Funeral home finds woman breathing hours after she was declared dead

An 82-year-old was pronounced dead at a nursing home but was found to be breathing three hours later.

An 82-year-old woman was pronounced dead at a New York nursing home but found to be breathing three hours later at the funeral home where she had been taken, authorities said.

The woman was pronounced dead at Water's Edge Rehab and Nursing Center at Port Jefferson on Long Island at 11:15 a.m. Saturday, Suffolk County police said.