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From the Lucy and Desi website, 7/2/02
Lucille Ball Returns Home
JAMESTOWN, NY---The family of Lucille Ball has transferred her cremated remains and those of her mother, Desiree (DeDe) Eveline Hunt Ball from Forest Lawn Memorial Park Hollywood Hills, California, to Jamestown, New York, the birthplace of both women. Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz, Jr. are quoted as saying that their mother's wishes were only "to be buried along side her mother, DeDe." "We have become quite attached to the people of Jamestown and the surrounding Chautauqua area in the past year while creating the new not-for-profit Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center, Inc. to take over management of The Lucy-Desi Museum there," the Arnaz children said. Lucie and Desi, Jr. have been discussing the possible move with other members of the family since they both performed in Jamestown last August. In Jamestown, the remains of both Ms. Ball and her mother will be interred in the beautiful Hunt-Ball tree-shaded family plot at Lake View Cemetery joining several generations of Lucille's ancestors including Henry Durrell Ball, her father and DeDe's husband who died on February 28, 1915, when Lucy was only three. It is the family's hope that this transfer will facilitate an easier way for fans and visitors of The Lucy-Desi Museum, located in downtown Jamestown, to pay their respects to the Lucy they loved. Ms. Arnaz also noted that her father, Desi Arnaz, Sr., died on December 2, 1986. He was cremated and his remains were scattered at sea in front of his home in Baja, California. A plaque was placed in his honor at the base of the local church there.
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