{"id":276326,"date":"2026-09-01T06:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T06:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/276326\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T06:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T06:32:10","slug":"funeral-home-formerly-owned-by-patrick-vereb-vandalized-new-owner-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/276326\/","title":{"rendered":"Funeral home\u200b formerly owned by Patrick Vereb vandalized, new owner says"},"content":{"rendered":"

A funeral home in Pittsburgh at the center of a criminal case has been vandalized.<\/p>\n

The funeral home<\/a> formerly owned by Patrick Vereb \u2014 who is accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from pet owners for pet cremations<\/a>\u00a0that were never done \u2014 was spray-painted over the weekend with the message, “My dog loved the trash … jokes on you,” according to the building’s new owner.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She spoke with KDKA-TV on Monday to set the record straight about what’s happening there.<\/p>\n

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Shamiah Coulverson, owner of House of Paradise Cremation and Funeral Care.\u00a0<\/p>\n

(Photo Credit: KDKA)<\/p>\n

“I get side eyes from people walking past,” new owner Shamiah Coulverson said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Vereb Funeral Homes and Eternity Pet Memorial is now House of Paradise Cremation and Funeral Care. Coulverson purchased the property a little over a month ago from Vereb. The new business is set to open in a couple of weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“It was a confused person that may have still been dealing with pain and grief over their pet,” Coulverson said on Monday. “I have nothing to do with any of the allegations. I feel for the families that have dealt with their pets not being disposed of correctly.”<\/p>\n

Vereb is currently awaiting trial<\/a>\u00a0on allegations that he took money in exchange for private cremation services, then disposed<\/a>\u00a0of many of the pets at a landfill and provided customers with ashes of other, unknown animals.<\/p>\n

House of Paradise Cremation and Funeral Care doesn’t offer cremation services for pets. Coulverson said she wants to put the past to rest.<\/p>\n

“I can understand that it’s a bad taste in their mouth, but each community should have a funeral home that they can trust their families and loved ones with, and we are trying to be that,” she said.<\/p>\n

Coulverson said she has no intention of pursuing this matter criminally. She says she’ll paint over it and doesn’t want this to happen again.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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