State to offer financial assistance to people who had pre-paid funeral funds stolen

State to offer financial assistance to people who had pre-paid funeral funds stolen

More than 120 people and counting in the state have had their money stolen by former funeral director Philip Pietras of Pietras Family Funeral Homes, according to police. They say he embezzled prepaid funeral funds for over a decade. Now, financial relief is on the way for people who lost their money, funded by the state. There is $1 million available to the people who lost money, and they are allocated up to $10,000 “for any one funeral service…