Box labeled 'grandma's urn' left at Goodwill store

AP via MSNBC ^ | 6/10/2011 | AP

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

FENTON, Mich. — State police in Michigan are trying to find who left what appear to be a grandmother's cremated remains in an urn at a Goodwill store near Flint.

Fenton Goodwill store manager Allen Ryckman says "it's got to be the No. 1 or No. 2 weirdest item" the store has ever received. He says it appears to have come from a house that was cleaned out.

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[blueunicorn6]

I don’t have Grandma’s Urn, but I do have Grandma’s Bottle. Jim Beam Bourbon. First thing she goes to when she comes to visit.

[goodwithagun]

Ah, Night Court.

[I still care]

I read a story a few months ago about some guys that robbed a house, looking for drugs, and found grandma’s ashes. They figured it was drugs and snorted a bit before they found out it was a dead person.

[Calvin Locke]

As a mantel piece...Not my idea of a good memory.

I don't know. I found it funny when the urn did not take evasive
action, and was hit by a meteorite, and the grandkid exclaims "Grandma!"

OTOH, I think whomever dispos...um, donated the urn and contents
might have been able to do better at that "Oddities" show, or even
"Hardcore Pawn".

[I still care]

We do keep some ashes but not the big full size thing. That was scattered over some water. We have one of these, the very smallest one- it's only a couple of inches tall. We keep it on the mantel with a picture - no one knows what it is except the family. It holds only a couple of teaspoons of ashes and is sealed.

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[upsdriver]

No biggie, just toss it in the garbage.

[CrazyIvan]

Really....I think leaving ashes to kids as a mantel piece is mean. Have them disposed of or buried in a cemetery. As a mantel piece...Not my idea of a good memory.

I know of someone whose ashes are on a mantel on an old Indian
gas tank. Hope some day someone does me the same honor.

[WellyP]

I hope someone takes the urn home and honors it. If there are spirits they will look kindly on whoever does that and they'll sort of get an extra grandparent.

The new keeper should let it be known that if there is a time when the original owner wants “Granny” back she will be well cared for and they can pick her up when their life is more stable.

[ScottinVA]

That’ll raise some eyebrows at the IRS when the “donor” claims Grandma as a deductible donation.

I wonder what value they’ll put on the urn...

[stylecouncilor]

LOL!

[Daffynition]

If you *Google*: *unclaimed ashes in funeral homes*, you'll find this is becoming a huge dilemma. Another sign of hard times.

[LaineyDee]

I’m sure the replacements cost you more than a dime... *chuckle*

[God luvs America]

that was the worst part of it...taking grief doesn’t cost much but some humiliation....the $$$ was the kicker...

[LaineyDee]

Oh yeah.......and if they were her favs... you’re lucky you still have kneecaps. Thanks for the laugh...:)

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

lol

[Dogbert41]

Reading these posts brings to mind the scene after Donny dies in “The Big Lebowski”. Definitely John Goodman’s best work.

[Slings and Arrows]

"That's not Grandma! Grandma was taller!"

[Thanks to DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis for the ping!]

[PGalt]

Thanks for the ping. Great and humorous thread. Thanks to all posters. R.I.P. grandma.

[SunkenCiv]

Maybe she liked thrift stores, and that’s where she wanted her ashes put.

[fieldmarshaldj]