Family sues after their mother was cremated against her wishes
The relatives of Joann Stephens, a woman who wanted an open-casket funeral for her mother, have lodged a claim against the Eastlake Mortuary in Phoenix after they accused the funeral home of cremating her remains without permission. Jason Glenn, her son, spoke of the family’s distress in an interview. “We’ve just been a bag of emotions here…You really don’t know how to respond to something like that.” The lawsuit, submitted to Maricopa County Superior Court …