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Mom finds teenager's ashes in Wal-Mart bag
AP ^ | 8/30/2013

Posted on 09/02/2013 3:37:11 PM PDT by EBH

Edited on 09/02/2013 3:40:12 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

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To: 21twelve

“It could have been worse - glad he didn’t have a box of condoms laying around.”

A condom with a hole in it, just like he started out.

Sorry.


21 posted on 09/02/2013 3:55:24 PM PDT by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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To: Lancey Howard
Who gets a loved one’s cremation urn and opens it?

I don't know. But I had an LOL moment.

I have my mothers remains. If I were to open it and find she had been placed in a Wal-Mart bag....I can't help but think she'd laugh right along with me! She loved Wal-Mart!

Don't get me wrong. I loved my mom. But those ashes are not my mom!

22 posted on 09/02/2013 3:55:24 PM PDT by KittenClaws ( You may have to fight a battle more than once in order to win it." - Margaret Thatcher)
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To: EBH

Was the Wal-Mart smiley face turned in or out?


23 posted on 09/02/2013 3:56:15 PM PDT by twister881
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To: SamAdams76

I’m sure that some places are reputable, but I have heard of others that have treated their work with no respect or care for the deceased. It’s horrible.


24 posted on 09/02/2013 3:57:03 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Lancey Howard
"Who gets a loved one’s cremation urn and opens it?"

Lots of people want their ashes spread on ground they loved while they were alive. My cousin wants his ashes placed in a bottle of bubble bath and sent to Sandra Bullock's house... ;-)

25 posted on 09/02/2013 3:57:30 PM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: trisham

You are correct. Funeral home business is shot thru with fraud & corruption .


26 posted on 09/02/2013 3:59:02 PM PDT by twister881
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To: EBH
What's with a plastic bag? Didn't the undertaker know there's a danger that the son could be asphyxiated?

Oh, wait......

Leni

27 posted on 09/02/2013 4:02:05 PM PDT by MinuteGal
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To: svcw

“I find her story suspect.”

Me too. My Dad’s ashes were in a special paper and plastic container made especially for the mortuary. He insisted we go as cheaply as possible. (Really. He didn’t want us wasting a cent.) If that was as cheap as they could go, it was still very professional and nicely done.


28 posted on 09/02/2013 4:09:21 PM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: EBH

Why would anyone want to open the urn?


29 posted on 09/02/2013 4:24:13 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (".....Barrack, and the horse Mohammed rode in on.")
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To: Lancey Howard

My mom wanted her ashes thrown into the pacific ocean, my dad on the mountains over looking the ocean at sun set....that’s why

Its not them, its just ashes.


30 posted on 09/02/2013 4:26:00 PM PDT by svcw (Stand or die)
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To: EBH

Well, at least she didn’t find them in a Walmart bag IN a Walmart store, which was the first vision that flashed through my brain when I first read the headline!


31 posted on 09/02/2013 4:30:22 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: Popman

I lost a son, and I understand that she’s upset, but really....what difference does it make??? (i can’t believe that I just used those words...)


32 posted on 09/02/2013 4:35:32 PM PDT by Shimmer1 (Don 't argue with an idiot; people watching may not be able to tell the difference)
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To: Lancey Howard

Not unless you’re going to scatter the ashes.


33 posted on 09/02/2013 4:36:16 PM PDT by Shimmer1 (Don 't argue with an idiot; people watching may not be able to tell the difference)
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To: EBH

Walmart, Target, Macy’s? I can even see Ziploc and Glad joining in.

Everyone is gonna want a piece of this marketing fight to be the bag of choice to carry the dead.


34 posted on 09/02/2013 4:57:02 PM PDT by Zack Attack
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To: EBH
For what it costs to cremate a body you would think they could at least use Ziplock.

She really just upset she lost her boy. Anything is a target right now.

35 posted on 09/02/2013 4:59:18 PM PDT by Newbomb Turk ("All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.")
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To: EBH

Yes a bag from Victoria’s secret would have had a lot more class.


36 posted on 09/02/2013 5:36:20 PM PDT by Venturer ( cowardice posturing as tolerance =political correctness)
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To: catnipman

Maybe one day Walmart will offer Crematorium services.

Over in the back where they keep the tires, and fill the propane bottles.


37 posted on 09/02/2013 5:40:32 PM PDT by Venturer ( cowardice posturing as tolerance =political correctness)
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To: Venturer
Costco here in Indiana sells caskets - good prices too.


38 posted on 09/02/2013 5:44:34 PM PDT by nascarnation (Democrats control the Presidency, Senate, and Media. It's an uphill climb....)
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To: EBH

Not a Michigan fan eh?


39 posted on 09/02/2013 6:05:22 PM PDT by School of Rational Thought
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To: EBH

If she’s thinking lawsuit, it isn’t worth it.


40 posted on 09/02/2013 6:20:31 PM PDT by popdonnelly (The right to self-defense is older than the Constitution.)
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