In re the Claim of Drury

Ap*975peal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed January 15, 1998, which, upon reconsideration, adhered to its prior decision ruling that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because his employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Claimant was terminated from his employment as a funeral director after he refused to act as a pallbearer as requested by the employer’s vice-president. At the ensuing hearing, the vice-president testified that claimant had assisted with pallbearing on several previous occasions and that, in this instance,…