Win for Perth widows as government backflips on burial plot expiry
After months of anguish, a group of WA widows will have their final wishes honoured after the state government overturned a policy previously preventing them from being buried in pre-purchased plots beside their husbands.
The women paid for the graves at the since closed East Rockingham Pioneer Cemetery more than two decades ago when their partners died.
But what they didn't know was that the purchase had a 25-year expiry date.
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After months of anguish, a group of WA widows will have their final wishes honoured. A Current Affair
When A Current Affair spoke to Sheila Goble, 81, in August, she was distraught at the knowledge she couldn't be laid to rest beside the love of her life, Fred.
"He thinks we're going to be buried together there, it's heartless, it really is," Goble told A Current Affair.
But after the state government and local council identified more than 200 impacted residents impacted, it amended the order, allowing those who previously held a right of burial to be laid to rest there.
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Sheila Goble was distraught at the knowledge she couldn't be laid to rest beside the love of her life. A Current Affair
"[I feel] fantastic, I can keep my promise to Fred," Goble told A Current Affair.
"Thank you, I didn't think this day would come."
The WA Government is urging anyone else impacted by the decision to get in touch.
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