Posted on 03/03/2005 12:04:12 PM PST by ambrose
Let me see if I got this straight. Your mom dies a pretty horrible death from cancer. She makes it very clear she doesn't want to be embalmed but cremated. Sleazy transport company is hired to deliver the body to a crematorium. Company takes an 18 day detour to a mortuary school for a little embalming practice- and gets a few bucks on the side. Transport company owner pulls a Sargent Schultz and says, "I know nothing". I hope they bankrupt these scumbags.
Didnt you read post #3?
I wouldn't mind because - get this - I WOULD BE DEAD and therefore incapable of minding.
New of a pilot and his friend hired to take a "dearly departed's" ashes out over the ocean and dump them. Once airborne in the 172 and over the Atlantic coastline, the guys realized they'd have to open a door to get the ash out. One opened the urn while the pilot crabbed the plane to relieve wind pressure on the door and pushed it open. The turbulent air blew the ashes all over the inside of the plane while the suction kept them from going out the door. They were thoroughly fogged with ash when they came back to the AP.
If Mom and daughter are Jewish, I can see the reason for the upset. However, that's not mentioned in the story.
looks like someone has a bad case of the mondays
"Despite a request by Post's husband that her remains be cremated in accordance with her religious beliefs"
I saw that thread...it is hilarious.
My tagline is from Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.
The necrophiliacs would benefit....but my guess is that your relatives would be horrified.
I think if her religion says she has to be cremated and it's such a huge deal as to keep her out of Heaven then she is having some much bigger problems right now than what happened to her body after she left it.
It is her family that is upset & they have every right to be.
"If Mom and daughter are Jewish, I can see the reason for the upset. However, that's not mentioned in the story."
No, and I'm not saying she's Jewish. I have no idea, nor do I know about every religion's rules about this. I do know that Moslems also don't allow cremation.
As for a religion requiring cremation, Buddhism and Sikhism require cremation. I could not find any information regarding their views on embalming in a quick search.
Notwithstanding, there could be sects of Christianity which forbid embalming, but require cremation. I don't know. The point is that the story said that this whole thing was religion-based.
Whatever the religion, denomination, or sect, if the woman and her mother had strongly-held religious beliefs that forbid embalming, that is enough to cause considerable distress.
The amount of the settlement is not known here, nor is the motivation, except for the statement about a religious belief.
That is enough.
"It is her family that is upset & they have every right to be."
I agree...but on the same note, her husband says she isn't in Heaven now, so he has bigger things to worry about too.
I'm not saying they shouldn't be upset that her wishes weren't carried out. I'm just saying they may have bigger things to worry about.
Then they have grounds for being upset. They don't have grounds for a lawsuit.
(My standard of proof is somewhat strict.)
I do think funerals are a waste of money, but then, so are most weddings. ;)
If a company does not perform as promised, I will seek reimbursement of what I paid it to perform. I will not sue it for everything it's worth.
"One opened the urn "
This is where he made his mistake. Why open the urn? Just toss the whole thing out the door.
Nah, he is focusing on punishing those who kept her from heaven. Vengence is mine.
Eeewwww, you grossed me out & made me laugh at the same time. Thanks.
All of a sudden the cherubs show up and say I'm sorry but the transport company screwed up and your body was embalmed, you'll have to leave.
Does this make any sense to anyone?
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