My son-in-law's mother's body was donated for research and as Linda said, the body was eventually returned to the family for a private burial. It was a year or so. This was in Minnesota but I think it would be the same all over the US. Don Elias On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:57:45 -0500 "Don" <dwdwrks2@omnitelcom.com> writes: > I looked up the Death Record for an individual the other day. It > stated that > the man had died at U of Iowa Hospital and the body had been donated > for > research. His obit has him buried in Shell Rock, where I found his > grave. > The grave stone has his name on it. What do suppose is under that > stone? > > Don Woodley > > RAOGK for Bremer, Butler, Floyd and Franklin Counties in Iowa. > Researching Woodley, Butler, Ayers, Trindle, Cornford, Relf, > Lingenfelter > and others as time permits. > > _____________________________________________ > > For additional information concerning how the list > works, how to sub and unsub and list rules, visit > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist/ > _____________________________________________ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IOWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ____________________________________________________________ Free information on Digital Photography. Click Now! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/BLSrjpTDvmSMNhL1Om5sNaukWZuAWsOP9DvFCo1TACTSOOFTqHYCkjK2Cek/