Goodbye, Mrs. Chips
Texas woman's ashes vanish from mausoleum, replaced by Pringles can
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Goodbye, Mrs. Chips
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Goodbye, Mrs. Chips
JUNE 10--We can't imagine anything more distressing than visiting mom's remains at the mausoleum, only to discover that she has been replaced by a tube of Pringles sour cream & onion potato chips. That is what happened last year at Houston's Congregation Beth Israel mausoleum when the two daughters of the late Vivian Lieberman tried to visit the remains of their mother, who died in July 2003 at age 95. According to the below District Court lawsuit excerpt, inside the cedar chest where Vivian's ashes were supposed to be stored, the sisters found the tube of potato chips (the chest was inside a niche that was side-by-side to the one containing the remains of Vivian's husband Seymour, who died in 1981). Since the chips were discovered last June, a search has yet to turn up Vivian's ashes. Lieberman's daughters have sued, claiming emotional distress. Officials with the synagogue and two funeral firms deny responsibility for the missing remains. (5 pages)
