by
Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com Editor
June 21, 2005
"This clearly illustrates the spiteful lengths in which Michael Schiavo will go in order to purposely hurt those that loved Terri unconditionally -- her family," Terri's brother Bobby told LifeNews.com on Tuesday.
Schindler told LifeNews.com he believes "the intention of this inscription was to be hurtful, and had absolutely nothing to do with Terri, but only to cause my parents additional pain over the loss of their child."
"Maybe
even more tragic, is that in doing so, Michael Schiavo shows nothing
but a lack of
respect for Terri," Schindler added.
Michael buried Terri's cremated remains in a Florida cemetery rather than in a Philadelphia plot he owns. He upset Terri's family by putting the quote, "I kept my promise" on Terri's burial marker.
He also listed the date Terri died as February 25, 1990 -- the day Terri collapsed from unknown circumstances. Terri actually passed away on March 31, 2005, after suffering a painful 13 day starvation and dehydration death.
The grave marker lists the 1990 date as the day Terri "Departed the Earth" and lists the 2005 date as the day Terri was "at peace."
The marker describes Terri as a "beloved wife" and features the Christian symbol of a dove descending to the Earth.
Though Michael was supposed to bury Terri's remains in Pennsylvania, George Felos, the euthanasia advocate who is his lead attorney, told reporters Monday that it had taken place at Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park in Clearwater.
Because of the close proximity to where the Schindler family lives, they would have been able to attend the service had Michael notified them.
The statement Felos released Monday did not say why Michael chose to bury Terri in Florida nor why he did not invite the Schindler family to attend. Terri's family learned of the burial through a fax from Felos only after reporters begin calling about it.
Related
web sites:
Terri Schiavo's family - http://www.terrisfight.org
