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Lamb Funeral Home Scandal
The Lamb Funeral Home in Pasadena, California was founded in 1929 by Charles F. Lamb. Charles passed the business on to his son, Lawrence Lamb, who in turn passed it on to his daughter Laurieanne Lamb-Sconce. It was a trusted family-run business until a gruesome scandal was uncovered on January 20, 1987. In the 1980s, the funeral home on Orange Grove Boulevard was run by Jerry Sconce and his wife, Laurieanne Lamb-Sconce, the granddaughter of Charles F. Lamb. The crematory was run by their son, David Sconce. In the first year that David ran the cremation services, business went from 194 cremations annually to 1,675 and continued to exponentially grow to 8,173 in 1985. The two ovens at the crematory were running 16 to 18 hours a day and David would have the bodies packed in, sometimes making it a competition with employees to see who could fit the most bodies into an oven. His employees dubbed him "Little Hitler". After an unsuccessful bid to construct a large crematorium failed an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Sconce
Jerry Sconce was an American football coach and funeral director convicted for his involvement in the Lamb Funeral Home scandal. He was the fifth head football coach at Azusa Pacific College—now known as Azusa Pacific University—in Azusa, California, serving for six seasons, from 1972 to 1977 and compiling a record of 24–31. Biography Jerry Sconce was born on October 6, 1933, in Shawnee, Oklahoma. He was the fifth head football coach at Azusa Pacific College—now known as Azusa Pacific University—in Azusa, California, serving for six seasons, from 1972 to 1977. and compiling a record of 24–31. He died on January 28, 2019, in California. Criminal charges Sconce operated the Lamb_Funeral_Home_scandal, Lamb Funeral Home with his wife, Laurieanne Lamb-Sconce. The Sconces and their son David Sconce, David were arrested on numerous charges relating to forgery of donor consent forms, removal of organs and body parts from the dead and selling them to organ banks and fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |