Terri Schiavo remains laid to rest

Published June 21st, 2005 - 09:20 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

Terri Schiavo's husband buried her cremated remains Monday, inscribing on her bronze grave marker "I kept my promise."

 

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

 

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

 

On that date, Schiavo collapsed and fell into what most doctors said was an irreversible vegetative state.

 

Schiavo actually died March 31, nearly two weeks after her feeding tube was removed by court order. The grave marker lists that date as when Schiavo was "at peace."

 

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