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Funeral home sued for inadequately preparing remains and size of grave.
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Med student's accounts of her endeavors of cutting up a dead body.
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I spoke to a man at the John Krtil Funeral home. I asked him what their embalming alternatives are and he admitted that there was no freezer on site and most funeral parlors don't have freezers. He told me that there is no need for embalming, and said they dont push embalming on their customers. He did say however that "You can have closed-casket and not have them embalmed." I asked him why not have an open casket and not embalmed, to which he stuttered a little and said, "Well yeah, of course. You can do whatever you want." I admired his not being deceptive and being straight up, it's a quality I wasn't expecting to see. But maybe, that too is deception that he was being so nice.
I aso spoke to a woman from the Greenwich Village Funeral Home on the phone and asked her if they recommended embalming, she said that she wasn't able to answer the question and would tell her director to give me a call, I told her I'd call back tomorrow, not wanting to leave my number. She seemed to be covering until a superior took it over, fearing she may say something that she would regret or would jeopardize the appearance of her employer.
I spoke to a man at the John Krtil Funeral home. I asked him what their embalming alternatives are and he admitted that there was no freezer on site and most funeral parlors don't have freezers. He told me that there is no need for embalming, and said they dont push embalming on their customers. He did say however that "You can have closed-casket and not have them embalmed." I asked him why not have an open casket and not embalmed, to which he stuttered a little and said, "Well yeah, of course. You can do whatever you want." I admired his not being deceptive and being straight up, it's a quality I wasn't expecting to see. But maybe, that too is deception that he was being so nice.
I aso spoke to a woman from the Greenwich Village Funeral Home on the phone and asked her if they recommended embalming, she said that she wasn't able to answer the question and would tell her director to give me a call, I told her I'd call back tomorrow, not wanting to leave my number. She seemed to be covering until a superior took it over, fearing she may say something that she would regret or would jeopardize the appearance of her employer.
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