In September, 2007, Jeff Palmore, owner of Bell Funeral Home in St Louis, arranged a burial at Pacific City Cemetery. To save the family the $525 fee the cemetery sexton was charging, he offered to dig the grave himself. Sexton Alan Bruns refused, saying there was a city ordinance that only allowed sextons to dig Read More
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Florida FH Investigated for Fraud
The Florida Division of Funeral, Cemetery & Consumer Services is investigating Rubin Memorial Chapel near Boynton Beach, Florida, for the third time in as many years. After audits in 2006 and 2007, both triggered by employee complaints, the state found that Rubin Memorial Chapel had overcharged customers at least 9 times, and was slow to Read More
Tri-State 2?
The owner of Seepe Funeral Home & Crematory, in Jackson, MS, is under investigation for desecration of a corpse. At least two former employees have come forward with evidence that Mark Seepe had given cremains to one family before their family member was cremated, as well as photos of bones from multiple cremations mixed together.
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
Don’t Believe Everything You See
There’s a saying about only believing half of what you hear, and none of what you read. In relation, Robert Orben said “Smart is when you believe half of what you hear. Brilliant is when you know which half.” In support of both of those comments, I give you this explanation of photography, editing, and Read More