Puerto Rico corpse kept upright for 3-day wake - GoFuckYourself.com

Slick · 04-29-2010, 07:52 AM

This story is almost a couple of years old, so please don't flame me with a timeline pic if it's already been posted here a million times, ha ha.

http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/art...corpse-CR.html

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A Puerto Rican man has been granted his wish to remain standing - even in death.

A funeral home used a special embalming treatment to keep the corpse of 24-year-old Angel Pantoja Medina standing upright for his three-day wake.

Dressed in a Yankees baseball cap and sunglasses, Pantoja was mourned by relatives while propped upright in his mother's living room.
His brother Carlos told the El Nuevo Dia newspaper the victim had long said he wanted to be upright for his own wake: "He wanted to be happy, standing."

The owner of the Marin Funeral Home, Damaris Marin, told The Associated Press the mother asked him to fulfill her dead son's last wish.

Pantoja was found dead Friday underneath a bridge in San Juan and buried Monday. Police are investigating.
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I think that'd be soooo fucking awkward going to my friend's funeral and seeing him like that.

Andy CHOOPA · 04-29-2010, 08:44 AM

LOL, love this story. Why not stuff him and keep him there always?

(off color?)

candyflip · 04-29-2010, 08:45 AM

The same place did a corpse on a motorcycle.

MaDalton · 04-29-2010, 08:45 AM

i would have attached some strings and made him wink at the people

04-29-2010, 07:52 AM	#1
Slick Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Houghton, MI Posts: 7,338	Puerto Rico corpse kept upright for 3-day wake This story is almost a couple of years old, so please don't flame me with a timeline pic if it's already been posted here a million times, ha ha. http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/art...corpse-CR.html SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A Puerto Rican man has been granted his wish to remain standing - even in death. A funeral home used a special embalming treatment to keep the corpse of 24-year-old Angel Pantoja Medina standing upright for his three-day wake. Dressed in a Yankees baseball cap and sunglasses, Pantoja was mourned by relatives while propped upright in his mother's living room. His brother Carlos told the El Nuevo Dia newspaper the victim had long said he wanted to be upright for his own wake: "He wanted to be happy, standing." The owner of the Marin Funeral Home, Damaris Marin, told The Associated Press the mother asked him to fulfill her dead son's last wish. Pantoja was found dead Friday underneath a bridge in San Juan and buried Monday. Police are investigating. ---------------------------------------------- I think that'd be soooo fucking awkward going to my friend's funeral and seeing him like that. Last edited by Slick; 04-29-2010 at 07:53 AM..

04-29-2010, 08:44 AM	#2
Andy CHOOPA Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Red Bank NJ Posts: 1,156	LOL, love this story. Why not stuff him and keep him there always? (off color?) __________________ Andy Choopa ICQ: 412-203-056 DUAL XEONS W/100 Mbps UNMETERED- $199/ month!!

04-29-2010, 08:45 AM	#3
candyflip Carpe Visio Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: New York Posts: 43,052	The same place did a corpse on a motorcycle. __________________ Spend you some brain. Email Me

04-29-2010, 08:45 AM	#4
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