Let's say that my father, a much decorated veteran of WWII & heroically killed in action, was buried in the only known example of the Ace Coffin Company's Model 209- a revolutionary coffin design of its time. Drawings, blueprints, and detailed written descriptions of the coffin by those who built it exist. The same documentation is available for the Model 208 that preceeded it. But there are rumors that the 209 did not allow its occupants to 'rest in eternal comfort' as advertised.

The International Society for the History of Necrology (a listed charitable organization: they are all, all, honourable men) decides the "Mystery of the 209" and the questions about its design flaws need to be answered. The Society also wants to add this coffin to their museum exhibit "The Pine Box Comes of Age". They are supported in this by a large group of individuals who inexplicably enjoy playing dress-up in 1940's clothing and pretending to be Undertakers and Morticians of the WWII period- as long as they don't have to deal with real dead bodies, embalming fluid, etc. and only do it on weekends.

Therefore, it is appropriate for this Association to dig Dad up, chuck him out of the Model 209, rebury him (with honors, of course), etc. etc??

Wonder how many people would welcome this kind of treatment of their parents............