SPRINGFIELD – Día de los Muertos is widely celebrated in Hispanic and Latinx cultures. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that Oregon’s largest minority group is the Hispanic population.
Springfield Memorial Gardens hosted its first community celebration on Nov. 1.
“We’re excited. We felt very strongly about the fact that the Latinx population here… They’ve been underserved for far too long,” said Kristi Pyle, market sales director at Musgrove Mortuary. “It’s time we got with the program.”