‘Feel so wronged’: Sisters sue funeral residence that buried stranger in dad’s grave
By India Today World Desk: Two sisters in New York have filed a $60 million lawsuit in opposition to a funeral residence in South Carolina for allegedly burying the flawed man of their father’s grave whereas dressed of their father’s garments.
According to a Fox News report, Stacy Holzman and Megan Zaner declare that Fletcher Funeral and Cremation Service in Fountain Inn mistakenly despatched the stays of a stranger as a substitute of their father, Clifford Zaner, to Long Island to be buried at Mount Ararat Cemetery.
“I just feel so wronged,” Megan informed Fox 5 NY. “You trust these people. You don’t know what you’re doing, this doesn’t happen every day. We lose our dad once in our life.”
The sisters realised one thing was amiss once they requested to see their father one final time on the Star of David Memorial Chapels in New York. They didn’t recognise the person within the coffin, main them to voice their considerations to the funeral residence workers.
Stacy observed that her father’s mustache was lacking and questioned the funeral director. She was knowledgeable that it was commonplace apply to shave everybody’s physique. Stacy additionally observed an post-mortem scar on the top, regardless of no post-mortem being performed on her father. However, the funeral residence dismissed her considerations.
The Star of David claims that the household confirmed the identification of the deceased earlier than the burial.
Three weeks later, Fletcher Funeral and Cremation Service knowledgeable the household that that they had certainly blended up the our bodies. Clifford’s stays have been then laid to relaxation in a second funeral held in Jacksonville, Florida. Despite apologies from Fletcher, the sisters are but to obtain a refund for the primary funeral performed by the Star of David.
According to the lawsuit, Fletcher Funeral and Cremation Service left Clifford’s stays “abandoned” of their morgue, with out correct dignity or respect. The mix-up additionally meant that Clifford was not buried in accordance with Jewish custom, which added to the sisters’ misery.
Megan hopes that the funeral houses take duty for this “horrible mistake” and implement measures to stop such incidents from occurring sooner or later.
