The grave where Margaret Miller wanted to be buried
By Cara Sulieman
A GRIEF stricken family have lost the plot in a row over where to bury a beloved relative – after being told the lair she had bought in advance was already full.
Margaret Miller died last Monday aged 88 but had already pre-arranged to be laid to rest next to her parents, even paying for the right.
But a misunderstanding in the way graves are allocated means there isn’t actually enough space to squeeze a third person into the same spot.
Now her grieving family have to cremate her instead so her ashes can be interred – the only way they can respect her dying wishes.
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Thursday, August 20, 2009
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