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29 March 2024

Wrong corpse, horrifies mourners at funeral

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Horrified mourners were left in floods of tears after undertakers arrived at a funeral service with the wrong coffin.

Thankfully the goof-up was realised sooner than later.

Mary Anderson, 64, had chosen the clothes in which she wanted to be buried, but relatives found they had been put on the body of a dead stranger.

Mary's daughter, Marvelle Freeman, was first to spot the horrendous mistake after funeral workers opened the casket.

Orange News reports that Mary's wake in West Palm Beach had to be delayed by an hour until her body was fetched from another location and the clothes were transferred.

Anderson's sister Susan Williams said it felt bad to take off Mary's belongings from one corpse and put it back on Mary.

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