Rhino
07-10-2006, 09:22 AM
Burglar Steals Ashes of Alaska Couple's Daughter
Monday, July 10, 2006
FAIRBANKS, Alaska — A Fairbanks couple is appealing for the return of the ashes of their dead daughter, stolen in a burglary last month.
Fredi and H. Leo Brown said the remains of their daughter, Carole, were taken along with guns and jewelry the weekend of June 23.
"If we could just get the ashes returned, that would be the one thing," said H. Leo Brown, 79, a retired Teamster. "I wouldn't care about the rest."
Carole Brown died in 1997 after a long battle with multiple sclerosis and was cremated.
Her parents stored their daughter's remains in a box inside a red-velvet bag tied with a gold cord. They placed the box on the top shelf of the closet in their bedroom.
The Browns didn't want to place Carole's ashes prominently because of the pain of her loss. They thought they would eventually scatter Carole's ashes, maybe at their cabin at Quartz Lake near Delta Junction. But after a while, the couple found they liked having Carole around.
"I could talk to her," said Fredi Brown, 74, a retired school secretary........http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,202777,00.html
Monday, July 10, 2006
FAIRBANKS, Alaska — A Fairbanks couple is appealing for the return of the ashes of their dead daughter, stolen in a burglary last month.
Fredi and H. Leo Brown said the remains of their daughter, Carole, were taken along with guns and jewelry the weekend of June 23.
"If we could just get the ashes returned, that would be the one thing," said H. Leo Brown, 79, a retired Teamster. "I wouldn't care about the rest."
Carole Brown died in 1997 after a long battle with multiple sclerosis and was cremated.
Her parents stored their daughter's remains in a box inside a red-velvet bag tied with a gold cord. They placed the box on the top shelf of the closet in their bedroom.
The Browns didn't want to place Carole's ashes prominently because of the pain of her loss. They thought they would eventually scatter Carole's ashes, maybe at their cabin at Quartz Lake near Delta Junction. But after a while, the couple found they liked having Carole around.
"I could talk to her," said Fredi Brown, 74, a retired school secretary........http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,202777,00.html