Joyce Darlene Patterson Photo Gallery by Jeffrey Lewis Knapp at pbase.com

Joyce Darlene Patterson

born July 18, 1956 --- passed away March 1, 2007

White Tanks Cemetery
15926 W Camelback Road
Litchfield Park, Arizona 85340

Joyce Darlene Patterson lot 6 row 22 space 5

Kiva lending team http://www.kiva.org/team/jdp

Joyce Patterson 1987	Joyce Darlene Patterson	303 N Cotton Lane	to loop 303
IN MEMORY OF ANDREW NITRUS J.G. ENRIQUES	SR 303L & Camelback Road	MARICOPA COUNTY WHITE TANKS CEMETARY	Alsup Avenue
White Tanks Cemetery	lot one	cemetery looking sw	Joyce Darlene Patterson
Joyce D Patterson	Joyce D Patterson has been found she went home	neighbor Robert Raft February 17, 2007	neighbor unknown September 28, 2006
Joyce Darlene Patterson	Joyce Darlene Patterson	roses for Joyce with flash	roses for Joyce with flash
Joyce Darlene Patterson	Joyce Darlene Patterson	Joyce Darlene Patterson	Joyce Darlene Patterson
Joyce D Patterson	a salute to Joyce	Joyce Darlene Patterson	Joyce Darlene Patterson
Joyce Darlene Patterson	White Tanks Cemetery Litchfield Park, Arizona	Merry Christmas Joyce	Joyce Patterson
Joyce Patterson RIP	Joyce Patterson RIP	U.S.M.C. Veteran

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Jeffrey Lewis Knapp		02-Apr-2019 16:47
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Jeffrey Lewis Knapp		02-Nov-2012 02:59
contact Harper Funeral Home 1246 E Jefferson St, Phoenix, AZ 85034 (602) 243-3961 about getting Mirandas mom back to her in Ohio.

Jeffrey Lewis Knapp		07-Mar-2009 00:41
Harper Funeral Home 1246 E Jefferson St, Phoenix, AZ 85034 (602) 243-3961

Jeffrey Lewis Knapp		06-Mar-2009 03:45
blog for Joycehttp://whitetankscemetery.blogspot.com/

Jeffrey Lewis Knapp		06-Mar-2009 03:44
Wednesday, March 4, 2009 My Mother Does Not Belong in White Tanks Cemetery When I found out that my mother was buried at White Tanks Cemetery in Maricopa County, I looked it up on the internet to find out more details. The things that I read were devastating for me. More than one article that I found talked about how depressing and dismal it was. It was described as a simple piece of desert land that is called a cemetery, but looks more like a parking lot. The grave markers can be mistaken for survey markers. In one terrible article is says that the corpses laid to rest there consist of mostly "tramps" and "junkies". I didn't want to believe it. I didn't want to believe that my mother was placed to rest in such a depressing place with such a terrible reputation. So I asked my friend Jeff Knapp from Tempe, Arizona, to take a trip down to my mother's burial site and photograph the trip for me. I needed to see for myself exactly what it looked like. He agreed and filling in for me, went to visit my mother's site, with roses to lie on her burial plot. When he got there, he called me and said, "Miranda, I am standing next your mother's plot, is there anything you would like to say to her?" I choked up and replied, "I love you Mom. I miss you like crazy. I have not given up on you and I promise that I will bring you home whatever it takes!" These are the photos of the trip to my mother's resting place that I received today. I want to share them with you! Welcome to White Tanks Cemetery. A piece of dirt way out in the middle of nowhere. This is where they stick people in the ground and call it a cemetery. It is for the "unknown" and the "unclaimed." I really feel that burying my mother in my backyard would have given her life of hardships more honor than this! If the Public Fiduciary's Office in Phoenix, Arizona, had just put a little more effort in to finding next of kin, my mother would not be in this dreaded awful place. I would have done anything to come up with the money to give my mother the proper burial that she deserved. When I spoke to the Public Fiduciary, I asked him if nothing else, if I could just buy a simple flat granite marker for my mother's grave with her name and the word MOTHER scripted on it. His reply was, "No, you cannot. You can't change the NATURE of the cemetery." This photo proves that this statement is correct. Read the blue sign in the middle, it reads "NO PRIVATE MARKERS." I don't understand it. They want this place to be depressing and dishonorable? They want to keep it so that it is undesirable to visit? It is supposed to look life a piece of land with survey markers? Unbelievable! How many other people, like my mother, are buried in this cemetery for the "unclaimed" with "no next of kin" that actually have family who have been looking for them? I spent 12 years searching for her, trying to get public officials to help me in getting her the mental help that she needed. Only to find out that she died and was buried exactly as everyone had treated her, as a throw away! If I want to pay $500 round trip ticket to fly from Ohio to Arizona, to visit my mother's burial place, this cozy $45 bench is where I can sit and stare at the post in the ground that represents my mother (her marker is in the bottom left corner with roses lying next to it). Jeff said a prayer for me and my mother, laid the roses next to my mother's marker and that was it! Jeff is the only visitor that she has had and as far as I am concerned, the only one that she will ever have at that place! This is not acceptable to me and I am not going to pay to fly down and visit this terrible dreadful place where my mother does not belong. I will fight in my mother's honor to bring her home, no matter what it takes! This brass marker with her name and date of death does not say that she was a 51 year old mother of two daughters. It does not say that she is the sister of six siblings. It does not say that she was loved by anyone. It is just a piece of brass that says there was a body that was labeled with this name, placed in this spot in the ground on this date! I can't help but wonder how many other people have been buried in this cemetery, that like my mom, had family somewhere that were searching for them. Someone has to stand up for these people… They are not disposable throw-aways! They were human beings that had stories to share, just as anyone else. The stand will start today, with me, in my mother's honor! I will make it my personal goal to bring some sort of justice to these deceased and their final resting arrangements! Please help me bring my mother home… If you would like to assist me in this matter, please e-mail me at misswriter415@aol.com If you are trying to advocate for the homeless, those with substance abuse issues or the mentally ill, I would love to hear your feedback

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