Why she had to go, I don't know

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Grandmother's body switched at Ill. funeral home

Associated Press

12:23 PM CDT, July 16, 2008

STICKNEY, Ill.

A family from suburban Chicago arrived at a funeral home to view their 91-year-old grandmother's body but found another woman's body in the casket instead.

The family of Lillian Grogan says the stranger was wearing their grandmother's dress and favorite bracelet at Mount Auburn Funeral Home in Stickney on Monday. They say the funeral home incorrectly tagged Grogan and another woman's bodies.

Grogan was mistakenly buried. Her family got a court order to have her body exhumed Tuesday so she could be reburied. The other woman's identity wasn't available.

Granddaughter Michele Grogan of Burbank calls the mix-up "the worst day of all of our lives."

Service Corporation International owns the funeral home, and a spokeswoman says the company is working to resolving the issue to both families' satisfaction.