Legs of husband's body cut to fit coffin

[Disgusted-Daily]

www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30033801/

I don't want to sound insensitive, but how do you take a 6 foot 7 man and place him in a standard size casket when it seems like common sense to me that a longer over sized casket should have been expected. A man this size was never a standard size and dealt with issues all his life about fitting or not.

I also agree that the Funeral Director should have refused to accept the job if the family was not prepared to spend the extra cost to give their loved one a proper burial.

What if the Funeral Director was trying to do the family a favor (if so I bet he regrets it today) and save them money? We will never know the real conversation that took place during the arrangements that were made that day but should the Funeral Director be held liable after so much time has passed? I understand the law and morally being incorrect but how could anyone that attended that funeral really thank that he actually fit in the casket and then act so surprised about it today?

I sure have mixed feeling about this one!

[dgriffin]

I guess I'm wondering how the body came to be dug up. Most folks would have let the matter rest, since uncovering the mystery wouldn't do anyone any good. Someone must have really pushed the matter for a judge to order an exhumation.

[concerned]

This reminds me of a story

In a town close to where I lived in Missouri there was one funeral home that everyone in the area used as a place to give final tribute to there beloved. The funeral director was loved and respected by all.

One particular weekend there were five wakes going on at the same time. The evening of the first showing families of all the beloved were ariving and the funeral directors staff were busy with last minute arraingements. This director was very diligent that everything be perfect.

As the families entered each viewing room all filled with such grief the wife of the late husband in viewing room A and the wife of the late husband in viewing room B approached the funeral director and said to him the there husbands were wearing the wrong color suits. The funeral director expressed his profound sorrow and asked everyone in both viewing rooms to please step outside while he attended to such a terrible mistake. Everyone followed his directions. And he assured the sorrow filled families that the altercation would take only a short time. The doors were closed to each room and funeral staff could be seen making haste to each room. Within just a few minutes the funeral director openned the doors to each room and told all the families that they could return to there loved one. The wives each approached there beloved husbands casket and were filled with joy that the husband in viewing room A was wearing the blue suit and that the husband in viewing B was wearing the gray suit. The funeral director once again expressed his sorrow that his staff had made a mistake in switching the suits that eash husband was supposed to wear. He was thanked by the grateful wives. One of them said how was the mistake taken care of so quickley. The funeral director said; Oh don't worry I just switched the heads!

[frankcor]

[dgriffin]

Hahahahahahahahahaha!

Concerned, I think you should drop the idea of a prayer service and drums at the Clipper Summerfest and instead do a stand-up comedy routine!

[concerned]

trappistcaskets.com/

I tell ya these guys are into everything

If I get to the summerfest Clipper may bust a gut

[frankcor]

I'll bust a gut if you show up in one of those "works of God" caskets.

But just get there.

[dgriffin]

I wonder if for an extra fifty bucks they would fill the casket with their jellies and jams.

[Clipper]

Oh my goodness. If I bust a gut, it will be a major disaster. With the size of my gut, when I get a belly ache, it is like Dolly Parton getting a chest cold! Frank, bring a sqeegee and paper towels!

[bobbbiez]

GROSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Clipper]

;Dhehehe