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Too Close for Comfort?

By Gerry W. Beyer

Coeur_daleneThe following is from Isabelle Duerme, Funeral Home Near Retirement Center Angers Seniors, AHN News, Jan. 3, 2008:

Senior residents of a local [Coeur d’Alene, Idaho] retirement center are protesting against plans to construct a funeral home right across the street.

Saying that the location of the proposed establishment would be a bit too much of a train, many older residents of the center signed a petition, showing the protest of about 100 residents of the Lake City Senior Center.

The petition is aimed to urge the City Council to revoke the permit issued to James Asper and Mary Hansen, of Aspen Funeral Home LLC, giving them the license to lease the building being eyed as the new funeral parlor. * * *

Unaware of the petition until informed, Mary Hansen said that the funeral home’s location was chosen because it was suitable for the business’ needs. She said that it was not because of its proximity to the senior center.

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