[Rhodes22-list] Life Imitates Art (Was this the Griswold family?)

[Brad Haslett]

Mary Lou,

I'm with you, it made sense to me too.  I just found it curious that the
locals would find something here to investigate.  I'd probably do the same
thing.  Even dead you can't escape 'gubment' control.  It reminds me of a
skit by the late Sam Kinnison.  I'd describe it but it isn't fit for family
publications, not even this rowdy bunch.

Brad

On Jan 15, 2008 9:26 AM, Mary Lou Troy <mtroy at atlanticbb.net> wrote:

> Guess they have to investigate everything these days but it doesn't
> sound bizarre to me. In 1940 my grandmother and grandfather were
> travelling by the train back to Schenectady after a business meeting
> (maybe in NYC but somewhere south). At one point my grandfather
> looked at his watch said "Edna we'll be home by midnight"  and then
> sat down and died. She was a nurse and knew he was dead. There was an
> hour or two maybe a bit more left on the train ride. Not wanting to
> complicate things or have them stop the train, she didn't summon a
> conductor for assistance until they were approaching Schenectady
> station. This is a family story but knowing my grandmother I expect
> it's absolutely true.
>
> Mary Lou
> 1991 R22 Fretless
> Rock Hall, MD
>
>
>
> At 09:48 AM 1/15/2008, you wrote:
> >*
> >
> http://www.nwcn.com/statenews/oregon/stories/NW_011408ORN_grandmother_roadtrip_LJ.215623a7.html#
> >**Family continues Oregon-bound roadtrip with dead grandma in RV * *02:32
> PM
> >PST on Monday, January 14, 2008* *By JENNIFER IVESON / KGW*
> >
> >HILLSBORO, Ore. - A bizarre investigation is underway in Hillsboro, after
> >police said they were contacted by a family whose grandmother died during
> a
> >recent road trip, yet they decided to keep driving with the body in thier
> RV
> >until they reached Oregon.
> >
> >  Family drives over 1,000 miles to Oregon with dead grandma in RV.
> >
> >Their trip began in California and they first headed to Arkansas. It was
> >meant to be a special trip for the 79-year-old woman to see loved ones
> >before she died. She was suffering from renal failure but was expected to
> >live long enough to complete the trip.
> >
> >  After Arkansas, the family began driving the RV toward Oregon but their
> >grandmother died in Wyoming.
> >
> >  However when she died, the family decided to keep driving and
> transported
> >the body more than 1,000 more miles, until they reached Hillsboro.
> >
> >  "They said a Dr. had told them, based on her condition that if she did
> die,
> >they should continue to drive to their destination," said Lt. Michael
> >Rouches with the Hillsboro Police Department. "She had a personal
> physician
> >here in Hillsboro and the idea was that the physician would have her
> medical
> >records and information about her condition."
> >
> >  Police were investigating but said it did not appear that anyone
> committed
> >a crime. One of the family members told KGW that the grandma had told the
> >family it was her wish to be in Oregon for her final days.
> >
> >  Even so, the Office of the Medical Examiner is helping with the
> >investigation. Lt. Rouches said, "Their intentions in starting this thing
> >were good."
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