Vietnam Vet's funeral canceled over Government insurance check

Vietnam Vet's Funeral Canceled Over Insurance Check Dispute

By: NADIA BASHIR
Published: November 10, 2011
A Columbus family says a local funeral home canceled their father's funeral the day before it was scheduled to take place after a dispute over an insurance check.

The cancelation of a Vietnam veteran's funeral came two days before Veterans Day.

"This family has suffered a lot of tragedy ... There's no reason why my father should be laying over there ... in ... [the] basement for four weeks," said Monica Grady who is coordinating her father's funeral.

The Grady family waited nearly a month for an insurance check to help pay for the funeral, scheduled for Thursday, Nov 10.

The funeral home, Diehl-Whittaker Funeral Services, canceled the service Wednesday because the family was unable to make full payment pursuant to its contract.

The Gradys showed the funeral home a letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs, which stated an insurance check for $10,000 was on its way -- more than enough to cover the $6,000 funeral expenses.
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