Cemetery Scandals Statewide and National

Pennsylvania Cases

Troubleshooters: Bodies lost at Feasterville cemetery Janese Littles Brown was so certain the same cemetery lost the body of her son, Aaron Walker, that after contacting Action News, she says she paid about $10,000 to have his corpse exhumed.

Neglected cemetery: Cumberland Twp. to take Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens & transfer to countyThe Cumberland Township Board of Supervisors authorized entering into an agreement for the eminent domain acquisition of Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens.

StoneMor Settles Over Alleged Deceptive Business PracticesHARRISBURG”Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced that StoneMor Partners L.P. has agreed to repay Commonwealth consumers for allegedly deceptive business practices at the cemeteries the company owns and operates throughout the state through its subsidiaries.

Rest in peace? Not with Pennsylvania's cemetery lawsA distinct lack of oversight has some cemeteries operating without the money needed for perpetual care.

Cemetery Scandals in Other States

Decades-Old Stored Ashes Spur Cemetery SuspensionThousands of containers of remains, believed to have been unclaimed, are found stacked up at Grand View Memorial Park in Glendale.

Families working to restore the records of loved ones buried in unmarked gravesVick Cemetery, along Lane Street, was the public cemetery for African-Americans in Wilson from 1913 to the 1960s. Now, descendants of families buried there are reclaiming the sacred space, starting with reconstruction service and the restoration of records.

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