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Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 11:10:47 -0700
Subject: Court rules frozen remains of Springs woman should go to Ariz...
From: MARK PLUS <>

http://www.gazette.com/articles/springs-94927-arizona-court.html

March 01, 2010 11:05 AM
JOHN C. ENSSLIN
The Gazette

A magistrate in El Paso County Probate Court ruled today that the
frozen remains of a deceased 71-year-old Colorado Springs woman should
go to an Arizona-based non-profit that has a contract to cryogenically
preserve her head.



Magistrate Barbara L. Hughes ruled that Mary Robbins' last will
directs that her body be turned over to the Alcor Life Extension
Foundation of Scottsdale, AZ.



Her daughter Darlene Robbins of Pueblo had contested the action,
stating that her mother changed her mind about cryogenics while in
terrible pain a few days before her Feb. 9 death.



Hughes granted a 72-hour stay of her ruling to allow Robbins to take
the case to the Colorado Court of Appeals.



Alcor officials said they are ethically bound to honor the contract
that Mary Robbins, a retired nurse, signed in 2006.



Mary Robbins body remains packed in dry ice in a local funeral home
pending the outcome of the legal battle.
-- 
Mark Plus
Life is short: Freeze hard!

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