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Fury At Six Feet Blunder

Written by DeadGirl
Thursday, 13 May 2004
May 13 2004 Coffins mixed up By Paula Batters A GRIEVING son halted a burial when he realised they were not lowering his mum''s coffin into the ground. When undertakers removed a wreath covering the brass plate, Kevin Fitzsimmons was shocked to discover it was not his mother Mary''s nameon it. Kevin, who had stepped forward to act as a pall-bearer, immediately stopped the service at Inveresk Cemetery, East Lothian, as more than 100 stunned mourners looked on. The funeral directors quickly made checks and confirmed it was, in fact, a stranger to the family. The distraught relatives were left at the graveside for almost an hour on Monday while the embarrassed undertakers took the coffin away and returned with Mary''s casket. She was then lowered into her final resting place with her late husband, Tosh, who died four years ago. Kevin, 37, of Wallyford, said: ''My sister Elizabeth and I were each holding a cord and slowly lowering the casket into the grave. ''As the coffin was going down I saw the plate for the first time. ''I just said, ''That''s not my mother. It says Wilson''. ''Everyone was really taken aback. It was very upsetting.'' Kevin said it was lucky he had spotted the name plate as he and his sisters Elizabeth, 50, and Valerie, 42, were lowering the coffin. He added: ''I dread to think what would have happened if I hadn''t seen the plaque. I don''t understand how they could get something so basic so wrong. ''It''s bloody scandalous to think we came so close to burying someone who was not my mum. ''The undertakers did fix their mistake and apologise. ''But burying your mother is difficult enough without this kind of thing.'' He said the family would not be seeking compensation for the botch-up. But they said they would be seeking a full explanation from the undertakers. The funeral was organised by undertakers Musselburgh and Fisherrow Co-operative. Yesterday, a spokesman for the funeral firm said the matter was being investigated and they would meet the family. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=14235549&method=full&siteid=89488&headline=fury-at-six-feet-blunder-name_page.html

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taphophilia (taf′ō-fil′ē-ă)

ORIGIN:
From the Greek words taphos, meaning "tomb" or "sepulcher" and philia, meaning "attraction or affinity to something, in particular the love or obsession with something"

DEFINITION: 1. An excessive interest in graves and cemeteries. 2. A love or fondness for funerals, graves, and cemeteries. 3. In psychiatry, a morbid attraction to graves and cemeteries