Politics & Government
Oak Park Woman Sues Funeral Home for Losing Ashes
The lawsuit alleges the ashes were given to a stranger.

An Oak Park woman is suing over claims that a funeral home gave her relative’s ashes to the wrong person.
Vera Brown filed a lawsuit against Fountain Jordan Shepard Funeral Home after she says the cremated remains of her niece were handed over to a stranger, according to CBS Chicago.
Brown’s lawyer said the funeral home told him someone probably mistakenly gave the ashes to a woman whose name the family doesn’t recognize, and they haven’t been able to track her down, CBS reported.
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