A Boston funeral home owned by Service Corporation International is on the hook for $325,000 after losing the remains of a still-born infant in 2003. Therese Bellissimo and Robert Benedict had twins in 2003, but one, Lourdes, was still-born. The family retained the services of JS Waterman & Sons, but the funeral home lost the Read More
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Poor Guy
I don’t know what kind of life George McClelland led. Believers in karma must think he wasn’t very nice. George died in January, 2007. He’s still not buried. Two different women have claimed to be his daughter, and thus administrator of his estate. The main issue is George’s farm, which is worth a lot of Read More
It’s Bad Up North, Too
About a year ago, the Central Ohio funeral industry was shaken by a pair of fraud and theft investigations that closed one funeral home, and sent two funeral directors to prison. Now it’s spread to Canada, apparently. I supposed that’s not correct. It’s not a disease that can be spread. It’s just…what? Bad morals? Poor Read More
Adult? 2-Year-old?
How come no one at the funeral home said “Gee, doesn’t this body seem kind of tall for a 2-year-old?” How come the mortuary transportation service didn’t notice the same issue? Wasn’t someone paying attention here? It’s good that the state is picking up the tab for fixing the error, but it seems like both Read More