Love
Record added: Mar 23, 2008
Find A Grave Memorial# 25471290 |
|
|
|
"Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows." Matthew 10:29-31
-
ChristineandJames
Added: Feb. 25, 2013 |
-
Eddieb
Added: Feb. 6, 2013 |
-
SerenityNow
Added: Dec. 23, 2012 |
| There are 32 more notes not showing...
Click here to view all notes...
| |
|
|
