Jury sides with funeral home, director in burial dispute
Trial hinged on whether biological children had been estranged from father
A South Dakota jury has vindicated a funeral director for his decision to bury a man contrary to the wishes of the deceased man’s biological children.
The federal jury found in favor of defendants Dindot-Klusmann Funeral Home in Lennox and its director and co-owner, Jay Klusmann, on four counts Thursday.
The funeral home was sued last year by Tamera Haase, the biological daughter of William Shumaker. Haase was one of Shumaker’s three biological children. In addition, he had four stepchildren from his second marriage to Javene Shumaker.
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