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Old 11-29-2005, 08:37 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Ashes to Ashes...

Fan: Dumped mom's ashes on field
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PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (AP) -- A man arrested for running onto the field during the Philadelphia Eagles' game against the Green Bay Packers on Sunday told police he was spreading his late mother's ashes.

Christopher Noteboom, of Tempe, Arizona, ran onto the field holding a plastic bag, leaving a cloud of fine powder behind.

As he reached the 30-yard line, he dropped to his knees, made the sign of the cross and laid down on his stomach. Security personnel reached him moments later and he offered no resistance as he was escorted from the field.

The 33-year-old Noteboom, a native of Doylestown, said his mother died of emphysema in January 2005, shortly before the Eagles' Super Bowl appearance.

"She never cared for any other team except the Eagles," Noteboom told WPVI-TV after he was released from custody Monday.

"I know that the last handful of ashes I had are laying on the field, and will never be taken away. She'll always be part of Lincoln Financial Field and of the Eagles."

Noteboom, a bar owner in Arizona, was charged with defiant trespass. He has a hearing scheduled for December 27.

"It's bizarre, but we have a zero tolerance for people who run on the field," Police Inspector William Colarulo said. "We especially have a zero tolerance for people who run onto the field and dump an unknown substance in a stadium full of people."

Eagles spokeswoman Bonnie Grant said the team has declined requests to spread ashes on the field.
that's a good reason for running onto the field.. I suppose...

Years back, when the father of a friend of mine passed away, this man was an avid golfer and his mother decided that he'd really want his ashes spread out on the golf course of the country club he spent so much time at... So at about 2:00am one morning... We spread the ashes on the fareway of the 11th hole.. It was the hardest hole...

If you plan on being creamated when you die, if you are planning on dying.. what do you want done with the ashes?
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