- The family of Sumner Peck issued a cease and desist letter to the San Joaquin River Parkway and Conservation Trust to stop using the ‘Peck’ name.
- The family says the use of human composting has dragged the family name “through the mud.”
- The letter gives the trust and Earth Funeral Group 14 days to comply.
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The issue of human composting at Sumner Peck Ranch caught the eye of the family whose name adorns the historic San Joaquin River farm. Because of it, attorneys for the family now want the San Joaquin River Parkway and Conservation Trust to stop using Sumner Peck’s name, saying the patriarch’s name never came with the 2020 real estate sale.
A cease-and-desist letter from the family to the trust and Earth Funeral Group says the association of human composting with the Peck name has led some to believe the family endorses the usage of human remains to fertilize the land. The letter also calls on Earth Funeral Group to stop all deliveries of composted human remains…