Prior to his death in 1970, at the age of 53, my dad was a millionaire geologist. Among other things, he owned two mercury mines north of San Francisco.
At the time of his death, he was dating a woman (Ellen ???) who owned, with her husband, a chain of sporting goods stores in the Bay Area. She obviously did not need more money.
Just prior to his death on a business trip, with her, to Phoenix, AZ, she had him sign a last will and testament giving her everything. Her kids were the witnesses. (quite illegal)
When he died, she had him cremated and the ashes dumped out of an airplane over Phoenix, BEFORE SHE EVER CONTACTED MY SISTER OR MYSELF TELLING OF HIS PASSING. To do this, she needed to state that she was his wife. (quite illegal)
Besides the mines and bank account, she also got his gold and silver coin collection he had hidden in his linen closet. Every sheet, pillow case, towel, etc. was neatly folded. What the onlooker did not know was that between each folded layer of cloth was a layer of gold and silver coins.
- Note - My sister and I both feel dad would not have given her everything unless he wanted to do such. We did not contest the will. We did not have the money to contest it anyway. We had no way to prove she was a murderer, so did not pursue that. We both feel the Lord knows and there will come a judgement day.
Anyway, that is my gold and silver coin story.