Funeral home staff fired for coffee stop with dead veteran in hearse

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Funeral home staff fired for coffee stop with dead veteran in hearse
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First posted: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 11:26 AM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 12:16 PM EDT
A Florida driver and funeral director have been fired for stopping at a Dunkin' Donuts while en route to a veteran's funeral with his body in the back.
Rob Carpenter told WFLA he was mortified by the sight and took a photo and video of the hearse parked across two parking spots with the flag-draped coffin in the back.
"It was very upsetting and very disrespectful to this soldier and their family," Carpenter told the station Tuesday.
Inside the hearse was Lt.-Col. Jesse Coleman, 84, a decorated U.S. soldier who served in Korea and Vietnam twice. The hearse was travelling from Clearwater to Lecanto for the funeral service.
Carpenter said he sent the video and photo to the local group Veteran's Warriors who posted the image on Facebook and has since gone viral.
"None of our brothers or sisters deserve to be an afterthought," Lauren Price said. "And if it's an imposition to transfer one of our brothers or sisters to their final rest, then the person who's doing that transporting should be in a different business."
The group said it has since removed the photo after the family requested it.
Funeral home owner Jim Rudolph said he is sickened by the ordeal and has fired both the men, WFLA reported.
Rudolph said the family of the vet didn't want the men to lose their jobs.
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grumpydigger

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Unless the hearse, was in the lead of a funeral procession stopping for a quick coffee should be allowed as long as they're were willing to share.
society is so scared of the institution of death,, that anything that reminds them of it pushes them right over the edge.

Quite often, no one shows respect to someone while they're living and then overcompensates once a person passes on.
 
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grumpydigger said:
Unless the hearse, was in the lead of a funeral procession stopping for a quick coffee should be allowed as long as they're were willing to share.
society is so scared of the institution of death,, that anything that reminds them of it pushes them right over the edge.

Quite often, no one shows respect to someone while they're living and then overcompensates once a person passes on.
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all good points

half the time, other drivers don't even stop for funeral processions...I think it's respectful, maybe it's not the thing to do in this modern world but I do if it's safe to so

on the other hand, I don't get why people hang out at the dead person's grave...*shrug* they aren't there and anything one has not resolved with the dead, well...it's too late now, make your peace with yourself as best as you can and get on with your life, too short to waste it with regrets and things that can't be altered
 
Kreskin

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I'm sure he would appreciate spending a little more time on this side of the grass.
 
DaSleeper

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MHz said:
I'm not sure a hearse is short enough to make some of those tight corners, without creating a lot of attention.
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Some places...depending on the location, although rare have a straight thru drive through....a couple of years ago I followed one in a drive thru..............never thought of taking a picture.....
 
MHz

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I've paved a lot of them that you had trouble getting the paver around it in one go.. Now if it was an ambulane with somebody in the back it would be a news worth story. 10 AM you ever see how quick the city workers shut it down?
 
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