COLUMBUS, Ohio: The US Postal Service is trying to figure out what happened to a package containing an Ohio woman’s cremated remains, which were supposed to be delivered to her husband but didn’t arrive before her funeral.

The Columbus Dispatch reports that 80-year-old Barbara Kirkendall died Nov. 5 at a Cleveland hospital, apparently because of a blood infection. Her remains were sent to her Columbus-area home after cremation.

Norman Kirkendall says he was scheduled to receive his wife’s ashes by noon Saturday. He says he waited for hours, but the package never showed up.

Spokesman David Van Allen says the Postal Service is conducting a “vigilant search.”

Kirkendall’s family held a memorial service Thursday without the remains. Her husband says the planned military burial is postponed until the ashes are found.