Posted on 06/21/2005 1:44:12 PM PDT by LouAvul
The burial of Terri Schiavo's cremated remains didn't bring an end to the acrimony between her husband and her family.
Michael Schiavo angered his late wife's family Monday by not notifying them about the burial beforehand
Still, her parents welcomed the news until they found that a graveside plaque reads "I kept my promise," reports Gordon Byrd of CBS radio affiliate WHNZ.
Michael Schiavo who said he promised his wife he would not keep her alive artificially also listed Feb. 25, 1990, as the date his wife "Departed this Earth."
On that date, Schiavo collapsed and fell into what most doctors said was an irreversible vegetative state.
Schiavo actually died March 31, nearly two weeks after her feeding tube was removed by court order. The grave marker lists that date as when Schiavo was "at peace."
David Gibbs, an attorney for the woman's parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, decried the inscriptions on the marker. "Obviously, that's a real shot and another unkind act toward a grieving mom and dad," Gibbs said.
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Isn`t Mark Furmans book coming out this week? Mikey must be getting a bit nervous there.
Even if I was to give Michael Schiavo the benefit of the doubt over killing his wife, this move was WAY over the line.
I wish that were true, but even here at FR we have those who are defending Michael and calling The Schindlers, The Swindlers.....shocking isn't it? But the majority of Freepers agree with you and I. And that grave marker will be the last straw for many people....even those who were on the fence.
I never could understand how anyone could stand behind this creep - but I am sure people will stick behind him - even after this despicable act.
If she died in 1990, then he needs to return the malpractice money he got to care for her.
Lower than pond scum.
Well I was comparing him to a drama act, which is what he is, and he proves it by this headstone. He only cares about himself. If he didn`t, the headstone would have never said that. The only reason it`s there is because he wants attention and I bet you cBS or some other leech organization buys into it and makes a deal with him, the rights to a book or to make a movie which will most likely be called; "I kept my promise..The Michael Schiavo story" and it will be all drama making him out to be a "hero" and then he will buy even more gold chains and gold watches.
I can even see people agreeing with pulling the plug on his wife (not that I particularlt agree with them, but I can see where they are coming from). But putting "I kept my promise" on HER grave? I mean come on, IT'S HER'S not his! What an ego maniac.
Why would he notify people who have determined to make his life a living hell? Who cannot accept that their daughter was gone a loong time ago? Who in their right mind would have anything to do with these nutcases? They are apparently completely insane.
Schiavo (Big letters - she's mine not yours (terri's parents)
Teresa Marie
Beloved wife (she's still mine, not yours. not daugher, not sister. She's mine)
Born Dec 2, 1963
Departed this Earth Feb 25, 1990 (But you were too stupid to realize. From this time on she's breathing meat. A plant, as my lawyer called her.)
At peace March 31, 2005 I gave her "peace", and you spent all your time loving a vegetable. Ha. I won. She's dead now. And the law backed me up, and you are left with your pain, after watching her die for 13 days. Oops. Silly me. She "died" back in 1990. We just sort of dried out the husk. Hurts, doesn't it? Good. I hate you. You got in my way, and at the end, if there hadn't been 2 cents left in the account, I would have had her killed just to take her away from you.
I kept my promise. (you and I both know there was no promise, being I remembered it so many years after the fact. But hey, it sounds so romantic.)
And everytime you visit this gravestone, it will push all this in your face, that Terri is mine, not yours, I controlled her, and when you defied me, I took her away from you. I tortured you in court. And I burnt her body and put her in the ground. Enjoy. Think of me when my book comes out. I know you will.
I still think that it was his prerogative to pull the feeding tube though and that he was not wrong in doing that.
This guy's immature petulance, played out in public for all to see, simply confirms that he's a pretty dim bulb.
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