Military widow shocked to find stranger’s name on husband’s headstone A military widow who wanted a visit to her husband’s grave to be “unforgettable” found it memorable, but for the wrong reason: Another woman’s name was written on her husband’s headstone. Edna Fielden was heartbroken to discover the mistake on a visit last weekend with her grandchildren to the gravesite of the grandfather they never [...]
June 20, 2013 - The Lookout via Yahoo! News
Mystery woman listed on veteran’s headstone Engraver makes mistake on woman's husband's headstone. (Source: KUSA/CNN) DENVER (KUSA/CNN) - A military widow wants to know why another woman's name is engraved on her husband's headstone.
June 20, 2013 - KFVE Honolulu
Engraver etches typo in Ed Koch's headstone Engraver etches typo in Ed Koch's headstone The engraver, Tommy Flynn, of Flynn Funeral and Cremation Memorial Services, says it was "an inadvertent error" and that he feels "terrible." Koch was buried in Trinity Church cemetery in Washington Heights after dying of congestive heart failure in February at 88.
June 18, 2013 - Albany Times Union
President Bush in USA Today Each man or woman buried here is more than a headstone and a serial number,Bush said before thousands of locals and about 100 aging Dutch and American WWII veterans.
Michael Bloomberg in International Herald Tribune Bloomberg, who declined to be interviewed for this article, told The New York Times just before the first anniversary of the attack: "I think the Jews do it right. They have a headstone unveiling a year after the funeral, and that's sort of the time...