Brainard, Carola L.

1966 - 1994  (28 years)

• Name	Brainard, Carola L.
  Birth	8 Feb 1966  [1]
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	BRAI.C001
  Death	24 Nov 1994  [1]
  		Carola was one of the family Contributed by Doris (Mayo) Bissey
  		Carola was one of the family (continued) Contributed by Doris (Mayo) Bissey
  Burial	Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  		Headstone, Brainard, Carola L. Displayed with permission of Lady in Black
  Person ID	I24307	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	9 Apr 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  According to Doris Mayo Bissey, Carola was actually an orangutan that belonged to Ray & Hazel Brainard and lived with them for over 28 years. According to Steve Staley, "There IS a tombstone. Burying that orangutan in the CC Cemetery caused such an uproar that "they" (whoever they are) passes an ordinance that no animals could be buried in the cemetery going forward." According to Paul Wilder: "It is a fact the one and only one buried there it has more flowers than most graves there" According to Deanna Turner Allison: "it belonged to Roy Brainard from Olney" NOTE from Carl Wayne Gray: Thanks to Doris Mayo Bissey for sending me a copy of the newspaper clipping of Carola L. Brainard. Carola was a Spider Monkey, not an Orangutan.

  
  

• Sources

  [S6669] (Reliability: 2).