[Rhodes22-list] Life Imitates Art (Was this the Griswold family?)

[Brad Haslett]

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http://www.nwcn.com/statenews/oregon/stories/NW_011408ORN_grandmother_roadtrip_LJ.215623a7.html#
**Family continues Oregon-bound roadtrip with dead grandma in RV * *02:32 PM
PST on Monday, January 14, 2008* *By JENNIFER IVESON / KGW*

HILLSBORO, Ore. - A bizarre investigation is underway in Hillsboro, after
police said they were contacted by a family whose grandmother died during a
recent road trip, yet they decided to keep driving with the body in thier RV
until they reached Oregon.

 Family drives over 1,000 miles to Oregon with dead grandma in RV.

Their trip began in California and they first headed to Arkansas. It was
meant to be a special trip for the 79-year-old woman to see loved ones
before she died. She was suffering from renal failure but was expected to
live long enough to complete the trip.

 After Arkansas, the family began driving the RV toward Oregon but their
grandmother died in Wyoming.

 However when she died, the family decided to keep driving and transported
the body more than 1,000 more miles, until they reached Hillsboro.

 "They said a Dr. had told them, based on her condition that if she did die,
they should continue to drive to their destination," said Lt. Michael
Rouches with the Hillsboro Police Department. "She had a personal physician
here in Hillsboro and the idea was that the physician would have her medical
records and information about her condition."

 Police were investigating but said it did not appear that anyone committed
a crime. One of the family members told KGW that the grandma had told the
family it was her wish to be in Oregon for her final days.

 Even so, the Office of the Medical Examiner is helping with the
investigation. Lt. Rouches said, "Their intentions in starting this thing
were good."