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'THIS IS CRAZY': CORONER PAM GAY LEFT THE DARK AS VIS-RELATED ATHS CREASE

Coroner Pam Gay 50-1. Pam Gay was sworn to office January 2014.

I AM AN AMERIN: PAM GAY FIGHTS HERO EPIMIC

Coroner Pam Gay has waed years for the day when York County would have s own mue — a place where grievg fai have the time and privacy to absorb bad news, to make necsary cisns about the ceased and to fd solace a quiet space. Bee as Gay strsed durg an open hoe at the new facily on Friday morng, mu aren't simply waystatns for the their bt, mu are for fai of the ad too, the roner said, addg that York County's new $2 ln mue is "an vtment the livg for years to e.

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It opens Monday for bs, although the roner and her staff have been workg there for many months, cludg durg nstctn that started October, Gay ma oler room n currently acmodate 30 to 32 rps, acrdg to the mue's eezer n hold three bodi, Gay said, and is need for long-term storage and for when bodi are stat of advanced former roner's office the neighborg Pleasant Acr plex was ty and didn't even have s own bathroom.

The office relied on York Hospal's mue to hold the recently ceased, Gay has said, but fdg a place at a lol crematorium or funeral home for posg bodi was always a scramble and an extra st for mue has lockers, showers, bathroom facili, a washer and dryer for sheets and for clothg soiled the field, and seven offic for admistrative personnel, puty roners and the roner, as well as an evince room for personal property belongg to the ad. "We ma e of every nook and cranny, " Gay said.

"There's also a large sally port wh a secure garage door, an dtrial weighg sle and a lift that n handle up to 1, 000 pounds, Gay staff: In addn to the elected Gay, the York County Coroner's Office employs four full-time puty roners, two office-support staff members and seven part-time puty roners, acrdg to Tania Zech, Gay's chief puty are volunteers as well, who are tasked wh matag ntact wh fai of the ad and makg sure they have the support and servic they need, Gay said — relatnships that sometim last for roner said her ultimate goal is for the mue to employ, or at least ntract wh, a forensic pathologist and diener who n nduct topsi on se. Print York County Commissner Julie Wheeler summed up Gay's approach to creatg a mue three words: passn, perseverance and diligence. Wheeler thanked Gay "for not givg up.

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I am an Amerin: Pam Gay fights hero epimic .

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