The Funeral Home that placed the wrong body in the wrong casket for a viewing was not properly registered with the State of Colorado. The State of Colorado has closed Pipkin Funeral Home until it’s investigation of the matter of the wrong body in the wrong Casket is closed. there was also another incident here they buried the deceased in a wrong casket.
The State of Colorado has closed the wrong body, wrong Casket Funeral Home
“The state has ordered a funeral home that mixed up the bodies of two women to close next week so regulators can investigate the incident.
Pipkin Mortuary mistakenly buried the remains of Imogene Jackson, 64, in a casket that should have held Evelyn Jackson.
The interred body was exhumed, and Pipkin held Imogene Jackson’s funeral Saturday.
Chris Lines, spokesman for the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, said the mortuary will be shut down as of Monday as the state investigates.
“We will want an accounting of everything that happened in this situation,” Line said.
Pipkin was already in violation of regulations calling for all funeral homes in the state to register by Jan. 1, Lines said. Funeral homes have had since November to submit their applications.
Pipkin officials brought in their registration application Monday morning.
The state won’t review the application until the investigation is complete.”via www.denverpost.com
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Funeral director gets house arrest for delvering wrong ashes
A funeral director in Missouri has received House arrest and 5 years probation for returning the wrong cremation ashes. this indeed is a sad situation for a former funeral Home owner:
“The former director of a central Missouri funeral home where rotting bodies were found in the basement was sentenced to 60 days of house arrest and five years of probation for intentionally giving the wrong ashes to grieving families.”
Harold Warren Sr., 77, of Columbia, also was ordered Monday to pay restitution to the families and was barred from owning or operating a funeral home.
Warren and his son ran the Warren Funeral Chapel, which operated funeral homes in Columbia and Fulton, before the Missouri attorney general’s office closed the business in July 2008.”
Counting Down to Number 1 of the Top 100 Funeral News stories of 2009, the last count is 25-1. Several Last minute stories probably should be in the top 100.Some of those posts maybe, Batesville enters the cemetery (vault) business,the almost funerals of Flight 253, returning Iraq Veterans and the Funeral Business ,The Batesville Demise of 09, funerals from the Flight of AF 447, National memorial Services in 2009 , as well as SCI and their special Deals with the FTC.
The most important stories of 2009 are Walmart Selling caskets and the Facebook Memorial. The handling of Digital Assets in a funeral arrangement will be an Important Funeral News Story in the years ahead. I have received threats, threats of lawsuits, website hacks, and been booted out of forums because of my Funeral News stories written from the Consumers perspective.
Here ae the Top 25 Funeral Stories of 2009:2(5.25)
24 . Service Corporation International, mishandled the Kennedy Funeral From a funeral directors perspective Service corporation International totally mishandled the Kennedy Funeral in Front of 4 Living Presidents! They Nation watched and waited in wasted air time because Teddy did not get to the cemetery on time.
13. SCI Denies wrong doing in Veterans Corpse Abuse ScandalService Corporation International seems never to admit wrong doing and finds a way to pay themselves out of any scandal- EvenVeterans Corpse Abuse for those headed to Arlington National Cemetery from National Funeral Home.
11.Brittany Murphy Death and Funeral|has celebrity death gone too far n 2009?The death of this young star near the end of 2009 is the focus many, as the world focused on Celebrities and their funerals in 2009.
10.Service Corporation International’s Burr Oak Cem. ScandalThe Scandal at Service Corporation International outside Los Angeles at Eden Memorial Park. was worse than Burr Oak cemetery Scandal outside Chicago. This Scandal received little National Press.
4.Michael Jackson MemorialThe Michael Jackson Memorial Service may be the most viewed Funeral Of All Time.
3.Sadly|Pics,Places,Logo Virginia SCI Body Desecrations This World’s Largest Funeral Corporation, Service Corporation International is given the Nickname Big Death in 2009 by the company employees. In Houston SCI is known the Enron evil. The Funeral company’s reputation for scandal is known to most Americans.
2. When someone dies setup a Facebook MemorialThe Facebook memorial has awakened the Funeral Industry to the importance of the online obituary, Facebook participation and digital assets.
1 .Walmart Selling caskets online Walmart selling caskets has frightened the Funeral Industry. Industry leadership says no big deal but the fact that caskets are being sold at Walmart has opened the mind of consumers to funeral purchase options beyond the Funeral Director.
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The remains of 100 people from a bankrupt funeral home have been found in a Storage Locker in the Atlanta Area. This is an example funeral directors not showing proper respect of the dead.
Cremated remains need to be picked up, buried sacttered or put on the shelf. They Should not be left in a storage locker.
It is always best when someone dies and is cremated to pick up the remains. Cremation is the best way to come in under the average cost of a funeral. Cremated remains need to be picked up or disposed of within a certain time frame according to funeral law.
The remains, which date back 20 years or more, were found in a suburban storage unit.
It is believed the family that operated the Atlanta, Georgia funeral home placed the remains in the storage units, along with furniture, files and other items, over a year and a half ago when the funeral home declared bankruptcy.
Representatives of the funeral home said the remains had been stored so families would have the opportunity of retrieving them if they so wished.
The coroner’s office has been trying to notify bereaved families of the existence of the unclaimed remains which, according to law, should have been turned over to a coroner to be buried within 60 days from the cremation.-via www.kazakhstannews.net
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Wal Mart selling Caskets online is a tipping point for the the Funeral Industry. Things are tipping away from the Traditional Funeral and towards the lower cost funeral and funeral expenses that are less.
Wal Mart selling caskets maybe a turning point for the traditional funeral home
There is a strong case for a traditional funeral home demise. Cremations are to hit 38% this year in the USA. The cremation rate is going to continue to grow maybe exponentially. Alternative funerals are exploding. Americans are facing the end of prosperity as we know it. No end to unemployment is in site.
The hard reality is you do not need a funeral director to select a casket. Fed Ex the one who deliver the Wal Mart Caskets have a next day delivery damage free just like Batesville Casket Company!
The funeral director argument about THE TRADITIONAL FUNERAL HOME offering a low cost casket is bogus, A presswood cardboard casket is not a metal one!
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Take note a low cost funeral home can provide the same if not better experience than a traditional one.
Traditional Funeral Homes are going the way of the full service gas station.
The statement that Wal Mart is selling Caskets is not a threat is a poor defense of the Statusquo for Funeral Homes.
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