US sisters file $60 million lawsuit after funeral home buries stranger in their father’s grave

Clifford Zener died of heart failure at his South Carolina home

Two sisters in the US have filed a $60 million lawsuit against two funeral homes after they allegedly buried the wrong man in their father’s grave. new york post informed of. According to trial, Stacy Holzman and Megan Jenner have accused Fletcher Funeral & Cremation Service in Fountain Inn, SC, of ​​mistaking the remains of another man as their father’s and placing the wrong body in his burial clothes.

Notably, Clifford Zener died of heart failure on February 25 at the age of 72 at his South Carolina home. He told his family that he wanted to be buried in black jeans and his favorite Led Zeppelin T-shirt.

After his death, his body was to be flown to New York. However, the wrong man was sent and then buried in his father’s favorite clothes. When the sisters asked to see their father one last time, they realized something was wrong.

“On the day of the funeral, I knew something was wrong. When we saw the body there were red flags, huge red flags. When they opened the casket, the first thing I saw wasn’t a moustache… The first thing I saw was just an open upper lip, and I couldn’t stop staring at it,” Stacey Holzman the daily beast,

There were also stitches on his forehead, indicating that an autopsy had been performed, whereas Mr. Zainer had not undergone any such procedure.

According to the lawsuit, Star of David Memorial Chapel Funeral Home insisted that the body was that of Ms. Holzman’s father and assured her that they had received the correct body from Fletcher Funeral Service.

The funeral home said, “We are deeply sorry for any grief experienced by the family for the mistake made by the funeral home in South Carolina.” It also states that “families are under tremendous stress when they identify their deceased.”

However, after three weeks, the funeral home informed Mr. Zaner’s family that there had indeed been a disturbance. Then a second funeral was held in Jacksonville on March 24 with the correct remains, but without his favorite T-shirt.

Meanwhile, the sisters claim they have not received a refund for the first cremation with the Star of David, which included the wrong relic.

The family hopes the $60 million lawsuit will send a message.

Megan Jenner said, “I want them to take responsibility for this terrible mistake. And I want things to happen in the future that I think should have happened, so that this doesn’t happen to anyone else.”