Where do I even begin?! One word to describe today's events ... Lawsuit! Upon arrival to view my step fathers remains we (my mother the widow ) my brother and I asked for assistance, we requested some alone time to grieve, sit in our thoughts with him and request for what is rightfully my mothers by asking for his death certificate. The back story is : there has been family tension with my stepfathers sons and my mother.
The funeral director named Elizabeth Van Meter came in and immediately notified my mother "her husband was not prepared to be viewed" being he had been deceased for 5 days that was completely preposterous to me! She also stated the death certificate was not yet available which was another lie ! She proceeded to tell us we would be able to view my stepfather the day before the funeral service .. I told her that would not work for us and we needed to see him as soon as possible , make a long story short she left us , went to her office while we sat in front of it, she picks up the phone to notify one of the sons to tell him we had arrived asking to see my moms deceased husband, she was reporting to a son , taking sides and delaying my mother from having the time rightfully so deserved to begin her process of mourning! Long story longer I put my foot down, threatened her with colluding with the other family and being biased as she had no knowledge of knowing what was truly happening. I have never in my life had such a surreal unprofessional heartless encounter at a most difficult time. Who does this to another person in mourning? How do you call yourself a professional? Who do you think you are keeping my mother from viewing her husband ? The widow crying to see her deceased husband ?! Heartless! You've not heard the last of us!
The take away .... We see him tomorrow at noon I made damn sure of it! Lawyers are being notified as we speak !
So do yourself a favors stay away from this heartless business ... If there are family differences which we all go through, beware of the biased unprofessional director working here. Forewarned!! read more