Co-op sack funeral care workers after man's 35st body 'stored in wash room' The deceased family, from Birmingham, called on the funeral service to 'better accommodate larger people' after Central England Co-operative's internal probe into the case in Nechells Updated The family of the deceased said 'more should be done to accommodate larger people' after the case in Nechells, Birmingham (Image: Google StreetView) Two funeral care workers have been sacked after the body of a man who weighed over 35-stone was 'stored in wash room for four-weeks.' It is understood the deceased was allegedly kept within his coffin in a washing and dressing room rather than being refrigerated in the mortuary at the Co-operative's funeralcare home in Great Brook Street, Nechells, because of his size.