Casket Car
Michelle wrote this on my wall: “On the road in Lansing, MI”. It looks like the caskets are what we call around these parts the “K-Shell”. It’s a sealing metal casket that is slightly wider than most caskets. Perhaps those extra inches of width provide for some extra comfort? Way to go casket car […]
A Sailor’s Dying Wish
Today’s guest post is written by Jennie Haskamp: After signing my Pop, EM2 Bud Cloud (circa Pearl Harbor) up for hospice care, the consolation prize I’d given him (for agreeing it was OK to die) was a trip to “visit the Navy in San Diego.” I emailed my friend and former Marine sergeant, Mrs. Mandy McCammon, […]
Death in the News: Five Weird Stories from the Past Week
1. Doctors remove a 36-year-old baby skeleton from a woman’s body Jyoti Kumar went to the doctor after she started experiencing constant abdominal pain—and experts in the Indian city of Nagpur discovered the cause was a baby skeleton that had been inside her for 38 years. Kumar, 62, had an ectopic pregnancy when she […]