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Written by DeadGirl
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Friday, 10 September 2004 |
This past Tuesday, the cost of burials and entombments at Evansville city cemeteries shot up hundreds of dollars - but service apparently didn't.
It really is unbelievable what happened just this week. Take the case of James Hadley. Family and friends arrived at Locust Hill Mausoleum just after 2:00 Tuesday afternoon. It was their final farewell to a beloved husband, father, grandfather and friend - but the crypt wasn't open and the city workers scheduled to handle the entombment were nowhere to be found.
"They were delayed, they were late." That's the simple explanation according to Evansville City Transportation and Services Director Ed Ziemer. "We had three funeral services kind of back to back, two at Oak Hill and one at Locust Hill and the final service at Oak Hill took longer than normal."
But the services at Oak Hill were early in the morning, and Mr. Hadley's service was scheduled several hours later. Ziemer says, "Could happen. We've had it happen where there's three-hour funerals, where they tell us they are going to come at 1:00, but don't come until 2:00 or 3:00."
But that wasn't the case according to Gary Pierre of Pierre Funeral Home. Pierre oversaw the funeral scheduled before Mr. Hadley's, the C. Thomas Rice funeral. He says that service was not longer than expected and, in fact, was over quite a long time before Mr. Hadley's scheduled entombment. He also says the Hadley's weren't the only ones waiting for the city. Pierre had to call city workers when they weren't at Oak Hill Mausoleum for the C. Thomas Rice service.
In the case of Mr. Hadley, the delay resulted in his body being brought back to the funeral home and entombed the next day. "Sure, it shouldn't have happened like that, but it did. And we're sorry it happened, but things happen sometimes. Your equipment doesn't get done on time, some delay happened and they weren't there," Ziemer concluded.
We were also told it wasn't the usual cemetery workers doing the job. Ziemer says this is true, two were called in from the street department, another from traffic engineering, because he says everyone on the cemetery crew called in sick. He also says calling in employees from other departments isn't unusual. So, this was just a one day event according to several people in the funeral business. They say at private cemeteries, workers are always prepared and ready for the service to end. But they say that's not the case with the city. They were hopeful, with the increase in city price, there would also be an increase in staff and service.
With budget problems - it doesn't look like that will be the case.
Previously: A case of adding insult to injury at an Evansville cemetery.
Family and friends arrived at Locust Hill mausoleum just after 2:00 Tuesday afternoon, to mourn the loss of a beloved husband, father, and friend.
But the crypt wasn't open, and the city workers scheduled to handle the entombment were no where to be found.
City Transportation and Services Director Ed Ziemer says his workers were delayed by another funeral.
But Gary Pierre with Pierre Funeral Home says the previous service did not run late and was over hours beforehand.
Mr Hadley's body had to be brought back to Boone Funeral Home.
He was entombed Wednesday.
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Taphophilia?
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
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