Spokane funeral home sued for mistaken cremation

On Friday, March 18, 2016, Stella Merritt awoke to find her husband Bob dead. Four days later, she felt like she lost him again.

Merritt claims her husband’s body was mistakenly cremated, denying her and her family the chance for the open-casket funeral they desired.

“Stella was robbed of the precious ritual… of placing a white rose in Bob’s hand at the funeral service – a time-honored Merritt family tradition,” the family’s lawyers say in a suit filed against the funeral home.

Bob Merritt was 60, and died of complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, otherwise known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. The couple had been married 33 years, according to the lawsuit/ Jonathan Glover , SR. More here .