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When Burr Oak Cemetery went up for sale in 2001, the Illinois comptroller's office found money missing from trust funds at both the Alsip cemetery and at a Calumet Park cemetery owned by a company seeking to buy Burr Oak, a state official confirmed Saturday.
The comptroller, which does some regulation of cemeteries, was alerted to the alleged irregularities in a maintenance trust fund at Cedar Park Cemetery, which was operated by Perpetua Holdings of Illinois Inc., office spokesman Alan Henry confirmed Saturday. Perpetua was seeking to buy Burr Oak at the time.
James E. Becker, a former Perpetua employee, had sent a letter asking the comptroller to investigate his claims before clearing the sale of Burr Oak to Perpetua.
The comptroller's office scrutinized the trust fund practices at Cedar Park and Burr Oak cemeteries, Henry said.
In addition to uncovering "minor'' violations at Cedar Park, Henry said, an audit revealed that the former owners of Burr Oak had made $400,000 in illegal withdrawals from trust funds and still owed $171,000 to those trust funds.
The $171,000 was repaid as part of the condition of the sale, Henry said. Perpetua also repaid money to the trust fund at Cedar Park, Henry said.
