Aleanna Siacon Detroit Free Press Published 5:56 PM EDT Nov 2, 2018 The names of nearly 300 individuals, whose cremated remains were found at the now-closed Cantrell Funeral Home in Detroit, were read out by multi-faith leaders who shared blessings at an All Souls' Day memorial service held at Mount Olivet Cemetery's Garden Chapel on Friday. Floor-to-ceiling windows dotted with stained glass designs let natural light touch the five caskets containing the remains, including those of veterans. Four silver boxes were placed on either side of a casket draped by the American flag containing 20 veterans. The remains are just one part of a widening funeral home scandal that, so far, has shut down two Detroit funeral homes; uncovered about 80 fetal, infant and adult remains; sparked a criminal investigation and led to multimillion-dollar lawsuits. But on Friday, the focus was on healing some of the hurt that the funeral home scandal has caused. … [Read more...] about All Souls Day memorial held for Cantrell Funeral Home remains
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Service held for cremains found in Detroit funeral home
Corey Williams, Associated Press Updated 1:55 pm PDT, Friday, November 2, 2018 A family member places a carnation on one of the caskets of about 300 cremated remains recovered from a closed Detroit funeral home during an All Souls' Day Memorial Service, Friday, Nov. 2, 2018, at the Mount Olivet Cemetery in Detroit. Placed in five coffins, the remains will be interred at the cemetery. They were found earlier this year at Cantrell Funeral Home which was shut down in April due to improperly stored bodies and other violations. less A family member places a carnation on one of the caskets of about 300 cremated remains recovered from a closed Detroit funeral home during an All Souls' Day Memorial Service, Friday, Nov. 2, 2018, at the Mount ... more Photo: Carlos Osorio, AP Darlene Hardison carries a carnation as she prepares to put on one of the caskets of about 300 cremated remains recovered from a closed … [Read more...] about Service held for cremains found in Detroit funeral home
Unclaimed remains found in Cantrell Funeral Home laid to rest
George Hunter The Detroit News Published 2:53 PM EDT Nov 2, 2018 One by one, their names were read aloud, along with those whose identities were unknown: Roosevelt Adkins, Jr. ... Sally C. Agee ... Unidentified Loved One. About 300 unclaimed remains that were removed from Cantrell Funeral Home after the facility was closed in April were honored Friday during a service at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Detroit, as part of an All Souls' Day commemoration. On a chilly, drizzly morning, about 30 mourners huddled in the cemetery's Garden Chapel, where five caskets contained cremated remains, one draped in an American flag because it held the remains of 50 U.S. military veterans. Lucille Donaldson was among the mourners. The remains of her mother, Gladys Donaldson, along with the other civilian remains, will be kept in a crypt at the cemetery. The veterans' remains will be interred in Great Lakes National Cemetery in Holly. "We thought Cantrell (funeral home) … [Read more...] about Unclaimed remains found in Cantrell Funeral Home laid to rest
Detroit police find 63 fetuses in boxes, freezers of funeral home
George Hunter The Detroit News Published 9:12 AM EDT Oct 20, 2018 Detroit police removed 63 fetuses Friday from a Detroit funeral home, as state inspectors shuttered the facility that is under investigation on allegations of mishandling remains and fraud. Police raided Perry Funeral Home on Trumbull Ave. Friday afternoon and found 36 fetuses in boxes and an additional 27 fetuses in freezers there, Detroit police chief James Craig said. "I’m stunned," Craig said. "My team is stunned. God help those families." The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs announced Friday it had suspended the mortuary science licenses of Perry Funeral Home and its director Gary Deak. The decision to close the facility came after an inspection Friday which uncovered "an imminent threat to the public health and safety," LARA spokesman Jason Moon said in a press release. Friday's grisly discovery is the latest development in a widening investigation … [Read more...] about Detroit police find 63 fetuses in boxes, freezers of funeral home
2nd Detroit funeral home probed over handling of fetuses
George Hunter The Detroit News Published 10:48 PM EDT Oct 18, 2018 As authorities probe the discovery of abandoned remains at the former Cantrell Funeral Home, police are investigating allegations that another Detroit funeral home mishandled hundreds of fetuses and infants' bodies and filed death certificates falsely claiming that some of them had been buried. The development comes amid an ongoing Detroit police probe into allegedly improperly handled remains at the closed Cantrell facility on Detroit's east side. The latest investigation stems from a 72-page lawsuit filed in Wayne County Circuit Court that claims Perry Funeral Home, on Trumbull near Warren, stored the remains of stillborn and live birth babies in the Wayne State University School of Mortuary Science morgue for up to three years without trying to notify parents, some of whom wanted to donate the bodies for medical research. The lawsuit further … [Read more...] about 2nd Detroit funeral home probed over handling of fetuses