The funeral business is a big money making scam. It's unbelievable. Most people don't know any better especially while in a time of need.
Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 1, 2017, at 5:40 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > <[email protected]> wrote: > > When my mom died in 06 they had funeral insurance with the local funeral > home. You buy a policy for an amount like $10k or so then all the funeral > stuff is done with that, casket, the service, embalming, transport, whatever. > So a few months later I am sorting through all the estate stuff, and I find > this other insurance policy for $10k, no idea what it is. So I call up the > insco to find out, I have to send them paperwork so a coupla weeks later I > get a call from them saying they paid the funeral home with the proceeds. I > told the girl my mom had a policy specifically for that, why did they pay > this to the funeral home. She says well they called and said they needed to > get paid for the funeral. Keep in mind as far as I knew they were not on > this policy, my dad was the beneficiary. The girl had no idea why they had > done that, there was no real record of it and however it sorted out. I > didn't even know she had this policy, it was something she bought ages ago. > WTF? > > So I call this woman I had dealt with at the funeral home, she was no longer > there and I get the runaround. So I call my auntie, who knows everyone in > this little town, and she gets me the name of the head guy over there. So I > ring him up, explain the situation, where is this money? He claims not to > know anything about it but will check and get back to me. A week later no > call, so I ring him back, finally reach him, and he hems and haws and yeah > they should not have got that money as there was another policy specifically > for the funeral. He never could explain exactly what happened but it was > pretty clear I busted him and his little scam. I suggested I would have my > dad's lawyer and the county prosecutor (I had dealt with her extensively > related to another situation of people ripping them off) discuss the matter > with him, and OBTW how much exactly did that funeral cost and how much was > that other policy? A few days later I get a check for like $17k which > included however much that policy was worth and the leftover from the funeral > costs. So basically this outfit was a bunch of damned thieves, tried to rip > me/my dad off for $17k. I got to thinking about how many other people they > probably scammed like that, no one would really ever know unless they did a > really detailed study of all the dead person's papers and such to figure it > all out. My parents's stuff was a complete mess, so it was kinda > happenstance I found this policy and then chased it down. > > --FT > > >> On 3/1/17 6:23 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: >> Indiana University has a whole program ( >> https://medicine.iu.edu/give/body-donation/ ) dedicated to the donation and >> handling of human bodies for medical research. We had a guy assigned to us >> that was in contact with us through the whole process. He even got to wail >> on the funeral director who picked up my Mom’s body from the care facility >> then more or less held her hostage for the costs of transporting and storing >> her. This guy was the “designated” funeral home for the facility and they >> called him first instead of calling the people at IU like they were supposed >> to. He refused to release her body unless we paid his costs ($350) for >> removal and transportation. >> >> We immediately contacted our guy at IU. All we know is that the guy from IU >> went down and saw the funeral director face to face and within minutes her >> body was being transported to IU like it should have been to begin with. >> >> I talked to a high school buddy of mine who runs a funeral home in the same >> area about it and he knew about this particular guy and his business. >> Apparently he was known for pulling stunts like this. He said that the IU >> people probably suggested that he wouldn’t like a complaint to the state >> about his practices as he had been busted and fined for similar infractions >> in the past. >> >> -D >> >> >>> On Mar 1, 2017, at 5:23 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> My wife and son did these ceremonies for the people in the cadaver lab, >>> they are treated very seriously and very considerately, and the students >>> learn to appreciate them too, having carved up the bodies. It is kind of a >>> humbling experience and makes the bodies more "human" after they are done. >>> >>> --FT >>> >>> >>>> On 3/1/17 3:09 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: >>>> It’s a really cool thing that they do - once a year they have a >>>> non-denominational memorial service for all the families of the donors on >>>> campus that is mandatory for all first year medical students to attend. >>>> Then they take the cremains to Crown Hill and inter them in an area set >>>> aside for those who have donated their bodies to science and hold a >>>> graveside ceremony as well. really nice way to memorialize these folks >>>> and honor the families as well. >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > -- > --FT > Winston Churchill: > “Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large > or petty, > never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. > Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the > enemy.” > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
