No, nor should they have.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Thorp ... nnsylvania
... Meanwhile, Thorpe's third wife, unbeknownst to the rest of his family, took Thorpe's body (from OK) and had it shipped to Pennsylvania when she heard that the small Pennsylvania towns of Mauch Chunk and East Mauch Chunk were seeking to attract business. She made a deal with officials which, according to Thorpe's son Jack, was made by the widowed Patricia for monetary considerations. This deal was made in May 1954, a year after Thorpe had died. The towns "bought" Thorpe's remains, which were interred there in 1957, erected a monument to him at the grave, merged, and renamed the newly united town in his honor as Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. Thorpe had never been there. The monument site contains his tomb, two statues of him in athletic poses, and historical markers recounting his life story.
The widow is just a greedhead, lots of them in the world. However, 2 entire towns deciding that this was ethical, honorable and good was sick. I will never visit. Did you?
Legal battles ensued until
... On October 5, 2015, the United States Supreme Court refused to hear the matter, effectively ending the legal process.
60 years
