FUNERAL DEFERRED

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 69, Issue 79, 13 January 1949, Page 6

FUNERAL DEFERRED

“CORPSE” MAY BE ALfVE J _____ PARIS, Jan. 12. The funeral of Jean Clobours, aged 61, farmer, of Lesves, lias been postponed until a special panel of doctors decided whither he is dead or alive. Clobours, who was taken ill with influenza last Wednesday, “passed away” early on Saturday morning, and the family doctor issued a death certificate.

Friends and relatives who helped on Sunday and Monday with the funeral arrangements noticed that the body was still warm and supple, also that Clobour’s back was slightly moist, presumably through perspiration. One of the relatives remembered that Clobour’s grandmother had fallen ill at one time and slept for a week. A distant eonsin, it was recalled, had also been similarly stricken. The local gendarmerie were called in and ordered the funeral to be postponed pending a further examination.

EXPERTS CERTIFY DEATH (Roc. fl.flo a.m.) PARTS. Jan. 12. A panel .of medical experts confirmed that .Jean Clobours was dead and should be buried, llis relatives and friends had the funeral postponed when they believed he was still alive two. days after death, liecause they noticed the body was still warm and supple.