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Ashes in the Sand

August 21, 2008 urngarden.com

Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times
Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times

BEIJING (Reuters) – Misty May-Treanor had one worry when she came through customs on her way to the Beijing Olympics: what if they confiscated her mother’s ashes?

American May-Treanor sprinkled some of her mother Barbara’s ashes on the beach volleyball court in Athens when she and Kerri Walsh won the semi-final and the final and she was determined to do the same in Beijing.

After winning the semi on Tuesday, and finals last night, May-Treanor pulled out a camera film canister and sprinkled some more of the ashes on to the sand in the Chaoyang Park stadium.

“My Dad packed it for me and I was like ‘What if they take it in customs as I go in?’ but it was all fine,” May-Treanor said after the match. “We can’t leave her home alone.”

(Reporting by Jane Barrett)

Filed Under: ash scattering, cremation, Memorial Service Ideas, Sports Tagged With: olympics, scattering ashes, women's beach volleyball

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