Melanie Shouse:
http://stlactivisthub.blogspot.com/2010/02/for-melanie.html
...and she was cremated wearing the Obama t-shirt:
Ms. Shouse requested that her body be cremated wearing her Obama T-shirt.
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/deathsobituaries/story/4BC53FC7D541E0DB862576BF00756744?OpenDocument
Looks to me like it was her own choice to “start her own business” and not buy insurance.
thanks. I am going to post that elsewhere too.