StoneAngels » human ashes http://www.stoneangels.net Death, Mourning & the Afterlife Thu, 08 Dec 2011 03:28:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Human Ashes Used to Grit Path http://www.stoneangels.net/human-ashes-used-to-grit-path/ http://www.stoneangels.net/human-ashes-used-to-grit-path/#comments Mon, 07 May 2007 04:42:02 +0000 admin http://stoneangels.net/?p=61 Here’s a case for the bizarre. Workers at a Co-op funeral home mixed the remains of cremation ashes with grit and scattered them on a disabled ramp outside to prevent customers from slipping on during wintery conditions, reports Sunday Mail.

One said: “Sometimes when families ask to get relatives’ ashes back, the plastic container for them is too small.”

“Sometimes when families ask to get their relatives’ ashes back, the plastic container for them is too small.

“This wasn’t every time but every now and then there were too many remains.

“Instead of getting a bigger container, the spare ashes were tipped into an emptied-out bottle of embalming fluid which also contained grit.”

In addition, staff allegedly sold used coffins as new and one family was even given the wrong ashes. Needless to say, police are investigating.

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