{"id":196968,"date":"2023-12-14T14:27:58","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T14:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/?p=196968"},"modified":"2023-12-14T14:27:58","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T14:27:58","slug":"familys-horror-as-widow-buried-in-wrong-grave-after-council-blunder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/world-news\/familys-horror-as-widow-buried-in-wrong-grave-after-council-blunder\/","title":{"rendered":"Family&apos;s horror as widow buried in wrong grave after council blunder"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Family&#8217;s horror after a widow whose dying wish was to be reunited with her husband was buried in the wrong grave following a council mix-up<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Myra Taylor was buried in the wrong grave after a mistake by Bourne Town Council<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>She had longed to be buried with her partner Ike, who died 32 years ago<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Myra&#8217;s family say they have been left distressed following the blunder<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A family has been left distressed after a widow whose dying wish was to be reunited with her husband was buried in the wrong grave following a council blunder.<\/p>\n<p>Myra Taylor had longed to be buried with her partner Ike, who died 32 years ago, in a double plot she had bought at Bourne Cemetery, in Lincolnshire.<\/p>\n<p>But instead of being laid to rest with her beloved partner of 41 years, Myra was interred in the grave next to it following her death on August 1.<\/p>\n<p>It was later discovered she had been wrongly buried in the neighbouring plot, which had been earmarked for Myra&#8217;s estranged son, who is still alive.<\/p>\n<p>Her heartbroken family are now fighting to have her body exhumed so it can be moved to the right place &#8211; but need special permission from the Ministry of Justice.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/14\/12\/78958181-0-image-a-4_1702557802851.jpg\" height=\"858\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Myra Taylor, who died aged 91 in August, had longed to be buried with her partner\u00a0in a double plot she had bought at Bourne Cemetery<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/14\/12\/78958183-0-image-a-2_1702557755513.jpg\" height=\"857\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The couple, who lived together in Bourne, married in August 1950 when Ike was 21 and Myra was 18<\/p>\n<p>Myra&#8217;s funeral was held at the end of August at Bourne Methodist Church with a burial afterwards at nearby South Road cemetery.<\/p>\n<p>While at the burial, her niece Sandra Wilson first suspected something was wrong after noticing Ike&#8217;s headstone was still at the graveside.<\/p>\n<p>Myra, who was 91 when she died, had made requests for it to be taken away so her name could be added.<\/p>\n<p>Retired nurse Sandra, 58, from Bourne, said: &#8216;I said to relatives &#8216;she is in the wrong grave&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It was raining and everyone was already very distressed so told me not to worry.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I was so determined it was the wrong grave I got my husband to take me to the cemetery the next morning.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/14\/12\/78958193-0-image-a-5_1702557975439.jpg\" height=\"476\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Her heartbroken family are now fighting to have her body exhumed so it can be moved to the right grave<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/14\/12\/78958219-0-image-a-6_1702558109803.jpg\" height=\"845\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sandra said when Myra&#8217;s health deteriorated last Christmas, she began having nightmares about not being buried with her husband<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I was heartbroken. I just sobbed. Nobody has given an explanation to us since as to how this has happened.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Sandra said when Myra&#8217;s health deteriorated last Christmas she began having nightmares about not being buried with her husband.<\/p>\n<p>So she suggested taking out a pre-payment plan with funeral directors setting out her wishes with the aim of putting her worried aunt&#8217;s mind at ease.<\/p>\n<p>Sandra added: &#8216;I was the only person left to honour her wishes and I had promised her if we did a funeral plan, it would safeguard her so this didn&#8217;t happen.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It was devastating. I thought we had taken all possible steps to make sure her dying wishes could be met.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;She was having nightmares about not being buried next to her husband, so I wanted to reassure her as much as I could.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;That&#8217;s the most awful part about it all, that she had nightmares about this happening.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/14\/13\/78958185-0-image-a-7_1702559938999.jpg\" height=\"845\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ike&#8217;s grave at Bourne Cemetery in Lincolnshire, which is run by\u00a0Bourne Town Council<\/p>\n<p>For the past four months, Sandra has had &#8216;sleepless nights&#8217; and has branded the ordeal &#8216;horrendous&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>She added: &#8216;She was a very strong lady but she would be heartbroken if she knew what had happened. Her one wish was to be laid to rest with her husband.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Sandra contacted Bourne Town Council, which is in charge of the cemetery, requesting Myra be moved to the correct grave.<\/p>\n<p>But as she was already buried, permission is needed from the Ministry of Justice to exhume the body, which Bourne Town Council is still waiting on.<\/p>\n<p>The couple, who lived together in Bourne, married in August 1950 when Ike was 21 and Myra was 18. Ike died of cancer in November 1991, aged 62.<\/p>\n<p>Myra&#8217;s last job was working in a dry cleaners while Ike was a digger driver.<\/p>\n<p>Sandra added: &#8216;They were never anywhere without each other.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Even though she had been widowed such a long time, she just wanted to be reunited with her husband.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Sandra said she understands &#8216;accidents happen&#8217; but has issued a warning to other grieving families.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/14\/13\/78958205-0-image-a-9_1702560145181.jpg\" height=\"845\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Bourne Town Council have written to the Ministry of Justice asking for permission to move Myra&#8217;s body<\/p>\n<p>She said: &#8216;On the day before, check to make sure it is the right grave.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It is now taking an awful lot of time to get permission to move her. The council have been dragging their feet and we just want the matter resolved.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If we can&#8217;t, I don&#8217;t know what I will do as I don&#8217;t want to leave her where she is.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We don&#8217;t know how it happened, I think somebody has just seen the name Taylor in the book and thought that grave is near enough.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;At first they couldn&#8217;t see what the problem was as she had been buried nearby &#8211; but that is not what my aunt requested.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Bourne Town Council clerk Ian Sismey has written to the Ministry of Justice asking for permission to move Myra&#8217;s body and is hoping for an answer by Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8216;We will do whatever we can to resolve this.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Justice said the procedure is to seek permission from the grave owner before a license can be granted.<\/p>\n<p>It comes after a family from Bishop Auckland were left heartbroken after\u00a0discovering they had been visiting the wrong grave of a relative for more than 43 years last year.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12864149\/Familys-horror-widow-buried-wrong-grave-following-council-mix-up.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Family&#8217;s horror after a widow whose dying wish was to be reunited with her husband&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":196967,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28134],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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