Maintained slightly above-freezing temperature for about 2 months then straight-frozen.[1] There was some thought of the cryonics premise of eventual reanimation. Within a year she would be thawed and buried by relatives.[2]"

Freeze-Wait-Reanimate, May 1966, 1-2; Ted Kraver, “Notes on the First Human Freezing,” Cryonics Mar. 1989, 11-21; Robert F. Nelson and Sandra Stanley, We Froze the First Man, New York: Dell, 1968, 14, 17-20.
Freeze-Wait-Reanimate, Feb. 1967, 4.
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Cryonics Society of California

"[He was] frozen after some damaging delay. He ended up stored at CSC because they offered the lowest storage rates."

"On May 15, 1970, the horizontal Nisco capsule with the four inside was lowered into the vault [7]. Nelson, in a court document, stated that despite the fact that funds to maintain the capsule were no longer being supplied by relatives, he maintained it “for an additional one-and-a-half years” [8]. It appears then that he quietly let the four bodies thaw, not later than around the end of 1971."

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"She had been autopsied prior to being frozen early. She was briefly stored with Cryo-Care, and then her son hauled her around in a truck for a time, on dry ice. She was soon turned over to a mortuary by the son and buried. "

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"He committed suicide. He was thawed and buried by his son a year or so later."

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"His capsule, a horizontal, Cryo-Care unit like Nisco’s, was eventually removed by his mother, who wanted to pay lower rates, and sent to Nelson."

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"He only remained frozen (at dry ice temperature) for two weeks before relatives refused to pay and instead had him thawed."

Mike Doll, “Vestal Man is 10th 'Frozen' by Cryonics,” The Sun-Bulletin, Binghamton, N.Y. Thurs. Nov. 21, 1968.
“Family Bars Freezing for Heart Victim,” The Suffolk Sun, Thurs. Dec. 5, 1968.
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In August 1971[1] she was removed from CSNY by her husband, Nicholas, and placed in an underground vault in New Jersey, which Nelson helped set up.

"Nicholas DeBlasio was living in the vicinity of New York City when his wife Ann died in January 1969. I understand his being a gun-toting policeman helped in prodding reluctant hospital officials to cooperate quickly in her freezing, which was carried out under sponsorship of CSNY. His wife was stored for a time on their New York premises, but Nelson convinced DeBlasio she could be maintained at a self-constructed facility more economically, and helped him set one up, a Chatsworth-style vault on a smaller scale, in a cemetery in Butler, New Jersey. The site, which became operational in August 1971, was tended by DeBlasio himself under an arrangement with CSC which allowed them to claim this East Coast location as an additional facility [25]."

"For several years, it appears, things went well despite the potential for trouble. Then in August 1978 a problem developed. A hammer or other heavy object was used to break the ice so half of the lid could be removed, and the rough handling caused a leak in the vacuum jacket. DeBlasio’s friend John Bull helped get it fixed. The patients inside were safely removed and stored on dry ice then returned to the repaired capsule and all was well. Unfortunately, there was more trouble of this sort and a partial meltdown and decomposition of the bodies occurred about May 1979. The decision was made to continue with the suspensions, but first the bodies had to be fully thawed out to remove them, which took about two days. This time Curtis Henderson assisted Bull and DeBlasio with the attempted salvage. The capsule again was repaired and the bodies again placed inside. But in July 1980, after another capsule failure with further decomposition, it was decided to terminate the suspensions and bury the patients. Mike Darwin, Joe Allen and personnel from a nearby mortuary were called in to dispose of the bodies and also reclaim the still-valuable capsule. Again many hours were needed; Mike used a breathing apparatus when the capsule on its side had to be entered to remove the remains which had fallen to the bottom and frozen in place in a plug of body fluids. Mike commented: “The agonizing thing for me about this most recent loss is that it represents the first time to my knowledge that two people have thawed out and lost their chances not because of lack of money, but because of lack of sense.” [26]"

“New Storage Facilities,” The Outlook, Sep. 1971, 1; “New East Coast Facility Opened,” Cryonics Review, Sep. 1971, 1.
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"[He] would be terminated when his son who was funding it moved to Australia and no longer wanted to make payments."

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"Both were kept on dry ice for awhile. When Steven Mandell arrived (see above), his capsule was opened and these two were placed inside along with the original patient. (Possibly the capsule arrived before the freezing of the little girl.) The capsule was then stored in the Chatsworth crypt with the now-abandoned Nisco capsule. As was generally true with these early capsules, this one had problems with the vacuum insulation; frequent pumping was needed to harden the vacuum and keep the boiloff of liquid nitrogen to a reasonable rate. Evidently the capsule was not checked nearly as often as it should have been. Sometime around mid-1974 it was found to have failed and been without liquid nitrogen for “a long interval” [15]. I would date the termination of its three suspensions from this time (or possibly earlier, if there were earlier failures of this sort), although the capsule was refilled and maintained, according to Nelson’s testimony, for several more years [16]."

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She was 8 years old.

"Both were kept on dry ice for awhile. When Steven Mandell arrived (see above), his capsule was opened and these two were placed inside along with the original patient. (Possibly the capsule arrived before the freezing of the little girl.) The capsule was then stored in the Chatsworth crypt with the now-abandoned Nisco capsule. As was generally true with these early capsules, this one had problems with the vacuum insulation; frequent pumping was needed to harden the vacuum and keep the boiloff of liquid nitrogen to a reasonable rate. Evidently the capsule was not checked nearly as often as it should have been. Sometime around mid-1974 it was found to have failed and been without liquid nitrogen for “a long interval” [15]. I would date the termination of its three suspensions from this time (or possibly earlier, if there were earlier failures of this sort), although the capsule was refilled and maintained, according to Nelson’s testimony, for several more years [16]."

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"In November 1972 CSC froze a middle-aged, California woman (name withheld) who was transferred to the New Jersey site. She and Mrs. DeBlasio were stored for several years in an upright capsule which was checked only at intervals of seven weeks, when the previously filled capsule would have been nearly empty and in need of a major fill. The capsule had a two-piece, removable lid or neck plug, but an arrangement of steel fill pipes allowed liquid nitrogen to be added without opening the capsule, to facilitate the large volume of high-pressure, bulk-delivered liquid nitrogen that was required to complete filling the unit in a reasonable time. The uninsulated fill pipes had a drawback, however, in that heat conduction from the outside to the interior was greatly increased. One consequence besides increasing the boiloff of liquid nitrogen was icing of the lid which made it difficult to open the capsule for periodic inspections of the interior. These in turn were needed since the capsule had no instrumentation to indicate liquid nitrogen levels or interior temperature. (DeBlasio also had a personal motive to look inside since the patients were stored upright so he was able to see his frozen wife in an approximately lifelike pose.) CSC meanwhile folded and DeBlasio continued alone."

"For several years, it appears, things went well despite the potential for trouble. Then in August 1978 a problem developed. A hammer or other heavy object was used to break the ice so half of the lid could be removed, and the rough handling caused a leak in the vacuum jacket. DeBlasio’s friend John Bull helped get it fixed. The patients inside were safely removed and stored on dry ice then returned to the repaired capsule and all was well. Unfortunately, there was more trouble of this sort and a partial meltdown and decomposition of the bodies occurred about May 1979. The decision was made to continue with the suspensions, but first the bodies had to be fully thawed out to remove them, which took about two days. This time Curtis Henderson assisted Bull and DeBlasio with the attempted salvage. The capsule again was repaired and the bodies again placed inside. But in July 1980, after another capsule failure with further decomposition, it was decided to terminate the suspensions and bury the patients. Mike Darwin, Joe Allen and personnel from a nearby mortuary were called in to dispose of the bodies and also reclaim the still-valuable capsule. Again many hours were needed; Mike used a breathing apparatus when the capsule on its side had to be entered to remove the remains which had fallen to the bottom and frozen in place in a plug of body fluids. Mike commented: “The agonizing thing for me about this most recent loss is that it represents the first time to my knowledge that two people have thawed out and lost their chances not because of lack of money, but because of lack of sense.” [26]"

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"[She] was maintained on dry ice for nearly two years. There were some overtures to Nelson during this time to arrange for permanent storage in liquid nitrogen; these came to naught. She remained in dry ice storage at CSNY’s facility until November 1974, when her two children, by now unhappy with the cost and the emotional burden, had her buried."

Los Angeles Superior Court case C-161229, Deposition of Claire Halpert esp. 58, 71-72 (Aug. 4, 1978); Deposition of Richard Dostal esp. 64 (Mar. 22, 1979). Though these depositions appear mainly correct, they erroneously report or suggest that Clara Dostal, mother of Claire and Richard, was stored for a time in liquid nitrogen. Claire Halpert (Claire Branand) later denied this (private communication 24 November 2009) and this was confirmed by Mike Darwin who was intimately acquainted with the case (private communications 17 October 2014).
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http://chronopause.com/chronopause.com/index.php/2012/04/14/cryonics-failure-analysis-part-i-preface-and-initialization-failure-part-1/index.html

1982-11-13: transferred to Alcor
1983-11-02: converted to neuro

initials: R.M.

"[He] was then stored privately by his son for several years before being thawed and, still in his capsule, buried." [1]

The Immortalist, Nov. 1977, 2; Cryonics, Jun. 1981, 2; private sources.
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"In October 1974 Nelson froze a six-year-old boy (name withheld), who had died of leukemia. Nelson handled the maintenance at first, then turned the task over to the boy’s father, who dealt directly with the liquid nitrogen supplier [17]. When the capsule was opened it was still functional and in good condition. The body overall was in a good state of preservation but showed cracking damage which has been reported as evidence it was thawed and refrozen; instead the cause was likely the rapid quenching with LN2 that occurred initially, at the time of suspension [18]. The body was placed in a casket and prepared for viewing by the family prior to burial [19]."

"Nelson’s freezing operations ended with the thawing of Ledesma and the boy in April 1979. The local press became interested, and, it was said, forced open the crypt and, though finding no bodies in the areas they were able to access, made much of the general ruin and offensive conditions. “The stench near the crypt is disarming,” wrote one reporter, “strips away all defenses, spins the stomach into a thousand dizzying somersaults” [20]. Nelson defended his actions, however. “I haven’t done anything criminal, anything wrong other than a lot of bad decisions. It didn’t work. It failed. There was no money. Who can guarantee that you’re going to be suspended for 10 or 15 years” [21]."

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"In July 1976 Nelson froze a man, Pedro Ledesma, who had died the previous year and been kept by a relative in a mortuary refrigerator. Some ten months elapsed between death and freezing, so clearly the suspension was severely compromised from the start. Ledesma, however, was placed in the capsule in the crypt with the boy, and removed from suspension at the same time. (This capsule stood upright, with a removable lid; the two other, horizontal units were welded shut when in use.)"

"Nelson’s freezing operations ended with the thawing of Ledesma and the boy in April 1979. The local press became interested, and, it was said, forced open the crypt and, though finding no bodies in the areas they were able to access, made much of the general ruin and offensive conditions. “The stench near the crypt is disarming,” wrote one reporter, “strips away all defenses, spins the stomach into a thousand dizzying somersaults” [20]. Nelson defended his actions, however. “I haven’t done anything criminal, anything wrong other than a lot of bad decisions. It didn’t work. It failed. There was no money. Who can guarantee that you’re going to be suspended for 10 or 15 years” [21]."

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Bay Area Cryonics Society

Bay Area Cryonics Society became the American Cryonics Society

She was preserved on dry ice during the first 10 years.

"The last suspension failure of this sort was of Samuel Berkowitz, who was frozen in July 1978 and stored at Trans Time’s facility in northern California. I understand that, as the relatives who were funding the suspension (again lacking arrangements themselves) began to lose interest and/or wherewithal, an offer was made to continue the suspension as a neuro (head-only) free of charge, but it was turned down. Instead in October 1983 they had Berkowitz thawed, submerged in formaldehyde, and buried that way [27]. No attempt was made specifically to preserve the brain."

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1982-11-13: transferred to Alcor
1983-11-02: converted to neuro

[private property]

1984 [exact date unknown]: preserved at only -65oC at chateau in the Loire valley
2006-03: thawed due to a malfunction of the freezer

[private property]

1989 [exact date unknown]: preserved by grandson Trygve Bauge
1990-1993: Trans Time
1993-...: preserved by grandson and zir mother
they wanted to create a new facility called the "International Cryonics Institute and Center for Life Extension". I.C.I.C.L.E.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_and_Linda_Chamberlain#Linda's_mother

Brain and rest of body stored separately

between 1993 and 1999

[private property]

2008-12-16: transferred to Alcor
2010-11-19: accepted as Alcor patient

between 1993 and 1999

between 1993 and 1999

between 1993 and 1999

https://www.alcor.org/cryonics/cryonics1995-3.pdf

procedure done by BioPreservation (source: Mike Darwin: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/New_Cryonet/conversations/messages/16278;_ylc=X3oDMTJybDczNTVlBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzczODg0MTUxBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNzU0MTY1MARtc2dJZAMxNjI3OARzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNycGx5BHN0aW1lAzE1MzY1NzA0MDE-?act=reply&messageNum=16278)
2001-01-24: transferred to Alcor from CryoCare

procedure done by BioPreservation (source: Mike Darwin: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/New_Cryonet/conversations/messages/16278;_ylc=X3oDMTJybDczNTVlBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzczODg0MTUxBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNzU0MTY1MARtc2dJZAMxNjI3OARzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNycGx5BHN0aW1lAzE1MzY1NzA0MDE-?act=reply&messageNum=16278)
2001-01-24: transferred to Alcor from CryoCare

between 1993 and 1999

between 1993 and 1999

between 1993 and 1999

between 1993 and 1999

between 1993 and 1999