Staff mistake may have caused burial blunder
Quick ReadA staff member of the Greenfield Cemetery in Uniondale may have made the clerical mistake that caused a Freeport man to be buried in the wrong grave.
Photo credit: Newsday/Photo by Joel Cairo | Nicole Pailliere stands at her son Mallory Pailiere's gravesite while a body is removed that was buried on top of her sons by accident at Greenfield Cemetery in Uniondale, New York. (November 12, 2009)
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A staff member of the Greenfield Cemetery in Uniondale may have made the clerical mistake that caused a Freeport man to be buried in the wrong grave, a Hempstead Town spokesman said Friday.
And the error, which may stem from miscommunication, could not have been detected because the cemetery lacks efficient checks and balances, said spokesman Mike Deery, who declined to identify the staff...
