The Chicago Sun Times has done an interesting story on a Service Corporation International Cemetery that in many ways is
The Chicago Sun Times has done a Scandal |Non Scandal Story on the World's Largest Funeral Corporation.
much to do about nothing. Yes there is the usual SCI Mismanagement. But it really has nothing to do with anything but the license on the wall.
In a Chicago Sun Times article entitled
“Making sure her brother rests in peace
After Burr Oak scandal, this sister is taking no chance”
the newspaper did a story on the Scandal Ridden “World’s largest funeral corporation” But other than a license not being updated on the wall. There is no story. Only a gravestone moved for a backhoe and then put back in place.
A customer found a license that was not updated, but it is not clear if it was a license to sell headstone or a full cemetery business license.
This all went down at Oak Woods Cemetery.
As is the case with Burr Oak, the company that runs Oak Woods Cemetery is from out of state.
The Houston-based Service Corporation International boasts of operating funeral homes and cemeteries all over North America.
Gonnigan isn’t impressed.
She noticed that the City of Chicago business license that was on display in the cemetery’s office on Monday had expired.
When I asked about the license, Jennifer Brandino, a spokeswoman for Service Corporation International, e-mailed this response:
“It was our understanding that our license is current, but we are currently investigating its status and are taking any appropriate measures to reinstate it if necessary.”
via www.suntimes.com
A spokeswoman for the city noted that Chicago does not license cemeteries, but does require a license for the sale of headstones
This is a glaring example of how the press lacks judgment in identifying true funeral|cemetery scandal
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