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N.J. funeral home withheld mother’s ashes, lost her jewelry, lawsuit says

Aisha Smith, of Teaneck, says Carnie P. Bragg Funeral Home of Paterson mishandled a cremation and funeral for her mother, Valerie Wilson, 72, according to a lawsuit filed in Passaic County.

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