Gothamist.com
November 21, 2010
Body Kept On Ice For Months As Family Blocks Cremation
The body of a 105-year-old woman has reportedly been kept on ice at the Gramercy Park Memorial Chapel because her grandnephew James Pollock refuses to let her be cremated. Ethel Baar asked to be cremated in her 1999 will, but Pollock says that “Jewish religion forbids cremation,” according to court papers. Now the funeral home is asking a judge for help in figuring out what to do with Baar’s body.
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