Cantrell Funeral Home

**softailrider** · October-13-18, 09:30 PM

LARA removes bodies from that place in April, shuts it down and begins their investigation. One would think that they searched the place looking for additional remains - how did they miss 11 child corpses in a ceiling? Must have never had a cadaver dog in that place until the latest find. Doesn’t sound like LARA did too good of a job over there.

**Bigb23** · October-13-18, 09:43 PM

Just recently found out about this. A black eye for the city of Flint , again.

**dtowncitylover** · October-13-18, 10:03 PM

Is it just me or does Detroit have a weird problem with funeral homes not properly taking care of bodies? I feel like we hear about this repeatedly through the years. This is probably the worst I've heard about though.

**Towne Cluber** · October-13-18, 10:26 PM

Originally Posted by softailrider

LARA removes bodies from that place in April, shuts it down and begins their investigation. One would think that they searched the place looking for additional remains - how did they miss 11 child corpses in a ceiling? Must have never had a cadaver dog in that place until the latest find. Doesn’t sound like LARA did too good of a job over there.

More so, it doesn’t sound like the funeral home “did too good of a job over there”.

**hybridy** · October-13-18, 11:38 PM

Originally Posted by dtowncitylover

Is it just me or does Detroit have a weird problem with funeral homes not properly taking care of bodies? I feel like we hear about this repeatedly through the years. This is probably the worst I've heard about though.

https://www.freep.com/story/news/loc...gan/107110370/

Not a popular opinion, but it seems like majority minority MI cities have a problem - is this black on black crime, the community preying on its own? Is this evidence of a systemic breakdown of society? muck FAGA tho

**Meddle** · October-14-18, 05:34 AM

Who's Lara Cantrell and what place does she work for?

**Honky Tonk** · October-14-18, 05:52 AM

Originally Posted by Meddle

Who's Lara Cantrell and what place does she work for?

There were Cantrell funeral around Detroit with several locations. I know a couple have closed. I wonder if it's any relation? The article linked cites "Swanson". Maybe the two have merged.

https://www.dignitymemorial.com/fune...eral-home/8235

**SyGolden48236** · October-14-18, 07:15 AM

Originally Posted by Bigb23

Just recently found out about this. A black eye for the city of Flint , again.

This has nothing to do with Flint. Cantrell Funeral Home is on Mack Avenue in DETROIT.

**SyGolden48236** · October-14-18, 07:19 AM

Originally Posted by softailrider

LARA removes bodies from that place in April, shuts it down and begins their investigation. One would think that they searched the place looking for additional remains - how did they miss 11 child corpses in a ceiling? Must have never had a cadaver dog in that place until the latest find. Doesn’t sound like LARA did too good of a job over there.

You cannot blame L.A.R.A. for this. One cannot reasonably expect that anybody would store bodies in a false ceiling. The culpability for this rests solely with the mentally defective person who placed the bodies in the ceiling in the first place.

**Zacha341** · October-14-18, 08:24 AM

Swanson is top re. funeral homes in Detroit in regards to reputation and proper business. I am certain they desire no connection to this. I could not find the connection... did I miss something?

Originally Posted by Honky Tonk

There were Cantrell funeral around Detroit with several locations. I know a couple have closed. I wonder if it's any relation? The article linked cites "Swanson". Maybe the two have merged.

https://www.dignitymemorial.com/fune...eral-home/8235

**Honky Tonk** · October-14-18, 09:28 AM

Originally Posted by Zacha341

Swanson is top re. funeral homes in Detroit in regards to reputation and proper business. I am certain they desire no connection to this. I could not find the connection... did I miss something?

Good Morning Zacha341, I'm familiar with Swanson Funeral Home and always considered them upscale. From the Freep link posted by Hybridy, I saw the "Swanson" name and thought there might be an affiliation. The article says no. I thought the last time I drove by Cantrell on Mack, I thought they were closed permanently. Bodies left in boxes is negligence, bodies hidden in floorboards is deliberate. The scenario is disgusting. These are someone's loved ones. This sounds like a scam. Someone was pocketing the money.

**Honky Tonk** · October-14-18, 09:39 AM

Originally Posted by dtowncitylover

Is it just me or does Detroit have a weird problem with funeral homes not properly taking care of bodies? I feel like we hear about this repeatedly through the years. This is probably the worst I've heard about though.

It's you because the article is about Flint.

**313WX** · October-14-18, 09:46 AM

Originally Posted by Honky Tonk

It's you because the article is about Flint.

The Swanson's funeral home in Flint is/was connected to the ones in Detroit.

The son of the person who ran the Detroit locations ran the location in Flint.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7_oPSl_cn18&t=65s

If you seriously believe there are no ties and the apple fell far from the tree, I have a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn.

**313WX** · October-14-18, 09:48 AM

BTW, just so everyone knows, the same people who ran Cantrell's on Mack are running the new location in Eastpointe.

https://www.qacantrellfunerals.com

"Compassion, commitment, and service are the focus of Q A Cantrell Funeral Services. Our mission is to establish a long-lasting, trusting relationship with the community and surrounding areas. Our father, Raymond E. Cantrell, founder of Cantrell Funeral Home in Detroit, has provided excellent service for over 50 years. AS the next generation of funeral directors, our goal is to continue in his footprints of quality, family-oriented and customer focused funeral service."

**hybridy** · October-14-18, 10:13 AM

Originally Posted by Meddle

Who's Lara Cantrell and what place does she work for?

LARA = The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs

https://www.michigan.gov/lara

**hybridy** · October-14-18, 10:19 AM

Originally Posted by Zacha341

Swanson is top re. funeral homes in Detroit in regards to reputation and proper business. I am certain they desire no connection to this. I could not find the connection... did I miss something?

Swanson has father - son operations. The son went off the rails and daddy doesn’t want to be affiliated.

https://nypost.com/2017/07/14/mortic...nt-of-corpses/

**Zacha341** · October-14-18, 10:21 AM

Yeah, I knew that. The periods in between the letters in earlier posts helped indicate it was a acronym. LOL!

Originally Posted by hybridy

LARA = The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs

https://www.michigan.gov/lara

**Zacha341** · October-14-18, 10:26 AM

Yeah, elder Swanson's people handled Ms. Aretha Franklin's funeral.

No way do they want this negative connection. Sounds like it's going to be a grand Thanksgiving family gathering for the Swanson's!!

Originally Posted by hybridy

Swanson has father - son operations. The son went off the rails and daddy doesn’t want to be affiliated.

https://nypost.com/2017/07/14/mortic...nt-of-corpses/

**Lowell** · October-14-18, 10:34 AM

Talk about a creepy ghoulish story just in time for Halloween...

Swanson's is ~the~ celebrity funeral home--Rosa Parks, Coleman Young, Aretha...

LARA is too busy making the state tons of money licensing marijuana.

**Meddle** · October-14-18, 10:49 AM

Originally Posted by 313WX

BTW, just so everyone knows, the same people who ran Cantrell's on Mack are running the new location in Eastpointe.

"Compassion, commitment, and service are the focus of Q A Cantrell Funeral Services. Our mission is to establish a long-lasting, trusting relationship with the community and surrounding areas. Our father, Raymond E. Cantrell, founder of Cantrell Funeral Home in Detroit, has provided excellent service for over 50 years. As the next generation of funeral directors, our goal is to continue in his footprints of quality, family-oriented and customer focused funeral service."

Should that be bolded instead?

**313WX** · October-14-18, 10:57 AM

Originally Posted by Meddle

Should that be bolded instead?

Ah, good catch!

**cla1945** · October-14-18, 10:58 AM

Originally Posted by Lowell

Talk about a creepy ghoulish story just in time for Halloween...

Swanson's is ~the~ celebrity funeral home--Rosa Parks, Coleman Young, Aretha...

LARA is too busy making the state tons of money licensing marijuana.

There are 11 babies in that attic, stuffed in boxes and small caskets. I don't think we should associate this horrible tragedy with Halloween...where is the outrage in the community?

**hybridy** · October-14-18, 10:58 AM

Originally Posted by Zacha341

Yeah, I knew that. The periods in between the letters in earlier posts helped indicate it was a acronym. LOL!

I was clarifying for Meddle

**Zacha341** · October-14-18, 11:12 AM

I know you were, just having a bit o' fun...

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**Honky Tonk** · October-14-18, 11:19 AM

Originally Posted by Lowell

Talk about a creepy ghoulish story just in time for Halloween...

Swanson's is ~the~ celebrity funeral home--Rosa Parks, Coleman Young, Aretha...

LARA is too busy making the state tons of money licensing marijuana.

Admin, I find this post offensive. Please delete it.