Canterbury woman battles funeral home for husband's death certificateSTACY SQUIRES/STUFF Maree Ford lost her husband to cancer in July and she has been battling to get his death certificate from the funeral home employed to do it. Seven weeks later, she is reeling over the funeral director's failure to provide a death certificate. Without the death certificate, the Canterbury teacher has been unable to receive life insurance and mortgage protection payouts, cancel her husband's phone contract, or change other contracts in his name because companies require proof of death. Teague has not returned Ford's calls or emails, but conceded to Stuff the death certificate issues were not "acceptable". STACY SQUIRES/STUFF Poppy Funerals in Middleton failed to provide Maree Ford with the death certificate for her husband, Graham, who died in July.

Source: Stuff September 14, 2017 04:30 UTC