{"id":2260928,"date":"2024-06-05T22:36:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T02:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mother-angered-after-850-pound-daughters-death-causes-funeral-nightmare-i-dont-wish-that-on-anybody\/"},"modified":"2024-06-05T22:39:54","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T02:39:54","slug":"mother-angered-after-850-pound-daughters-death-causes-funeral-nightmare-i-dont-wish-that-on-anybody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mother-angered-after-850-pound-daughters-death-causes-funeral-nightmare-i-dont-wish-that-on-anybody\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother Upset After 850-Pound Daughter&#8217;s Death Leads to Funeral Ordeal: &#8216;Wouldn&#8217;t Wish It on Anyone"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmother-angered-after-850-pound-daughters-death-causes-funeral-nightmare-i-dont-wish-that-on-anybody%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2260928&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A Wisconsin woman struggled to arrange her daughter&#8217;s\u200b funeral due to her daughter&#8217;s weight, leading to logistical \u2064challenges and the need for out-of-state cremation. Despite the\u2064 community&#8217;s efforts\u200d to assist, the grieving mother faced heartbreak and calls for state protocols for morbidly obese\u2062 individuals in\u2064 death. Funeral industry changes are highlighted, emphasizing the importance of pre-planning for such situations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/johnathanjones\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/johnathanjones\/%20\"><span>Johnathan Jones<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 5, 2024 at 6:12pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>A Wisconsin woman grieving the death of her late daughter is upset after she could not arrange a funeral for her this past week, due to the young woman\u2019s weight.<\/p>\n<p>In an exclusive story, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox6now.com\/news\/850-pound-cudahy-woman-dies-funeral-arrangements-challenging\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WITI-TV<\/a> reported Cassandra Ortiz of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/milwaukee-bucks-fire-hc-adrian-griffin-despite-30-13-record-looking-hire-big-name-replacement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Milwaukee<\/a> suburb of Cudahy died last week in her home.<\/p>\n<p>The outlet reported the woman weighed 850 pounds at the time of her passing, meaning efforts to remove her from the home were complicated. That process alone took around 12 hours and around two dozen people.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the logistical challenge of transporting her remains, Ortiz\u2019s mother Carolyn Alverio was unable to find <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/family-demands-funeral-home-open-lower-half-dead-teens-coffin-grieving-parents-left-shocked-disgusted\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a funeral home<\/a> that could cremate her.<\/p>\n<p>Ortiz was ultimately transported to neighboring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/illinois-dem-mayor-shutting-businesses-wont-donate-gets-blasted-dressing-like-drug-kingpin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Illinois<\/a> for cremation, because none of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/14-portable-morgues-headed-to-central-fla-amid-covid-surge\/\" title=\"14 portable morgues headed to Central Fla. amid COVID surge\">local funeral homes<\/a> was equipped to handle the job.<\/p>\n<p>Alverio explained, \u201cThere\u2019s not a funeral home that would take her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MiolefndBtw?si=S9a7J7rh4ITgItR0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The woman said she felt helpless as dozens of people entered her home after her daughter died, but that despite their best efforts, removing her Ortiz from the building was a challenge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo walk in that room and just keep seeing her there, and it\u2019s like, oh my God, when are they going to get my baby out of here?\u201d she reeled. \u201cThey need to get her out of here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ted Larsen, who owns Church &#038; Chapel Funeral Services, stepped in to help and worked alongside the Cudahy fire and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-furious-democrats-ask-capitol-police-kick-woman-fauci-hearing-take-starbucks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">police<\/a> departments to load Ortiz into a van owned by the city.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were at times 20-30 people in this house trying to help this family, address this situation,\u201d Larsen said.<\/p>\n<p>Even after her body was removed from the home, the transport of her body was a fiasco.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/disgraced-professor-sentenced-action-trapped-firefighters-deadly-blaze\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Firefighters<\/a> received an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grand-jury-indicts-white-police-officer-in-shooting-death-of-andre-hill-an-unarmed-black-man\/\" title=\"Grand Jury Indicts White Police Officer In Shooting Death Of Andre Hill, An Unarmed Black Man\">emergency call<\/a> after Larsen helped emergency personnel load Ortiz into the van, so her body was taken along for an emergency call.<\/p>\n<p>Larsen told WITI, \u201cMyself and my colleagues were not capable of taking her from the van into \u2013 to put her onto any table to accommodate her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alverio was heartbroken when she described how she felt after the transportation of her daughter\u2019s remains hit obstacle after obstacle.<\/p>\n<p>She said, \u201cWith her having sat so long in the bed, and having sat so long in the van, even if we wanted to, we couldn\u2019t do a funeral.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The mother also said her daughter was both a \u201cbeautiful soul\u201d and \u201ccontagious\u201d with \u201claughter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t wish what we are going through \u2013 I don\u2019t wish that on anybody,\u201d Alverio said.<\/p>\n<p>Alverio told WITI she wants the state of Wisconsin to do something to assist the families of the morbidly obese when they die.<\/p>\n<p>The still-grieving mother wants the state of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wisconsin-father-admits-stuffing-colombian-dj-suitcase-doesnt-remember-killing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wisconsin<\/a> to add protocols to handle such situations for future families who might find themselves in such a jam.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomething\u2019s got to be put in place,\u201d she told WITI.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to asking her state to enact policies for obese people in death, Alverio urged families who are caring for a loved one with weight issues to make arrangements beforehand.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.us-funerals.com\/funerals-for-oversize-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">US Funerals Online<\/a> reported that funeral directors are having to make changes in the way they do business to accommodate larger corpses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe costs of arranging a funeral for an obese person can far exceed the cost of an average funeral,\u201d the site reported.<\/p>\n<p>Oversize caskets \u2014 up to 52 inches wide \u2014 can be obtained for corpses up to 1,000 pounds, but they they have to be custom-made and come with a hefty price tag starting at around $2,500.<\/p>\n<p>Larger grave plots and vault liners are also sometimes available \u2014 for an additional fee \u2014 as are super-sized cremation containers and equipment.<\/p>\n<p>As for moving the corpses, \u201cToday many funeral homes have begun to employ more sophisticated lifting, winching, and trolley equipment to assist in the movement of corpses and caskets,\u201d the site reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany hearse manufacturers now have to consider offering a hearse in their range that is wider with a larger rear door and a reinforced chassis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If that\u2019s not available, sometimes alternative transportation, like a horse and carriage, can be used to handle the job.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>In just a few months, the world is going to change forever. 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