Schiavo parents angered by ‘unkind’ gravestone

TERRI Schiavo’s husband buried her cremated remains, inscribing on her bronze grave marker “I kept my promise”.

The inscription inflamed Ms Schiavo’s parents, who had waged a long legal battle to keep their severely brain-damaged daughter alive. They also complained they had not been notified about Monday’s service.

Michael Schiavo - who said he promised his wife he would not keep her alive artificially - also listed on the bronze grave marker February 25, 1990, as the date his wife “Departed this Earth”.

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