http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2006-01-10-unburiedwoman_x.htm
MADISONVILLE, Ohio Johannas Pope didn't want to be buried, believing that she would come back to life.
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</TD><TD class=sidebar vAlign=top width=75>Authorities say the body of Johannas Pope sat in a chair on the second floor of this house for 2 1/2 years.</TD><TD rowSpan=2>
</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=bottom align=left>By Cara Owsley, The Enquirer via AP</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
Pope died at her home here at age 61 on Aug. 29, 2003. A towel had been placed around her neck to keep her cool on that 87-degree summer day. She wore a white gown while sitting in a chair in an upstairs room, in front of a television that played as family members went about their lives downstairs.
She remained there, according to her wishes, for almost 2½ years.
MADISONVILLE, Ohio Johannas Pope didn't want to be buried, believing that she would come back to life.
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Pope died at her home here at age 61 on Aug. 29, 2003. A towel had been placed around her neck to keep her cool on that 87-degree summer day. She wore a white gown while sitting in a chair in an upstairs room, in front of a television that played as family members went about their lives downstairs.
She remained there, according to her wishes, for almost 2½ years.