So many people showed up at the grave site that the grass became shoddy and worn down. And just two years later, the Gehrig family and the Hall of Fame began discussions about removing Gehrig’s ashes from Valhalla and sending them to Cooperstown. At some point after Gehrig’s parents first proposed sending their son’s ashes to Cooperstown, Eleanor herself embraced the idea. Perhaps she also thought it would be better for her husband’s ashes to be in Cooperstown because of intrusions at the grave site in Valhalla. Nor did the ashes of other cremated Hall of Famers ever find a home in Cooperstown.

Source: New York Times July 29, 2017 15:41 UTC