Posted on 28 March 2008
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.
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Tags: cremation, fraud, Mississippi, Seepe Funeral Home
Posted on 21 March 2008
Cheryl Runner Kittle has pleaded guilty to embezzling over $35,000 from pre-need contracts held by an Elkins, WV funeral home. She’s agreed to restitution, but further sentencing awaits.
The Suburban Journals in Town and Country, MO has a nice piece talking about the effects of weather on funerals. Here in Central Ohio, we won’t run in [...]
Tags: crematory, fire, funeral home theft, Georgia, Missouri, North Carolina, procession crash, West Virginia
Posted on 05 March 2008
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 boy’s [...]
Tags: cremation error, Massachusetts, SCI
Posted on 01 March 2008
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 [...]
Tags: delayed burial, DNA, Illinois