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treky · 07-16-2014, 10:53 PM

and they have a pacemaker, artificial limbs etc;what happen to them? Do they remove them? If so what do they do with them? I'm wondering because my father had a pacemaker when he died back in Jan.

Zoneboy · 07-17-2014, 12:09 AM

When my girlfriend's brother died last year he was cremated and his prosthetic leg was given back to the VA so that someone else could use it. There are people that will sell used artificial limbs on Ebay. Also, I seriously doubt that a pacemaker could be removed from anyone that has died without permission from the family.

Ohio8 · 07-17-2014, 12:38 AM

Pacemakers are removed from bodies before cremation because its battery explodes from the retort's intense heat.

Zoneboy · 07-17-2014, 12:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Ohio8

Pacemakers are removed from bodies before cremation because its battery explodes from the retort's intense heat.

I was thinking of burials but what you said makes sense.

Penny Lane · 07-17-2014, 12:34 PM

This might sound morbid or irreverent but my dad wanted one of us to pull out his gold crowns out of his mouth when he died. We didn't do that of course

Actually gold crowns have very little gold in them and aren't worth much.

07-16-2014, 10:53 PM	#1
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07-17-2014, 12:09 AM	#2
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07-17-2014, 12:34 PM	#5
Penny Lane Butter Pie Forum Icon Join Date: Jul 03, 2001 Location: Beneath the blue suburban skies Posts: 51,048	This might sound morbid or irreverent but my dad wanted one of us to pull out his gold crowns out of his mouth when he died. We didn't do that of course Actually gold crowns have very little gold in them and aren't worth much.
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07-17-2014, 12:38 AM	#3
Ohio8 Member Forum Star Join Date: Jul 29, 2003 Location: Wherever you aren't. Posts: 18,914	Pacemakers are removed from bodies before cremation because its battery explodes from the retort's intense heat.