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      <![CDATA[I live out of state and just heard about this when I returned to K.C. to visit. I used to be a neighbor of the Marts' family in the 80's and trust me, these folks are totally bizzare.
        
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      <![CDATA[Thank you, Pitch, for the depth and fairness of your writing on this story ... taking the trouble to talk to the families, but also to go to the crematorium. The contrast is very stark between the sloppily-run Marts business and the careful and conscientious people in Harrisonville.
        
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      <![CDATA[my mother just passed away feb 12 2011 she had no life ins no money no nothing we were not wealthy people we lived payday to payday and when se go sick at the end of jan we did not expect her to pass away we had fully expected her to come home after a short stay in the hospital when they told us there was no hope the hospital transfered us to the hospice house they treated us wonderfully we explained our situation and the refured us to marts funeral home told us if we qualified jackson county would pay for the cremation felt we really had no choice but to go that rought so on feb 12th i put my dear mother in the hands of marts funeral home contacted him that evening to set up time to come in to fill out papers we went in on monday feb 14 2011 filled out papers told us then did not see a problem with everything should have everything completed and i could pick my mother up that friday feb 18 2011 called him everyday in between still no news got the same run around everyday ill call you when shes ready finally on feb 22 2011 he said paper work was okay and we can pick my mom up on thursday feb 24 2011 day arrived and no called then heard the desturbing news friday morning about the funeral home my aunt got on the phone started calling atterney general and everyone else she could think of including marts he finally said at that time she would be transfered to parks tht afternoon to be cremated again he lied he begged please dont report me ill take care of it just please do report it did not transfer her till sat feb 26 now that i have read everything i have to wonder am i going to even get the right remains is he telling the truth and who else is in on this he does not have one ounce of compassion and needs to be put out of buisness for good it is really a shame to have to take atvantage of the poor just because they have no money and no life ins they still deserve respect you know its not about money but if i new an atterney to do probono work i would sue him for what it would cost to have gone to a respectable funeral home please put this monster out of buisness i love you mom and miss you dearly
        
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    <author><![CDATA[chanelle03]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[My mother in law passed November 3 2010. She has no life insurance policy, no money no nothing.
        
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      <![CDATA[I used to work for Mr. Marts as a funeral director apprentice. I not only discovered the numerous violations as stated in the story but Marts is not very respectable.
        
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      <![CDATA[Well, I only have good actually great things to say about Ron Marts, my brother Died in 1999 from a dreaded disease Leukemia, during our time of grieving and funeral arrangements he was a true professional, comforting my family and I with anything he could do to make it easier for us. I would go to bat for Ron Marts any day!!...
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Lilynutt0202]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[He did the cremation on my big sister in January, 2008 and was so cold and unsymathetic about the mistakes he wrote in her obituary,including spelling the name of her only daughter and my sisters age. He just didn't care for my hurt feelings or the feelings of my family.
        
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      <![CDATA[I understand if this was a mistake. It happens now and then, but it sounds like he is pretty careless all around.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Joe Tone]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Through record-keeping, Hhhws. In one of the cases, the director gave the family ashes before their mother's body had even been cremated.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Hhhws]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[I understand that people have been given the wrong ashes, but how do they know if they have the wrong ashes, ashes are ashes,  there is no way to distinguish one person ashes from another.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[MARY ANN HOLT]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[my husband passed away Oct 2010 ,it took me 17 days to get my husbands ashes from Marts after numers calls I made ,I wonder if I have my husbands ashes or some one eles .I still have the ashes .I would like some answers my self ,if some one can  give me some answers I would appricate it .
        
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