Angel Pantoja Medina

The body of deceased Angel Pantoja Medina stands erect and leans against a wall by his coffin during his own wake in his mother's home in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Monday, Aug. 18, 2008.The last wish of Medina, 24, who was found dead on Aug. 15, 2008 underneath a bridge in the capital, was to be standing at his own wake. A funeral home used a special embalming treatment to keep the corpse standing upright for his three-day wake.I mean is this the future of the funerals that are to come... I didn...Read Full Story

Angel Pantoja Medina Stood Upright At His Wake. While many young men dream of cars and ladies or Michael Phelps standing over their beds wearing nothing but his gold medals, twenty-four-year-old Angel Pantoja Medina of Puerto Rico had a different dream: To stand upright at his wake when he died. Dream a lil’ dream, Angelito! And, thanks to a special embalming treatment and an untimely death, his wack-ass dream came true! Aw, happy endings: Dressed in a Yankees baseball cap and sunglasses...Read Full Story

The body of deceased 24 year old Angel Pantoja Medina was left standing erect up against a wall by his coffin during his wake at his mother's home in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Medina's body was found under a bridge and his mother was fulfilling his death wishes. What an unusual request and it's nice that his family honored his wishes, however strange it may appear. The photos are amazing. He is so young and had already talked about death with his family. See Photos According to an Ananova...Read Full Story

I'm all for honoring a dead man's wishes but this is a bit extreme. The corpse of a 24 year old Puerto Rican man was kept upright for his 3-day wake. A Puerto Rican man has been granted his wish to remain standing — even in death. A funeral home used a special embalming treatment to keep the corpse of 24-year-old Angel Pantoja Medina standing upright for his three-day wake. Dressed in a Yankees baseball cap and sunglasses, Pantoja was mourned by relatives while propped upright in his mother's...Read Full Story

Am I the only one that finds this strange? 24-year-old Angel Pantoja Medina of Puerto Rico apparently told his family that when he passes away, he wants to stand upright through his wake. Well, his family granted his wish. Dressed in a Yankees cap, sunglasses and a gold chain, Angel was mourned by family members while standing tall in his mother’s living room for 3 days. The funeral home told The Associated Press that they used a special embalming treatment to keep him standing. His brother...Read Full Story

A 24 year old man that was found dead underneath a bridge in San Juan, Puerto Rico was given his last wish - to stand up during his wake. The owner of the Marin Funeral Home obliged the young man's dying wish by using a special embalming treatment that allowed him to stand upright for his three day wake at the family home. Angel Pantoja Medina received mourning friends and family while he was propped up in the living room of his mother's home while standing next to his coffin. Medina didn...Read Full Story

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - A Puerto Rican man has been granted his wish to remain standing—even in death. A funeral home used a special embalming treatment to keep the corpse of 24-year-old Angel Pantoja Medina standing upright for his three-day wake. Dressed in a Yankees baseball cap and sunglasses, Pantoja was mourned by relatives while propped upright in his mother’s living room. His brother Carlos told the El Nuevo Dia newspaper the victim had long said he wanted to be upright for his...Read Full Story

The body of deceased Angel Pantoja Medina stands erect and leans against a wall by his coffin during his own wake in his mother's home in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Monday, Aug. 18, 2008. The last wish of Medina, 24, who was found dead on Aug. 15, 2008 underneath a bridge in the capital, was to be standing at his own wake, and was embalmed for the occasion.(AP Please dear family, do not do this to me when I go to the great beyond. This is very creepy. One more reason I want to be creamated and...Read Full Story

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Weird: Requesting a three day wake service. Weirder: Requesting a three day wake service with a standing corpse. Unbelievably, that was the dying wish of Angel Pantoja Medina. The local funeral home used a special embalming liquid to keep the 24-year-old Puerto Rican man standing (in his mother’s living room, no less) throughout his three day service.  Pantoja wanted to be remembered “happy, standing,” according to his brother Carlos. Happy, I get, that’s why people have like balloons or...Read Full Story