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NEWS ARCHIVE - INDUSTRY AND RELATED NEWS
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Hillenbrand Industries to Record First Quarter Impairment Charge Due to Investment Losses in Insurance Unit Portfolio 01/31/2003 Low cost drives Arizona cremation boom 01/31/2003 Flood of interest in Glasgow funeral post 01/31/2003 Pentagon eyes mass graves Option would fight contamination after bioterror deaths... 01/31/2003 Picking the Performers Matthews International one of several Pittsburgh-based companies worth watching... 01/31/2003 54% in state pick cremation Although cremation is on the rise across the country, Arizonans make it their choice at slightly more than twice the national average... 01/31/2003 No dogs allowed In addition to the ban on dogs, the rules prescribe a limit of two flower receptacles per grave... 01/31/2003 Herrling Pleased with Progress Of New WWII Memorial in D.C. Local veterans of World War II expressed excitement and hope that they will finally see a national memorial dedicated to their service and sacrifice... 01/31/2003 NY Teens Make Grave Error Cops say trio stole, partied with bodies... 01/30/2003 More Utahns turning to cremation 01/30/2003 Cartoonist Bill Mauldin buried at Arlington National Cemetery 01/30/2003 Hillenbrand Industries Conference Call On First Quarter 2003 Financial Results Thu, Feb 6 01/30/2003 Cremation legislation could be modeled by other states The legislation was drawn from some of the most demanding state cremation laws in the nation... 01/30/2003 Mummy Dearest Many of the objects in the Springfield Museums' collection are part of funerary ritual... 01/30/2003 Youth Volunteers Find Confederate Grave Near Rail Trail Members of the Royal Rangers Outpost No. 19 plan to talk to the owners about a preservation and beautification project for the gravesite... 01/30/2003 Central Funeral Home gives that homey feeling The fact that Central doesn't resemble a funeral home on the inside or outside was done by no accident... 01/30/2003 Funeral Plan Could Expire When You Do Under Senate Bill 91, postmortem switcheroos would be legal in Utah... 01/29/2003 Service Corporation International Strongly Endorses Unprecedented Cremation Legislation The proposed bill is the first of its kind in Texas... 01/29/2003 Stewart Enterprises, Inc. Financials 01/29/2003 Alternatives to traditional funerals on the rise Until recently, most Americans tended to hew closely to one-size-fits-all tradition when a loved one died... 01/29/2003 Purcell approves crematorium The Oklahoma Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors said that the owners will have to make application to the board for a license to operate the crematorium... 01/29/2003 Cremation cheaper than burial, leading to growth It's a sign of rising public acceptance of cremation as a cheaper, more practical alternative... 01/29/2003 Legislature Roundup: Crematories face stricter controls Bills filed would impose tougher state regulations on the cremation business in Texas... 01/29/2003 Study:Lower cremation temps reduce pollution The Cremation Association of North America conducted emissions research with the EPA... 01/28/2003 McDonalds buy another funeral home The acquisition of one of the last locally owned funeral homes in the Gainesville-Hall County area has been finalized... 01/28/2003 Family Buries Wrong Body In Mortuary Blunder A pensioner's body had to be exhumed after he was buried by the wrong family... 01/28/2003 Heartbreak of funeral blunder A widow missed her husband's funeral after care home failed to get her to the crematorium... 01/28/2003 Honoring The Dead Differently It's the new face of an industry that's making funerals, less funereal... 01/28/2003 DNA lab sued over shipment Woman cites trauma of receiving father's leg... 01/28/2003 January leads in deaths for Monroe " We get a good portion of our business in the winter months, particularly in January..." 01/28/2003 Burial tradition challenged A longstanding tradition in which farmers allow workers to be buried on their farms has been challenged... 01/28/2003 In the Bay, an Island in Winter Over the centuries, the cemeteries on Tangier have either filled up or washed away... 01/28/2003 Iowa Cemetery Ordered To Make Changes The Atlantic Cemetery will face regulatory action by the Iowa Securities Bureau... 01/28/2003 Malawi's Only Growth Business: Coffins Carpenters have applied their skills to one of the very few growth industries in Malawi:death... 01/28/2003 Stewart Enterp Outlook: FY03 Cash Flow Put At $60M-$70M Stewart Enterprises Inc. said it estimates its earnings will be 40 cents to 43 cents a share for the fiscal year ending Oct. 31... 01/27/2003 STEWART ENTERPRISES INC (STEI) Annual Report Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations... 01/27/2003 E-Commerce Report: The Rules -- Rules & Regs Cases involving Internet wine and casket sales seem headed eventually to the U.S. Supreme Court... 01/27/2003 It takes an expert to ship bodies out of U.S The self-described "body shipping czar" sent 176 bodies home between December 2001 and last month... 01/27/2003 Funeral homes slow to fully embrace internet Many funeral directors are trying to determine how to balance the advantages of using the Web... 01/27/2003 The plots thicken: Cold weather hampers burials In Groton, he uses a propane heater shaped like a casket which thaws a rectangle of ground... 01/27/2003 Pagoda dispute enters endgame The owners' bankruptcy plan would also dissolve Honolulu Memorial Park Inc.... 01/27/2003 Family sues to reclaim ancestral land from Forest Service The Tennessee Valley Authority took over his family's land, including five cemeteries, in 1962... 01/27/2003 Condo project fuels Gullah cemetery worries The Talbot cemetery is in danger, say several people with relatives buried in the old graveyard... 01/27/2003 Cemetery honor guard fired for blessings may file suit to get his job back 01/24/2003 Stewart Enterprises Annual Report (SEC form 10-K) 01/24/2003 Hillenbrand Industries Invites You to Join its Fiscal 2003 First Quarter Earnings Conference Call 01/24/2003 Bills filed to protect prepaid funeral customers Two bills designed to safeguard funeral home customers have been filed in the General Assembly... 01/24/2003 CB 3 committee rejects application for funeral home Land Use committee rejected a West Brighton funeral home's application for a special permit to open a second facility... 01/24/2003 Appeal date to be set for casket sales case Attorneys seeking an injunction against Oklahoma funeral service laws that restrict casket sales... 01/24/2003 House panel kills bill for funeral-director registration A House committee killed a measure that would have required funeral directors to register with the state... 01/24/2003 Gravestones pushed over by city workers Hundreds of gravestones have been pushed over by council workers at cemeteries as part of a city-wide safety probe... 01/24/2003 Veterans' burial benefits increased These increases are among many provisions of Public Law 107-103 that expand other veterans' benefits... 01/24/2003 We're Sorry For Graves Upset City Council has offered a formal apology for the way it laid flat hundreds of gravestones before Christmas... 01/24/2003 NJ Archbishop: No more eulogies at funeral Mass Tributes 'are getting out of hand'... 01/23/2003 Culture Clash on German Burial Ground Strict rules clash with Islamic burial rituals... 01/23/2003 Newark Archdiocese puts limits on eulogies The decree has prompted some funeral homes and priests to tell families that eulogies are prohibited... 01/23/2003 Walker Financial Corporation to Present at OTC Live's Winter Presentation Conference The company is engaged in the business of providing a complete line of administrative services for pre-need funeral and cemetery trust accounts... 01/23/2003 Boyhood adventure unravels puzzle The Canadian Museum of Civilization recently identified bones from 11 Ottawa Valley burial sites... 01/23/2003 Preservation Group Cleans Avoca Cemetery The Benton County Cemetery Preservation Group and other local agencies will clean and document the Avoca Cemetery... 01/23/2003 Hatfields, McCoys up to old ways, but this time in court Trying to resolve a dispute over access to a graveyard... 01/23/2003 Tontine's celebrities now reside in a national historic site The Mount Pleasant Cemetery is so historically significant, it was put on the National Register of Historic Places... 01/23/2003 $20,000 approved for cemetery repair There are close to 500 marked and unmarked graves in the Whippany Burying Yard, which hasn't functioned as a cemetery since 1976... 01/23/2003 Matthews International Backs 2003 Earnings Outlook Matthews International Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive David Kelly said Tuesday that he's sticking with a fiscal 2003 earnings forecast... 01/22/2003 Coroner subject of sheriff's investigation Lawrence County Coroner Mike Chaput is the subject of a criminal investigation... 01/22/2003 Enforcers go from bad to hearse The dreaded parking Enforcers have sparked outrage - by ticketing a hearse as it waited to go to a funeral... 01/22/2003 LW to research providing free funeral escorts Commissioners voted unanimously to have city staff come back with their recommendations on how to finance free escorts for residents... 01/22/2003 House panel kills bill for funeral-director registration A House committee killed a measure that would have required Colorado funeral directors to register with the state... 01/22/2003 Cemetery alive to tourists Many tourists do visit towns for their cemeteries... 01/22/2003 Proposed act to regulate crematoriums gains steam As of right now, anyone in Nebraska is able to open and administer a crematorium, even from their own backyard... 01/22/2003 HI cemetery's Chap. 11 proposal unsettles families 01/21/2003 Matthews International Announces First Quarter Earnings and Declares Quarterly Dividend 01/21/2003 Cremation the way to go for many in N.J. 01/21/2003 Funeral homes adapt to cultural needs These trends have forced funeral homes and cemeteries to seek out business from new clients with old traditions... 01/21/2003 Chute partners with funeral home The firm title has changed to Vensil-Orr & Chute Funeral Homes... 01/21/2003 New trend tough on black funeral homes 01/21/2003 Not quite a dead giveaway Rummel claiming to sell burial receptacles cheaper than funeral homes... 01/21/2003 Measure would block freelance embalming Colorado is the only state in the country that doesn't regulate its funeral home industry... 01/21/2003 State Charges Funeral Home Owner, Directors The state has charged three Des Moines funeral home directors allegedly running an unlicensed funeral home... 01/21/2003 Tombstone business thrives despite quiet approach "I encourage customers not to purchase a stone right away because it's such an emotional issue," said Cindy Spittel... 01/21/2003 Ohio law: Yield to funeral processions 01/21/2003 St. Raymond's workers still on strike Cemetery workers spent day two of the strike braving the cold... 01/21/2003 Morgue manager pleads guilty in Sept. 11 coffins theft Coffins had been donated to Sept. 11 charities... 01/21/2003 Arrest in cemetery vandalism State police arrested an 18-year-old Bridgeton man... 01/21/2003 Father's headstone will stay where it is A giant headstone in a tiny Illinois City cemetery will be allowed to remain... 01/21/2003 Cemetery tour guide makes connections Like people, cemeteries develop their own character, their own personality... 01/21/2003 King Tut exhibit to be displayed at State Museum 01/21/2003 Locals react to news of funeral fraud in Mass. 01/16/2003 Council plows under request for tractor The town council nixed an attempt to fund half the purchase price of a tractor with money from privately endowed cemetery trusts... 01/16/2003 Exhibit explores forgotten LA cemeteries 01/16/2003 Group plans cemetery memorial The group's goals include erecting a memorial, applying for nonprofit status, further exploring the cemetery's history... 01/16/2003 Hundreds Attend Maurice Gibb Funeral 01/16/2003 A symbolic cemetery in Miami for 13,000 Cuban victims 01/16/2003 Today's Company: The Outlook Group Inc. The company's aim is to educate the public about the advantages of specifying their funeral needs ahead of time... 01/15/2003 Prayer and care key in cemetery "art" Via, a stonemason from Virginia, restores monuments weathered by time and toppled by vandals... 01/15/2003 Elmwood Cemetery City needs to protect this treasure from future pressures... 01/15/2003 Korean War vets clean 3,474 headstones 01/15/2003 Burden of Funerals Saps S. Africa's Resources "The pandemic is changing the way we bury the dead," said Alan Buff, who oversees Johannesburg's cemeteries... 01/15/2003 Funeral industry seeks tougher laws to deal with wrongdoing Florida's cemetery and funeral home operators are calling for a revamp of state laws... 01/14/2003 Man gets prison term for role in drug ring FBI agent Jan Westerbeck testified that Bullock sold pounds of cocaine from the funeral home... 01/14/2003 Cost of dying rises The cost of marking a grave at Edmonton's seven city-owned cemeteries rose this year by as much as 88 percent... 01/14/2003 IRS gets creative if records don't jibe A mortuary operator listed data like date of death and charges for various items... 01/14/2003 The mystery of Buffalo Bill's grave High on a mountain overlooking Denver and the Great Plains lies the body of a Wild West icon... 01/14/2003 Mystery corpse identified A dead man whose identity was a mystery to police for nearly 15 months has been named... 01/14/2003 Hillenbrand Proxy Details Perks For Family Members, CEO 01/13/2003 Funeral home seeks to open crematorium The crematorium would serve Norman clients as well as funeral homes in the southern part of the state... 01/13/2003 Quebecers distinct on burial custom Quebecers were the only Canadians in a recent poll to predominantly favor cremation over burial... 01/13/2003 He's the Boxman Burket is a sales representative for the Artco Casket Co. in Lenexa... 01/13/2003 Preparing for the big chill Financial reasons aside, pre-arranging a funeral makes sense... 01/13/2003 Cemeteries are creepy, beautiful Evers gave the historical society's members a look at cemeteries from a different viewpoint... 01/13/2003 Access all areas-Dead and loving it Whenever Rookwood Gardens Crematorium offers a look behind the scenes, there's no shortage of takers... 01/13/2003 Snouffer Funeral Home opens in Zanesville The funeral home has been designed specifically for family needs... 01/13/2003 Hillenbrand Industries Inc. Financials 01/10/2003 Matthews International Announces First Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call Schedule 01/10/2003 Jacques releases Senate brief on protecting consumers who buy pre-need funeral contracts 01/10/2003 Gifts pour in for surviving Newark brothers Several funeral homes and cemeteries have offered free services... 01/10/2003 Uganda to Get Funeral Home Soon The first funeral home in the country will open soon, the Uganda Funeral Services has announced... 01/10/2003 Headstone milestone reached Thorough documentation of grave registrations of Val Verde County cemeteries has reached a significant pinnacle of achievement... 01/10/2003 Belfast graves "full in eight years" Forcing the city council to focus more on a cremation policy... 01/10/2003 Increasing cemetery robberies stun mourners 01/10/2003 Zimbabwe runs out of gas for cremations 01/10/2003 Wallingford considers ban on crematoriums 01/10/2003 Crematory Parents Challenge Lawsuit The parents of indicted Tri-State Crematory operator Ray Brent Marsh asked a Tennessee judge Wednesday to exempt them as defendants... 01/09/2003 Wilson steps back into funeral home business A long-familiar name is again on the sign in front... 01/09/2003 Customized coffins dead popular in Nottingham A firm of funeral directors in Nottingham is offering customized coffins in a range of unusual shapes... 01/09/2003 China grapples with shortage of burial grounds As China's cities continue to expand, the amount of land available to bury the dead is fast depleting... 01/09/2003 Residents pursue recognition for neglected plots In August, Layton and about 30 residents started work to preserve the Wilkins Cemetery as a historic landmark... 01/09/2003 Danger memorials to be removed Thousands of dangerous and dilapidated memorials are to be removed from Sandwell's cemeteries... 01/09/2003 FTC Hits Funding Snag in Effort To Restrict Telemarketing Calls Committee chairman opposing agency's request for funding to launch national do-not-call list... 01/08/2003 Hillenbrand Indus Sees Fiscal 2003 Capital Spending $125M 01/08/2003 Grand Jury to Get Crematory Case The horrific case against Tri-State Crematory operator Ray Brent Marsh is expected to go to the grand jury... 01/08/2003 Second Arrest Made In Alleged Funeral Scheme Hilbert Mahabir and his wife, Zabida Hasin, are charged with 670 counts of fraud... 01/08/2003 Lifeless Lessons My family owns three Las Americas Funeral Homes and my grandma was the first Puerto Rican woman ever to own a funeral business... 01/08/2003 French Creek Cemetery an active place of rest In 1963, people in the area formed a tax base to levy the community for the upkeep of the neglected landmark... 01/08/2003 Milso expanding The casket maker and distributor plans a $4.17 million expansion in Richmond... 01/08/2003 ROCK OF AGES CORP form 8-K 01/07/2003 Hillenbrand posts loss after charge to settle suit 01/07/2003 Hillenbrand Industries Announces Fiscal 2002 Fourth Quarter and Year End Results 01/07/2003 Plaintiffs Want Funeral Home Officers Held Personally Liable in Tri-State Crematory Case 01/07/2003 Federal judge upholds casket law State lawmakers want only trained and licensed people to handle those delicate sales... 01/07/2003 Bill on cemetery expansion in works A state legislator wants to help his constituents find final resting places... 01/07/2003 Move over! Make way for funeral procession Is there any regulation regarding funeral processions of this length... 01/07/2003 Ahearns buy funeral home The owners have bought the building and business of the former O'Connell Funeral Home from the Carriage Service Corporation... 01/07/2003 Horse-Drawn Last Journey For Gladys A horse-drawn funeral brought the town to a standstill... 01/07/2003 Cork coffin display with a difference A collection of unique coffins designed especially for their living owners is to go on display in Ireland... 01/07/2003 Service offers fitting farewell to pets Lobsinger started her Tender Loving Pet Services in September 2000... 01/07/2003 Funeral Directors Want Out of Lawsuit Funeral directors who sent bodies to a north Georgia crematory are expected to ask a judge to remove their businesses as defendants... 01/06/2003 Senator seeks rules on funeral contracts Senator Cheryl A.Jacques is asking the state Board of Registration of Funeral Services to develop regulations to protect consumers... 01/06/2003 Dignity Memorial Customer Satisfaction Remains High; Funeral Service Provider Exceeding Customer Expectations 01/06/2003 Body Donations Cause Surplus, Shortages Some areas, such as Massachusetts, have an abundance of donors, while schools in other states don't have enough... 01/06/2003 A final resting place for babies Pine Crest West cemetery in west Mobile has been a final resting place for newborns and stillborns whose parents could not make funeral plans or afford burial plots... 01/06/2003 A funeral home is bought by another Two of the longest-operating businesses in Independence have joined forces... 01/06/2003 Last Picture Show Pioneered by a Canadian company, Webcast funerals are the newest wave in a tradition-bound industry... 01/06/2003 Retirees plot lost gravesites The Chadbourne plot is just one of 124 different cemeteries that Hutchinson and her husband have located and restored during the past 14 years... 01/06/2003 Tipsters Anger Families Vandals have been intent on tipping over tombstones in the city's cemeteries... 01/06/2003 Descendants of Ohio's earliest people fight to save mounds 01/06/2003 S&P comments on Hillenbrand Industries The antitrust lawsuit against Hillenbrand Industries Inc.by Kinetic Concepts Inc. was settled today... 01/03/2003 Court Approves Previously Announced Settlement Agreement and Dismisses Antitrust Litigation Against Hillenbrand Industries 01/03/2003 Farewell to the Youngest In Provo, for example, so many couples are opting for burial that Babyland is running out of space... 01/03/2003 New law speeds process of organ donation Funeral directors will also be required to give out information packets prepared by the donor bank... 01/03/2003 Woman's fight against burial leases Petitioning the State Government to quash the need for leases on grave sites and ashes memorials... 01/03/2003 Fake story earns jail time for gravedigger A man who falsely claimed he had been ordered to dig up old graves to make way for new ones at a suburban cemetery was sentenced... 01/03/2003 Judge Thomas To Hear Tri-State Crematory Motions 01/03/2003 Fla. Brothers Seek to Build New Cemetery "Please don't let it become a mobile home park..." 01/03/2003 New MA law speeds process of organ donation 01/03/2003 Hustons Selling OK Funeral Business Which Will Still Be Locally Owned 01/03/2003 Family turns Grandma into diamond First delivery of this kind in the world... 01/03/2003 PA Gravedigger Gets Time for Lying About Unearthed Remains 01/03/2003 Hospital Bed Makers Settle Antitrust Suit 01/02/2003 Tighter controls put on cremation New CA state law requires licenses for managers and annual inspections... 01/02/2003 Dignity Memorial Makes Significant Contribution With Community Programs 01/02/2003 Modern funerals turning into a high-tech undertaking Funeral directors are responding to ever more savvy customers... 01/02/2003 Cancer victim mistakenly declared dead A funeral director used an incorrect Social Security number when notifying the government of the death... 01/02/2003 Family wants answers after dead baby's body lost 01/02/2003 Brothers Seek "Green" Burials at Family Farm The Wilkersons are trying to honor wishes by turning farm into a nature preserve solely for environment-friendly "green" burials... 01/02/2003 Woman (88) robbed during funeral 01/02/2003 City plans Riverside mausoleum The dead will soon have a new place to rest for eternity at Riverside Cemetery... 01/02/2003 State: Group can't use headstones in memorial Markers will be retained to help identify veterans buried in unmarked plots... 01/02/2003 Dignity Memorial Helps Protect Young Children; Escape School Teaches Abduction Prevention 12/31/2002 Hillenbrand/Delay: Sees Determining Change In Early January 12/31/2002 Investigators I-D body of infant found at Tri-State Crematory The infant was identified through D-N-A analysis... 12/31/2002 Differing cemetery issue view The legal responsibility for selecting sites belongs to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affair's National Cemetery Administration... 12/31/2002 Cemetery's gravestones are "unsafe" A mourner was upset to find gravestones covered with yellow plastic bags... 12/31/2002 Former cemetery operator gets probation The former owner of a Perry County cemetery... 12/31/2002 Robbers dig up more than 100 tombs 12/31/2002 Site's sacred history holds up state funds Two years ago the Georgia Legislature voted to appropriate $30,000 as a grant to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta to refurbish the more than 200-year-old cemetery... 12/31/2002 A Dead Ringer for The Dearly Departed Process Turns Deceased Into Jewels... 12/30/2002 Retail caskets Significant change in SC law that promises to make funerals more affordable... 12/30/2002 New laws in 2003: Licensing crematory managers 12/30/2002 S.C. Funeral Home Offers Free Burials 12/30/2002 Fairfax County Faces Funeral Facility Shortage 12/30/2002 Funeral homes' dispute is a family feud 12/30/2002 Ex-funeral director facing court deadline Pratt has already suffered some minor civil penalties from state funeral regulators... 12/30/2002 Alpharetta-based company buys Adams Funeral Home 12/30/2002 Resident plans exchange trip To visit German funeral homes... 12/30/2002 Protests Halt Safety Review At Cemeteries 12/30/2002 Man helps living keep up with dead 12/30/2002 Business partners in cemetery probe faced previous financial woes 12/30/2002 Making a Life 'Taking Care Of the Nation's Heroes' A Director of Military Graveyards Reflects on His Career... 12/27/2002 Webcast funerals finding their audience Emblematic of the changes the funeral industry is undergoing... 12/27/2002 Pacific Casket Opens Retail Casket Store in Oregon to Compliment Growing Internet Business 12/27/2002 Sale of troubled MS cemetery goes through Coastal Cremation and Cemeteries Inc. to operate the cemetery... 12/27/2002 New Brunswick funeral home operator faces 27 fraud charges 12/27/2002 Grave visit a Christmas tradition Tradition common to Hispanics in the Southwest... 12/27/2002 Sad cemetery surprise "One of the worst acts of thievery we could ever imagine..." 12/27/2002 Hillenbrand estate to pay more taxes 12/23/2002 Green Death, Earth-friendly Burial Finding More Takers 12/23/2002 Donated tissues - more than organs - save, improve lives 12/23/2002 Deal in works to sell Hillside Funeral Home Business is one of last locally owned burial firms in the area... 12/23/2002 Pet cremation puts owners at ease 12/23/2002 Pet owners turning more to cremation 12/23/2002 Putting history to rest Whittier man helps find grave sites of Confederate soldiers... 12/23/2002 Family of Lake Worth carbon monoxide victims needs help for burials 12/23/2002 Provo Adds 135 More Plots for Baby Burials 12/23/2002 Ted Williams' body to stay frozen 12/23/2002 Hanging on by `a thread from God' - Family deaths leave woman lost in grief 12/23/2002 Dignity Crucial During Last Months of Life 12/20/2002 Casket maker Matthews says FTC closed investigation 12/20/2002 MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORP Annual Report (SEC form 10-K) 12/20/2002 Defense attorneys must file briefs by Jan. 15 Attorneys in the potential class action lawsuit against 56 funeral homes and the Tri-State Crematory have less than a month to file legal briefs... 12/20/2002 A picture of Christmas following the death of a loved one Brochures on getting through the holidays following the loss of a loved one can be found at most funeral homes... 12/20/2002 Program helps caregivers live with death, dying A newly expanded program at the University of Rhode Island... 12/20/2002 Obelisk gets new life The Selleck monument is one of 12 a consultant has labeled "hazardous—immediate action" required... 12/20/2002 No room for the dead Mr. Laladidi said there might be a point where relatives would have to share the same grave because of the lack of space... 12/20/2002 Tinkles Are New Owners Of Payne Funeral Chapel Will continue to serve Scotland County and the surrounding area... 12/20/2002 Rock Of Ages/Outlook: Sees 2002 EPS 50c On Items 12/19/2002 Defense: Class action suit against Marsh unfounded 12/19/2002 Creem announces Senate approval of bill to create a statewide Organ Donor Registry 12/19/2002 Funeral homes give casket to local base's honor guard Casket to help facilitate guard's training... 12/19/2002 From skeleton sweets to pop-up coffins, they're deadly serious A new exhibition, Death... 12/19/2002 Funeral Products Retailer Investigated Consumers say Funeral Merchandise doesn't deliver its products as promised... 12/19/2002 New funeral home comes to Newark Vensil-Orr & Chute Funeral Home plans to challenge four of the city's oldest businesses... 12/19/2002 Town's leaders trying to restore cemetery The burial site is slowly succumbing to nature and time... 12/19/2002 Markers in grave need of repair Several old, historically significant grave markers will get some much needed sprucing up... 12/19/2002 Nez Perce Tribe finally will get memorial to two Idaho warriors Remains recently were traced to a collective grave in St. Louis... 12/19/2002 Man says house on old graveyard 12/19/2002 Woman, Children Discover Human Bones On Grave 12/19/2002 CHCO decorates graves for season 12/19/2002 Fishing in Vain for a Long Lost Book Retired funeral director Bill Earl can't get hold of a copy of a book he wrote himself... 12/19/2002 N.Y. unveils new WTC proposals Blend skyscrapers with memorials to the victims... 12/18/2002 Corpses discovered Tri-State and a handful of funeral homes that did business with the northwest Georgia crematory have been named in 110 civil lawsuits... 12/18/2002 Crematory was well run before '96, court told LaShea Marsh was doing cremations for her father at Tri-State Crematory as early as 1986... 12/18/2002 North Carolina Asked To Loosen Up On Death Certificate Ink Color 12/18/2002 Arbor Memorial Services Inc. Results for the year ended October 31, 2002... 12/18/2002 Family seeks exception to burial ban Under a city ordinance, burials at the two city-owned cemeteries are prohibited on Sundays... 12/18/2002 Choosing sites for war cemeteries isn't Congress' job The U.S. government decides where to build its national cemeteries by calculating where there are the most veterans and the fewest burial spots... 12/18/2002 Marking the past Six graves identified in early Cherokee cemetery... 12/18/2002 Stewart Enterprises Reports Earnings for Fourth Quarter 2002 And is Poised to Shift to a Business Model of Disciplined and Balanced Growth... 12/17/2002 Class Actions Loom in Crematory Case Tri-State Crematory Operator Ray Brent Marsh may soon come up against a class action lawsuit... 12/17/2002 "Serious disrepair" cited at crematory Cremated remains were scattered around Tri-State Crematory, and the machinery there was partly rusted out, an expert testified Monday... 12/17/2002 Legacy of compassion Watson Funeral home closes after 55 years... 12/17/2002 A ray of light for disabled kids Toronto & District Funeral Directors Inc. (TDFDI) has collected over $7,500 in cash donations and 235 new, unwrapped toys... 12/17/2002 Man to serve nine years for toppling gravestones A man who told police he wanted to get even with God... 12/17/2002 Gerlach to support cemetery Congressman-elect Jim Gerlach intends to introduce legislation calling for the cemetery in the park... 12/17/2002 Vandals hit LaGrange cemetery again 12/17/2002 Veterans Program Booklets Available Veterans Casualty Assistance Program Booklets, a resource for veterans burial benefits... 12/17/2002 Common Funeral Costs Most people are unaware of the numerous costs involved in funerals... 12/16/2002 Personalized Caskets—A Look at the Options Only in recent years have personalized caskets become available... 12/16/2002 Naples cemetery investigation spreads to Bonita mining operation A state investigation of two prominent Naples businessmen who helped create Palm Royale Cemetery and Mausoleum has expanded... 12/16/2002 Relatives dig grave as cemetery says they weren't expecting burial Undertakers forgot to contact the cemetery... 12/16/2002 Hearses off the hook Hearses and a handful of other vehicles will not have to abide by high-occupancy-vehicle restrictions... 12/16/2002 Baby burial a mistake; suits filed A Pompano Beach funeral home allegedly buried two infants in a shallow grave instead of cremating them... 12/16/2002 Once-troubled cemetery's memorial praised Customers praised the cemetery's owners for cleaning up the beleaguered memorial park... 12/16/2002 Forethought on funerals Preplanning can be great comfort to loved ones... 12/16/2002 Service says something about you Soff wants her memorial service to be personal, to say something about her life... 12/16/2002 Longevity adds to cost of dying Burial prices in Coventry are in line for a hike-because fewer people are dying each year... 12/16/2002 Veterans Cemetery Not Forgotten A proposal to create a national veterans cemetery at Valley Forge National Historical Park... 12/16/2002 Cemetery flags need refurbishing 12/16/2002 Cemeteries may be placed on National Register Two more Jackson cemeteries are being considered... 12/16/2002 Man helps poor who died long ago It wasn't until he read a newspaper article about the Cowley County Poor Farm that he wanted to help dead people... 12/16/2002 Carriage Services, Inc. Quarterly Income Statement 12/13/2002 Stewart Enterprises Earnings Conference Call (Q4 2002) 12/13/2002 Federal judge upholds Oklahoma law in casket case A state law that prohibits anyone but licensed funeral directors from selling caskets is constitutional... 12/13/2002 Alva Cemetery Board Views Proposed Projects 12/13/2002 Arbor Memorial Services Inc. Reaches Settlement With Canada Customs & Revenue Agency With respect to reserves claimed for the sale of interment rights... 12/13/2002 Florida DEP files complaint against funeral home Bones and orthopedic devices found in the St. Johns River... 12/13/2002 New cemetery planned in northern Christchurch 12/13/2002 Customers ask monks for casket conversions Customers are asking monks to convert the pieces into furniture... 12/13/2002 These masks reveal, not conceal With the Hospice Mask Project, the stories behind the masks are compelling... 12/13/2002 Moore and Moore: Another family member joins funeral home The William A. Moore Funeral Home has always been a family affair... 12/12/2002 Courts spurn state laws on caskets, wine Two recent court decisions could help boost Internet commerce by curtailing states' abilities to enforce protectionist laws... 12/12/2002 Newspapers will recognize organ donors The Coshocton Tribune and Zanesville The Times Recorder are innovators of a new recognition process that will be part of papers' obituaries... 12/12/2002 A lasting memory:A mother who meant everything to her daughters inspires everything from them Searching for a cemetery gave me a real focus... 12/12/2002 Pioneer cemetery work advancing in county The work to locate and restore pioneer cemeteries in Mitchell County has continued to take progressive steps... 12/12/2002 GBI has identified 211 crematory remains The number of remains from the Tri-State Crematory identified through sophisticated DNA testing has risen to 211... 12/12/2002 Caskets to sport school colors Collegiate Memorial takes college spirit to the next level... 12/12/2002 Small jets cause funeral problems Airlines' growing use of smaller planes is adding hundreds of dollars to the cost of some funerals... 12/12/2002 Lawsuit reforms return bit by bit Ohio doctors will soon have something in common with gunmakers, funeral home owners... 12/11/2002 Former undertaker sentenced to 1½ years A former funeral home operator who misappropriated more than $5.3 million in prepaid funeral trust funds... 12/11/2002 Eves government succeeds in improving consumer protection Legislation that will protect consumers purchasing funeral services... 12/11/2002 Daughters sue coroner over father's burial Two children of a man who died last year have sued the Fayette County coroner, their aunts and two funeral homes... 12/11/2002 Farmers lose cemetery decision A judge in Marshall County has ordered two farmers to stop operating irrigation equipment in an old country cemetery... 12/11/2002 Trials and Tribulations of Ramadan a la Russe At the beginning of Ramadan, there is a special day when Muslims are obliged to visit the graves of their deceased relatives... 12/11/2002 |
Smithsonian studied remains from Matoaca cemetery Grave sites dating back an estimated 200 years are being unearthed at a former plantation cemetery near the Appomattox River... 12/11/2002 Funeral Homes Appealing Tri-State Crematory Class Action Ruling 12/10/2002 $1.3 Million Dollars Awarded to Improve Care of the Dying George Soros Continues Commitment to Support New Leaders in Healthcare, Diminish Needless Suffering of the Dying... 12/10/2002 As boomer parents' inheritances dwindle, family disputes grow "A lot of boomers are depending on what their parents have saved all these years to pay off their debts and loans..." 12/10/2002 Cremation at death? Kids killed it for me Next Monday marks the 210th anniversary of the USA's first known formal cremation of a human... 12/10/2002 News series will focus on aspects of death 12/10/2002 Luminaire display set in Hancock The 8th annual display of 2,500 luminaires in the three historic cemeteries... 12/10/2002 Historian disputes "Wizard" on grave site The mystery of a burial spot on the historic Sheppard Cottage property took on a new twist last week... 12/10/2002 A new memorial honors veterans buried at Poe Prairie Cemetery The veterans who attended the ceremony stood behind the memorial as the monument was unveiled... 12/10/2002 Mural planned for poet's cemetery The final resting place of poet Emily Dickinson is getting some artistic touches... 12/10/2002 Criminals to tidy up run-down graveyard An overgrown graveyard, labeled one of the most neglected in the Midlands, is to be tidied up in the New Year by offenders doing community service... 12/10/2002 Time is most precious gift of all this holiday season Death, we now know, is becoming more a part of living... 12/10/2002 County coalition wants Doyle to end some sales-tax exemptions Claim plan would eliminate exemptions on funeral services, caskets and burial vaults... 12/09/2002 Financials - Service Corp. Int'l. (NYSE:SRV) 12/09/2002 Resolution eludes some victims of crematory scam Forensics experts used sophisticated DNA testing to identify the remains of 195 people, but they could not identify the rest... 12/09/2002 Coastal waters soon to offer final resting place Underwater: Eternal Reefs provide burial option among waves... 12/09/2002 Taking school spirit to the grave SMU stands to profit as alums buy coffins with logo on velvet interior... 12/09/2002 N.J. attorney general joins probe of A.C. funeral home Police found five cadavers rotting Tuesday while investigating a complaint... 12/09/2002 Federal Appeals Court Upholds for Casket Sales 12/09/2002 Judge wants reburial plan before ruling on turnpike A Hudson County judge will tour a potter's field before deciding whether the remains can be moved so the New Jersey Turnpike Authority... 12/09/2002 Paying to Rest a Loved One Car-wash fund-raisers become a trend in Fresno as families work to earn burial costs in the thousands... 12/09/2002 Get Me To The Hearse On Time A torbay vicar has hit out at 20-minute time limits being imposed on services at the resort's only crematorium... 12/09/2002 Man holds funeral service for his amputated left foot 12/09/2002 Hillenbrand Industries Announces First Quarter 2003 Dividend 12/06/2002 SCI puts brakes on fax distribution Service Corporation International's fax-distribution service is about to expire... 12/06/2002 Police discover rotting cadavers in A.C. funeral home The state moved to shut the funeral-home business down Wednesday as police began a criminal investigation... 12/06/2002 State drops investigation of Big Island mortuaries State investigators have been unable to corroborate claims... 12/06/2002 Funeral Director Pleads Guilty To Grand Theft A former funeral director who took more than $386,000 from families for cremation services... 12/06/2002 More complaints filed against A.C. funeral parlor 12/06/2002 Area cemeteries have planned candlelight memorial services for the holidays A candle luminary will be placed at each monument in the cemeteries... 12/06/2002 Cemetery restorers find odd stone Vernon Kirkpatrick has seen a lot of old tombstones in his life, but he's never come across one like George Brown's... 12/06/2002 Funeral home plans service to help families through grief One Tecumseh business is working to give a little something back to the community this Christmas... 12/06/2002 Survey: Nurses, teachers most ethical, not CEOs Americans think nurses are the most honest and ethical professionals, with doctors, funeral directors... 12/06/2002 Brent Marsh Set To Give Deposition In Crematory Case 12/04/2002 Interest in cremation heats up 12/04/2002 Funeral homes court business at workplaces "Death benefit" gets new meaning amid discount offerings and new insurance option... 12/04/2002 Helping people cope with loss According to fourth-generation funeral director Chris Hardwick of Hardwick's Funeral Home, operating a funeral home isn't just a job, it's a way of life... 12/04/2002 Officials: Funeral director’s theft charge rare 12/04/2002 Judge orders access to cemetery A partial victory this week for people who filed an unusual class-action lawsuit centered on a tiny old country cemetery... 12/04/2002 Parents to have a say on security at graves Parents are to be consulted over plans to improve security at South Bristol Crematorium after 200 babies' graves were vandalised... 12/04/2002 Swap could save cross Memorial in peril on Mojave preserve... 12/04/2002 National Cemetery targeted for costly renovations, repairs Agency says $5.2 million is needed for cemetery... 12/04/2002 Sullivan County pauper's cemetery running out of room Should Sullivan County pay for cremation, or look for more land... 12/04/2002 Alumni rest easy with university-themed caskets 12/03/2002 AIDS dead could be buried in disused mines Disused mineshafts in Johannesburg could be turned into catacomb-style cemeteries... 12/03/2002 Offering prayers to loved ones The cleaning of cemeteries of the deceased is a common sight during the fasting month of Ramadhan... 12/03/2002 Old Gravesite May Contain Thousands Of Remains 12/03/2002 Issue Of Broken Headstone To Rest Raleigh Woman Says She Waited More Than Year For Repairs... 12/03/2002 Group completes cleanups The Lee County Pioneer Cemetery Association is considering four new cleanup efforts... 12/03/2002 Wails pierce Mombasa funeral songs In the middle of the African forest, funerals were held... 12/03/2002 Stewart Enterprises Invites You to Listen to Its Presentation At the Merrill Lynch Health Services Investor Conference 12/02/2002 Local funeral home, libraries help Toys for Tots program 12/02/2002 Organization hopes to aid orphans' grieving process 12/02/2002 Holiday deaths pose special problems for funeral directors 12/02/2002 Dying for a discount The cost of dying has never been higher. And those pushy postwar babies who transform everything they touch aren't having any of it... 12/02/2002 State Accuses SF Mortuary of Morbid Practices 12/02/2002 Death holds no mysteries for coroner 12/02/2002 Proud owners breathe life into Disneyland of the Dead After a four-year restoration costing more than $5 million, the business has been brought back to life... 12/02/2002 "Natural cemetery" takes root In Marion, memorial forest holds cremated remains... 12/02/2002 Good Sheperd Memorial Park's condition downgraded The unkempt and run-down Good Sheperd Memorial Park on Westminster Road in Plains Township was the subject of a lot of controversy... 12/02/2002 Hmong a growing force in politics Thao says he wants to make it easier for Hmong funeral homes to operate... 12/02/2002 Buried history Long-forgotten graves discovered on harbor island... 12/02/2002 Dispute over Ted Williams' body reminds us of need to write, review will 12/02/2002 Colusa shop transformed Jaki's Garden turned former mortuary into gift and floral shop 12/02/2002 S.F. mortuary accused of fraud State alleges ashes wrongly disposed of... 11/27/2002 Carriage Services Updates Company and Investment Profile 11/27/2002 AutoWeek: Ambulances and hearses are worthy of our love 11/27/2002 Funeral association to comment on new legislation The Ontario Funeral Service Association (OFSA)was an active contributor to new funeral legislation introduced... 11/27/2002 Funeral home, formerly owned by Carriage Services, has new owners 11/27/2002 Cremation urn found floating in backyard canal 11/27/2002 Where once was chaos, all is calm The unidentified victims of the October 12 Bali bombings lie in refrigerated trucks outside Denpasar's Sanglah hospital awaiting the neatly stacked coffins within... 11/27/2002 Frontier-era furniture helps reveal county's history Isacc Crouch, another furniture maker of the period, also made coffins... 11/27/2002 Professional Grade: Ambulances and hearses are worthy of our love Those who appreciate the dignified styling and one-off craftsmanship of vintage funeral coaches... 11/27/2002 Commission puts off decision on cemetery addition The L.A. Cultural Heritage Commission objected to the issuance of a building permit to Service Corporation International... 11/27/2002 Mom arranges funeral for Paterson's WTC victim Among the last of the nearly 2,800 trade center victims to be given burial rites... 11/27/2002 3 charged by Toledo police in theft of funeral funds 11/27/2002 Security call after funeral theft A woman's grandchildren's car seats were stolen as she attended a funeral... 11/27/2002 Flood washed corpses and coffins into Brazilian house 11/26/2002 I Want to go out in style The Associated Press recently reported this trend sweeping funeral homes across the nation... 11/26/2002 Funeral webcasts ahead of their time 11/26/2002 Remembrance Service helps people cope with loss The remembrance service is designed to help people deal with grief through the holiday season... 11/26/2002 For not-so-happy holidays Mercer County Funeral Directors Association is sponsoring "Grief and the Holidays: Grieving, Remembering and Celebrating..." 11/26/2002 Funeral directors sued for damages A man suffered post traumatic stress disorder because of his experiences as a 16-year-old trainee funeral director... 11/26/2002 Coffins raise funds for university 11/26/2002 Bagdad seeks to prevent thefts at historic cemetery Others with loved ones buried in isolated, rural cemeteries say they, too, have had to cope with items being taken from grave sites... 11/26/2002 Cindy's final ride goes awry Zoo officials contracted with QAR Services of Graham to haul the 8,000-pound elephant's body to Baker Commodities, a rendering plant in Seattle, for cremation... 11/26/2002 Alderwoods Group Inc. Financials 11/25/2002 As DNA banks quietly multiply, who is guarding the safe? 11/25/2002 Final resting place in the woods A cemetery that is not merely landscaped but carved gently from the forest... 11/25/2002 City union resists letting volunteers clean up Cleveland cemeteries 11/25/2002 Mount Hebron Monument Honors Service, Sacrifice of Veterans New cemetery with two columbariums... 11/25/2002 Town hopes for cash from ash Plans are underway to build a municipal crematory in Plymouth... 11/25/2002 Effort could offer organ donation incentives Venture is gaining ground in Congress, some transplant circles... 11/25/2002 Mourning Becomes Electronic: A Final Webcast Place Notion of a Webcam in a coffin still sounds implausible... 11/25/2002 Veterans question name change Saratoga -- Some criticize move to honor Gerald Solomon at cemetery... 11/25/2002 Going my way: The prepaid funeral 11/25/2002 Group helps those grieving get through the upcoming holidays Sponsored by J.C. Kirby and Son Funeral Home... 11/25/2002 National cemetery in skirmish with VA over low rating 11/25/2002 Our Views: Missing funds from Yelm Cemetery demand probe 11/25/2002 Volunteers resurrect Benton County cemetery from jungle 11/25/2002 Funeral home offers new service — DNA Technology makes results readily available... 11/22/2002 Dave Barry's Holiday Gift Guide 11/22/2002 Man who loved bay memorialized in reef ball 11/22/2002 Work nearly completed on remains at crematory Georgia's chief medical examiner says work is wrapping up on the remains of corpses found... 11/22/2002 First state-by-stare 'report card' on care for the dying finds mediocre care nationwide 11/22/2002 Oakland to get national vets' cemetery The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs purchased a 544-acre site... 11/22/2002 Hillenbrand stock down over suit uncertainty 11/22/2002 For crew, it's 'an honor to take care of the veterans' When you have military experience of your own and faith in the hereafter, it ripens from a job to a higher purpose... 11/22/2002 Local community college offers state's only accredited funeral services program The curriculum includes unusual classes, such as the theory of embalming, death and society... 11/22/2002 Funeral chapel in Newberg again offers life-size Nativity scene Children visiting the Nativity will be able to push a button and hear a reading of the Christmas story... 11/22/2002 Funeral employee admits $60,000 theft A former Greece funeral director admitted diverting $60,000 intended for his employers into his personal account... 11/22/2002 Boy's death becomes personal for funeral director Every day it seemed he would console the parents of another teenager murdered... 11/22/2002 A blemished heritage/ Marion National Cemetery needs repair The federal government is struggling to remove decades of blemishes and scars from military burial grounds... 11/22/2002 Cemetery secures historic boost Superior graveyard is Boulder County's newest landmark... 11/22/2002 Rock of Ages Corp. Financials 11/21/2002 Sewickley council rejects church's plan to house cremated remains 11/21/2002 Officials identify more bodies at Tri-State Crematory 11/21/2002 Crematory owners look to insurer to foot bills The parents of Brent Marsh are looking to Georgia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. Inc. to fund the defense... 11/21/2002 Proposed funeral home law criticized Bill could squeeze small businesses, critics argue... 11/21/2002 Eves government introduces bill to improve consumer protection in the bereavement services sector 11/21/2002 Hillenbrand Industries Announces Expected Fourth Quarter Operating Results 11/21/2002 Funeral Home Director Arrested; Accused of Stealing From The Dead 11/21/2002 Cemetery project at center of debate The project calls for single and double crypts, 144 cremation niches and an approximately 700-square-foot chapel... 11/21/2002 Lawyer seeks compromise on Flushing burial ground The judge denied the request for the headstones to be immediately returned to the site... 11/21/2002 Circle Hill Cemetery sees brighter future A special donor has created a new endowment fund designed to provide ongoing care and preservation of this historic cemetery... 11/21/2002 Mourner sues undertaker over funeral fraud How undertakers in Japan charge mourners is not always clear... 11/21/2002 Cremation error upsets kin Family receives wrong remains, pursues action... 11/20/2002 Ontario to introduce consumer protection legislation for funeral homes 11/20/2002 Police guard on Hindley's family funeral Onlookers told to stay away from 'closed' crematorium... 11/20/2002 Police seeking cemetery vandals Three suspects vandalized a historic cemetery and took a $90,000 excavator for a joyride over the weekend... 11/20/2002 Fetus Found In Trash Bag Along East Texas Road Bartley Funeral Home in Grand Saline plans to provide services for "Baby Doe..." 11/20/2002 Much ado about deer in cemetery Superintendent given permission to hunt, kill buck... 11/20/2002 Cemetery thief sent to jail "Stealing items from the graves of others is the lowest of the low..." 11/20/2002 Police turn misappropriation at cemetery into a live case State's discovery of missing money in September brings November inquiry... 11/20/2002 OMB rules for Muslim cemetery The London Muslim community's long search for a place to bury its dead may finally be over... 11/20/2002 Dahl McVicker plans major expansion at Longview Memorial Park 11/19/2002 Now on Sale: Official School Coffins 11/19/2002 Ghostly cries spook workers in mortuary 11/19/2002 netASPx Signs SCI to a Long-Term Lawson Outsourcing Agreement 11/19/2002 When I die, I'll be 'fashionably late' "A funeral should be a celebration, a recognition of someone's life..." 11/19/2002 Funeral Home Director Accused After Jewelry Comes Up Missing 11/19/2002 Trial begins in casket monopoly case filed by Ponca City casket seller A federal lawsuit could change the way Oklahomans shop for caskets... 11/19/2002 Coffins among items licensed by University of Missouri-Columbia The university has licensed Collegiate Memorials of Macon, Ga., to produce the coffins... 11/19/2002 Casket used as prop for high school play Where do you go when you need to borrow a casket? 11/19/2002 Former cemetery operator pleads guilty to deception charges Ron Bowman pleaded guilty last week to 14 counts... 11/19/2002 Cemetery plan unveiled Neighbors to battle expansion... 11/19/2002 Crematorium mix-up distresses family The plaque had by error been laid in the wrong garden... 11/19/2002 Matthews International Announces New Business Reporting Segment 11/18/2002 Suspect Arrested In Murder Of Funeral Home Employee Neighbor Reportedly Admits Arguing With Woman Before Killing her... 11/18/2002 Funeral Home Offers to Keep Genetic Piece of Dearly Departed Once the sample is received, a team extracts the DNA and stores it for up to 25 years... 11/18/2002 Vintage hearses get a new lease on life When a flamingo-pink hearse with the license plate DY2GETIN cruises by, people do a double take... 11/18/2002 Living with the cost of dying It's a multibillion-dollar industry... 11/18/2002 Diamonds don't impress area funeral directors, who stay forever fingerprints, urns, lockets 11/18/2002 Man-made reefs made of many things Humans are finding a way to give back to nature by letting go of our garbage, and even ourselves... 11/18/2002 Funeral homes impacted by airline's decision 11/18/2002 Hospice job renews faith for nurse Her interest in death and dying began in high school... 11/18/2002 Animal Tales: Dealing with pet loss In American society, we often show little tolerance for those who have experienced a human loss, let alone an animal one... 11/18/2002 End near in probe of 'bone dumping' "There is no doubt the objects are from a crematory..." 11/18/2002 The Jackson Rivers Company Announces Licensing Update The Company intends to make short term loans to the families of deceased persons to fund funeral and burial arrangements... 11/18/2002 Morgues coping with violent deaths Many hospitals have contracts with funeral homes to take remains after post-mortems have been done... 11/18/2002 Linn County stops paying for burial of indigents 11/18/2002 BREAKING NEWS: SEN. DODD, REP. FOLEY INTRODUCE HISTORY-MAKING BILLS FOR FEDERAL REGULATION OF DEATH CARE INDUSTRY 11/15/2002 Summary, Status of Rep. Foley's Bill H.R. 5743 11/15/2002 His Issues Are Six Feet Under James M. Shelger, SCI's senior vice president and general counsel... 11/15/2002 The death biz Morticians welcome spotlight on funeral trade in HBO show... 11/15/2002 Linn County stops paying for burial of indigents 11/15/2002 Pratt victims go to court 21 people claim funeral director defrauded them... 11/15/2002 Fueled by acquisitions, Matthews earnings jump 11/15/2002 Alderwoods hurt by `lower than expected' deaths 11/15/2002 Alderwoods Group Quarterly Report (SEC form 10-Q) 11/15/2002 Neptune Society Quarterly Report (SEC form 10-Q) 11/15/2002 New Lawsuits Filed In Tri-State Crematory Case 11/15/2002 A wake up: songs for the dead Relatives of our dearly departed are ensuring they go out in high style... 11/15/2002 49 forgotten souls laid to rest Some were held 30 years... 11/15/2002 Missing funeral funds repaid A recent settlement set the stage to return nearly $100,000 in pre-paid funeral arrangements... 11/15/2002 Unknown graves found as church moves cemetery to make way for renovations 11/15/2002 House construction unearths 5 graves from old cemetery Forgotten tombs don't bury couple's plans... 11/15/2002 Man posing as mortician guilty of drug trafficking 11/15/2002 Jackson Rivers Company Announces Trading In the business of consumer lending and product sales relating to the funeral industry... 11/14/2002 Town of Holland to take over South Wales Cemetery Association property Association is no longer financially or physically able to care for the cemetery... 11/14/2002 Carriage Services Quarterly Report (SEC form 10-Q) 11/14/2002 More people are making it their wish to be cremated And Washington is a leader of the trend... 11/14/2002 Entrepreneur offering alternative to caskets sold by funeral homes Carlson decided to start peddling coffins on the side after the death of a friend... 11/14/2002 Memorial to stillborn babies at cemetery There are no grave markers or headstones to recognise the babies' births... 11/14/2002 Doctors seek payment for providing death certificates The Medical Association is lobbying to have doctors paid for providing death certificates... 11/14/2002 Woman removes ex-husband's ashes from grave The questions surrounding the tampering with a man's grave in Machpelah Cemetery have been answered... 11/14/2002 Investigation Launched Into Cemetery Plot Mistake Three Cases Being Investigated... 11/14/2002 Donation allows kids of migrant workers to have a gravestone The deaths of five children no longer will be secrets... 11/14/2002 Bidders clean out funeral home It was part garage sale, part sideshow and part, well, business as usual... 11/14/2002 'Sacred ground' discovered "Nobody even knew there was a cemetery there..." 11/14/2002 Hospital mixed up pensioners' bodies A Slovak hospital has admitted making a blunder... 11/14/2002 More Americans turning from earth to fire 11/13/2002 Chapel of the Chimes selling off vacant acreage 11/13/2002 Cremation fees poised to go up Permit would increase to $100... 11/13/2002 Walker International Industries Approves Corporate Changes At Annual Meeting And Adds New Director To Board Metzger is founder, Chairman, and owner of the Whitmore Group, Ltd., an insurance firm active in the death care industry... 11/13/2002 Bridge honors Vietnam vets The county chose to dedicate the 26-year-old Clear Creek bridge to Vietnam veterans because of its majestic size... 11/13/2002 Parting with pets in style Lisbon woman to sell caskets and urns for animals... 11/13/2002 Exhumation move at graveyard A pensioner is is seeking permission to have the body exhumed and reburied with his mother's elsewhere... 11/13/2002 One alternative to Ruidoso's cemetery plot shortage isn't far away A recent replat of the cemetery created more than 3,300 spaces... 11/13/2002 Feds release data on thousands of nursing homes nationwide After years of criticism about conditions... 11/12/2002 SCI Quarterly Report (SEC form 10-Q) 11/12/2002 Fallen veterans honored at Desert Lawn A crowd of grateful Americans gathered at Desert Lawn Memorial Gardens to honor America's servicemen and women... 11/12/2002 Military honors program has new bugle program to offer The Missouri National Guard Funeral Honors Program provides military funeral honors to thousands of veterans' families each year... 11/12/2002 Riverside National Cemetery Operates With Military Precision Memorial Services Take Place Every 15 Minutes... 11/12/2002 Naples couple finally gets peace as son's remains returned from Vietnam war 11/12/2002 He looks so natural in tears Undertakers are reporting a national trend toward themed funerals... 11/12/2002 Complaints unfounded about county's body removal company unfounded County commissioners still think it takes too long for a local company to remove bodies from death scenes... 11/12/2002 Family's backyard home to cemetery Rockdale trying to track down relatives of the dead... 11/12/2002 Home shares driveway with cemetery The Jesse family is tired of having to explain to strangers that they don't run a funeral home... 11/12/2002 Natural burial site will open later this month The idea is that instead of preserving and entombing the body, it will decompose and become part of the cycle of life... 11/12/2002 Parents seek funds to pay for funeral They need time to raise money for the cremations and ceremony... 11/12/2002 Tramp's Body Ruled Part of Estate The embalmed body of a tramp which was found hidden in a portrait painter's studio... 11/12/2002 Grave concerns Protesters have made their feelings known over plans to turn a former athletics track into a Muslim burial ground... 11/12/2002 President Bush Has Paid A Veterans Day Visit To The Vietnam Memorial Wall 11/11/2002 WWII vets' funerals occur often at cemetery Bushnell burials underscore loss of generation... 11/11/2002 The case of the unmarked grave A veteran's grave at the Bristol Cemetery remained mysteriously unmarked for years... 11/11/2002 Veterans Day brings back memories Each Veterans Day brings a flood of memories for many families... 11/11/2002 Bugle's mournful call a final honor for veterans The lonesome strains of taps are a final right of every American who served honorably in the military... 11/11/2002 Program ensures vets get honorable funerals A network of funeral homes is dedicating time and energy to help provide proper funerals to the nation's more than 529,000 homeless and indigent veterans... 11/11/2002 Martin Funeral Home honored at directors' national meeting 11/11/2002 Winnebago Co. cremation fees likely to go up Board yet to OK new fee structure... 11/11/2002 Short of land, Christians cremate their dead Christians in densely populated areas are increasingly turning to the Hindu tradition of cremation... 11/11/2002 To help Va. cemetery, deputy director cuts own job from budget 11/11/2002 Restored pioneer cemetery rededicated About 40 people met at Collins Cemetery... 11/11/2002 Graves of the fallen fall into disrepair Fort Rosecrans high on list of ailing federal cemeteries... 11/11/2002 Tri-State plaintiffs granted class certification status 11/08/2002 After Their Gone--Planning Your Loved One's Funeral It's something none of us really want to think about... 11/08/2002 Turnpike may allow access to remains For more than two decades, Patrick Andriani has been searching for his dead grandfather's grave... 11/08/2002 Dispelling funeral fear earns top award An Irvine funeral director has picked up a top award for its work in the community... 11/08/2002 Historic gravesite to be rededicated Saturday 11/08/2002 Cemetery facelift praise for gardeners Council gardeners have been praised for brightening up a run-down cemetery... 11/08/2002 Local service planned for Veterans Day The public is invited to gather at the Aspen War Memorial... 11/08/2002 The place to be During its first three decades, Forest Lawn Cemetery retained much of its original country charm... 11/08/2002 Forever Enterprises building new chapel, mausoleum 11/08/2002 Hammonds Plains land to serve as Muslim cemetery The group has been looking for a spot in metro for a year... 11/08/2002 Service Corporation International Announces Third Quarter 2002 GAAP Earnings Of $.01 Per Diluted Share 11/07/2002 Matthews International Announces Fourth Quarter Earnings Release And Conference Call Schedule 11/07/2002 Military Cemetery Association seeking financial assistance Personnel of the Barbados Military Cemetery Association are asking for financial assistance... 11/07/2002 Jam Master Jay Laid to Rest The Jam Master got a hip-hop sendoff straight out of Run-D.M.C.'s greatest hits... 11/07/2002 Show Explores Death Through Art They say the two things you can't escape are death and taxes... 11/07/2002 Cleaning Up the Dead Blood? Brains? A piece of scalp? It's all in a day's work for Nathan Randall... 11/07/2002 Investigation of funeral home owner's murder continuing Investigators have interviewed about a dozen people so far... 11/07/2002 Well-known funeral director dies One of the Naugatuck Valley's best-known funeral directors died Tuesday... 11/07/2002 New funeral home facility opens in Tabor Kevin and Lisa Opsahl have had a long-time dream of constructing a funeral home facility... 11/07/2002 Old soldier restores foster dad's grave 11/07/2002 Cemetery renovation completed Vandals rampaged through the Old Christian Cemetery in Manama in May... 11/07/2002 Titanic's unknown child identified by DNA tests The boy's small headstone was marked simply "Unknown Child..." 11/07/2002 Warning Over Rising Burial Costs Soaring Costs are placing burials out of reach of many people... 11/07/2002 Clear Spring man plans to open up pet cremation Pet cremation is not a common business in our area... 11/07/2002 Matthews International Announces Fourth Quarter Earnings Release And Conference Call Schedule 11/06/2002 New way to view death Funeral director urges people to voice an opinion... 11/06/2002 Offering hope for the holidays Workshops set to help people grieve... 11/06/2002 Independent funeral home sets up shop in Harwich George Boisse knows a thing or two about the funeral business... 11/06/2002 Elks to place flags on graves for Veterans Day The Nashua Elks lodge will soon place American flags at all veterans’ graves in each city cemetery... 11/06/2002 Way to vets' hearts Next week, veterans of the American military services will gather in cemeteries and in front of monuments... 11/06/2002 Observing American Freedom The story of the unknown soldier... 11/06/2002 Plots thicken at Atlantic, Iowa, cemetery Mary McClusky was stunned when she visited her husband's grave and discovered that another person's body was buried in a plot she had bought near her husband's... 11/06/2002 Class Action Status Granted For Tri-State Crematory Lawsuits 11/05/2002 Tubman Funeral Homes Broadcasting Funeral, Memorial and Graveside services via the Internet 11/05/2002 It's not your average education FINE Mortuary College was established in 1996 by former Mount Ida College employees who wanted to open a school devoted entirely to the funeral home industry... 11/05/2002 Burial business is alive and kicking One sector that seems to enjoy growing interest is the sale of graves in Jerusalem to American Jews... 11/05/2002 100 years later, a Civil War hero is honored 11/05/2002 Plea To End Fireworks In Cemetery 11/05/2002 Cemetery garden to be tribute to jubilee Work is set to begin on a special remembrance garden commemorate the Queen's golden jubilee... 11/05/2002 Man pleads not guilty on civil rights charges He was accused of involvement in racist graffiti at a Korean church and a Jewish cemetery... 11/05/2002 Drunks camp out in cemetery Graves have been used as makeshift beds... 11/05/2002 Final rest is elusive for city’s pioneers Perrysburg bones remain at Ohio State... 11/05/2002 Animal crematory approval is sought 11/05/2002 Agency slates review of funeral industry U.S. Rep. Mark Foley, along with Connecticut Sen. Christopher Dodd, called for the examination and stricter regulation of the industry... 11/04/2002 LifeGem turns human remains into diamonds 11/04/2002 N.C. Funeral Homes Offer Poll Rides They're offering free rides to the polls in limousines... 11/04/2002 Funeral homes add personal touch to ceremoni |