Historical society to bury display skeleton

KITTANNING, Pa. (AP) - February 28, 2010

"She" is a female skeleton owned and exhibited by the Armstrong County Historical Museum and Genealogical Society in Kittanning. That's about 35 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.

Volunteers have been refurbishing the 167-year-old museum house before it reopens in the spring. During that process, officials debated what to do with the skeleton.

The skeleton is that of an unidentified 5-foot-4-inch woman who was likely in her 20s when she died. Historical society vice president Ron Crytzer says, "She's been here as long as anyone can remember."

Officials plan to have the bones cremated and then buried in a yet-to-be-determined location.

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