Carriage Services Announces Fourth Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call Schedule
01/30/2004
Boca-based investor group announces $253 million funeral home deal
01/30/2004
Site search under way for cemetery
01/30/2004
Clark to resume ownership of funeral home in Dowagiac
01/30/2004
Humane society opens cemetery for pets
01/30/2004
National cemetery near Pellicer Creek?
01/30/2004
Cemetery lies in disrepair; New group plans improvements
01/30/2004
Vandals Ransack Historic Fayetteville Cemetery
Thousands Of Dollars In Damage Reported...
01/30/2004
New cemetery not in city budget
01/30/2004
Official: Land near cemetery won't be part of Riverwalk
01/30/2004
Crematorium Up in Flames
01/30/2004
Funeral sector on downbeat as nation's death rate declines
01/29/2004
Boca group sells over 100 funeral homes, cemeteries
01/29/2004
Graves, markers finally resting in peace
Workers from Rose Hills Cemetery transported the gravestones from the Whittier Museum to the Downey Cemetery...
01/29/2004
On death and dying, on the Web
01/29/2004
Low-cost funerals plan derailed
An attempt to start a low-cost alternative funeral home in Nashville has run into a big stumbling block...
01/29/2004
Cemetery honor nears
North Nashville’s Temple Cemetery is one step closer to be added to the National Register of Historic Places...
01/29/2004
County approves contract to build veterans cemetery
01/29/2004
Blame assigned for body fluid leak at cemetery
A defective coffin and problems with the design of the crypts in the mausoleum...
01/29/2004
Former Millvale funeral director admits to theft
01/29/2004
Plantation land next to pet cemetery is free of gravesites, owner says
01/29/2004
Hillenbrand Industries Announces Fiscal 2004 First Quarter Results
01/28/2004
Questions key to preplanned funerals
01/28/2004
How to plan an $800 funeral
01/28/2004
VA will consider about 20 sites for cemetery
01/28/2004
Families await decision on Lebanon cemetery's final rules
01/28/2004
Landlord finds answer to graves shortage in his pub’s back yard
01/28/2004
Woman found guilty in funeral home theft
01/28/2004
Cremation costs in PA may rise after court's ruling
Letting only licensed funeral directors sell cremation services...
01/27/2004
Funeral sector on downbeat
Big companies are in a somber mood...
01/27/2004
Six feet under, with a body to die for
She has posed for Playboy, dated gangsters and made love in a coffin...
01/27/2004
Man Allegedly Stole Money From Prepaid Funeral Accounts
01/27/2004
Book on grief is small but powerful
01/27/2004
Court rules on energy from dead
Feng shui believers fear damaging effects of funeral house opposite law firm...
01/27/2004
Downtown funeral home torn down in Des Plaine
01/27/2004
Granary cemetery is the Westminster Abbey of the U.S.
01/27/2004
Prepaid funeral still can cost family plenty
01/27/2004
Funds needed to improve White Oak Cemetery
01/27/2004
Stop spending lavishly on funerals, Maruatona advises Batswana
01/27/2004
Brooke Corporation Subsidiary Releases December Results
01/26/2004
Montreal funeral workers put some life into mock procession
Company accused of hiring replacements to help 40 managers run its parlours...
01/26/2004
A Crab-Shaped Coffin? Funeral Museum Showcases Unusual Sendoffs
01/26/2004
Memort Glass Announces New Alternative to Cremation Memorials
Now Loved Ones Can be Shared with Every Family Member...
01/26/2004
Bremen, IN funeral home looks to expand
Kitchen facilities are starting to be in demand more, says company president...
01/26/2004
Delayed grave marker finally resting in place at cemetery
Consumer complaint...
01/26/2004
Group works to restore old cemeteries
Identifying some burials is hopeless...
01/26/2004
NY cemetery commissioners
A service that epitomizes governments' ideal of being the ultimate custodian of its people...
01/26/2004
'Forgotten' NC cemetery to be marked, restored
01/26/2004
Wal-Mart parking could surround Revolutionary War graves in AL
01/26/2004
UK: Plots thicken as double decker grave plans loom
As cemeteries run short of burial space...
01/26/2004
UK doctors condemned for taking organs from the dead without seeking family consent
01/26/2004
Belfast: Mourners Angered By Wreath
01/26/2004
Funeral directors dedicate careers to helping during most difficult times
01/26/2004
Temple Cemetery seeks historic designation
North Nashville’s Temple Cemetery is the final resting place of some of Nashville’s earliest and most prominent Jewish families...
01/23/2004
A son's lasting tribute
Coffin for father is loving handiwork of Hanover man...
01/23/2004
Officials explore idea of pet cemetery
Oregon City considers whether adding pet plots on land near Mountain View might help the historic cemetery break even...
01/23/2004
First burial at new national veterans cemetery may be in '07
01/23/2004
Stories from the grave to live on
01/23/2004
Service expected for fair site dead
Human remains are still being removed from the old graves uncovered on Western Fair property...
01/23/2004
Dead 'stacked' at cramped cemetery
01/23/2004
Mother tells of ordeal after son's organs 'stolen'
01/23/2004
Shareholders sue world's largest funeral services company
Accusing executives of failing to disclose problems with mishandled remains...
01/22/2004
Cremation fee increase called `tax on the dead'
01/22/2004
Texas cemetery offers eco-friendly burials
George Russell believes in ashes to ashes, dust to dust. No embalming fluid. No airtight caskets. No steel vaults...
01/22/2004
The coroner's wish list: A shiny, new morgue
The Natrona County Coroner's Office had to borrow space...
01/22/2004
Scouts clean cemetery as service project
01/22/2004
Cemetery development idea draws ire Residents ask Multnomah County officials not to sell property bordering a burial ground
01/22/2004
Veterans' gravestones dumped west of Albuquerque
01/22/2004
Hospital to be sued by grieving families
Body parts were removed from dead patients, allegedly without consent...
01/22/2004
Temple sues over pet funeral
For levying taxes on funerals for dogs, cats and other pets, when human burials are tax exempt...
01/22/2004
Matthews helped by foreign-exchange rates
01/21/2004
N.C. judges reverse ruling on pre-need caskets
01/21/2004
Fatal brain disease bumps threat of mad cow
Little is known about mysterious illness...
01/21/2004
More parlours to preserve the dead
01/21/2004
Deal agreed for crematorium in Thatcham
01/21/2004
Casket company strands family during time of need
01/21/2004
Bodies Piling Up In Local Morgue
With no one to claim them...
01/21/2004
Plan commission rejects funeral home proposal
Request now goes to County Council...
01/21/2004
Funeral homes victims of fraud
2 Md. insurance agents fined, ordered to repay; More than $820,000 lost; March and Morton among 5 minority victims...
01/21/2004
Death planning could change
A bill would lift Michigan's ban on joint ownership of funeral homes and cemeteries...
01/20/2004
Alderwoods stock rejuvenated
But analysts say the funeral industry is facing a period of slow growth...
01/20/2004
Funeral chain in £100m market float
01/20/2004
Texas Cemetery Offers Eco-Friendly Burial
01/20/2004
Mortuary industry offers more personalized services
The role of the funeral home is changing and the options for caring for the deceased are increasing...
01/20/2004
Bringing cemeteries back to life
ManaTeens and the county work together to restore forgotten...
01/20/2004
Proposed Farmington budget up over 5%
01/20/2004
Cremation Promoted as Space For Graves Runs Out
01/20/2004
Communities Look at Environmental Effects of Cremation
01/20/2004
Funeral property auctioned
David Clark buys real estate of brother's company...
01/20/2004
Cremation charge hike
The cost of cremation is set to increase by £10 in Perth and Kinross this year...
01/20/2004
Trustees will meet to discuss cemetery
01/20/2004
Funeral home manager to run for coroner
01/16/2004
New book helps survivors cope with sudden deaths
01/16/2004
Lacey begins expansion of Good Luck cemetery
01/16/2004
Charlotte offers option for veterans cemetery
01/16/2004
Digging Deeper
It’s natural to be undecided when it comes to the issue of how to dispose of our mortal remains...
01/16/2004
You're free to die in our town
Pine Creek is one of the few places in Australia where dying is free...
01/16/2004
Burial law to be modernised
01/16/2004
Judge: Ga. Ex-Crematory Operator Indigent
01/16/2004
Audit: Medical examiners spent public funds on travel, party favors
01/16/2004
Couple Accused of Embezzling From Mortuary
01/16/2004
Graves may be reused to avert crisis
Home Office minister wants feedback on opening burial plots and stacking coffins four-deep to relieve pressure on cemeteries...
01/16/2004
Appeals court takes on challenge of Oklahoma caskets law
01/15/2004
Brooke Corporation Subsidiary Appoints Franchisees Specializing in Funeral Services
01/15/2004
Faithful dog pays respects at funeral home
01/15/2004
Funeral home faces homelessness again
Third public-purpose eviction possible for Durham's Scarborough & Hargett...
01/15/2004
Bodies 'Should Be Exhumed to Make Space'
01/15/2004
A vote for cremation of dead Nigerians
All persons all over the world today have a right to a Christian or Muslim burial...
01/15/2004
New Jewish cemetery clears a hurdle
Contra Costa County Planning Commission OKs plans; opponents to appeal...
01/15/2004
Planners OK Briones Hills cemetery
Over the strong objections of ranchers living in an agricultural preserve...
01/15/2004
Hillenbrand Industries 1st Qtr Earnings Conference Call
01/14/2004
Cleveland Cemeteries To Be Closed On Mondays
Funeral Directors Outraged Over City's Decision...
01/14/2004
A vote for cremation of dead Nigerians
Legal obstacles to cremation have largely been overcome...
01/14/2004
Cloaked visitor, like raven, by Poe's side at Baltimore's Westminster Burial Grounds
01/14/2004
Providence, KY uses bequeathed cemetery funds
City having to borrow from one account to the other...
01/14/2004
Not all Memphis funeral homes are patient when it comes to the cost of a funeral
01/14/2004
Drivers: Show some respect for the dead
01/14/2004
Funeral scam halted
01/14/2004
Ruling Within A Week On Tri State Crematory Class Action
01/13/2004
Tourism Industry Mobilizes to 'Give Back' With Restoration of Legendary New Orleans Cemetery
01/13/2004
Funeral master: new job in Shanghai
01/13/2004
New UK Cemetery Eases Burial Space Shortage in Congleton
01/13/2004
Scattering ashes in nature gaining acceptance in Japan
01/13/2004
Scout maps grave sites at WI's historical Calvary Cemetery
01/13/2004
Funeral Postponed After Deceased 'Grows Moustache' in Ireland
Family given the wrong body...
01/13/2004
Vandals hit Crown Hill memorial in IN
"Fallen Heroes" monument desecrated...
01/13/2004
MA medical examiner's office being overhauled
Under investigation by state and federal authorities...
01/13/2004
In its wake—Food service on way for IL bar in former funeral home
01/13/2004
A Revived Interest in Death
Burial Societies Blossom, Bringing Spiritual Fufillment...
01/12/2004
Final costs
Crematory's brashness draws attention to funeral industry's diversity...
01/12/2004
Rites of the final passage
For Christians, funerals turn to celebrations of life and hope...
01/12/2004
In planning, you urn your keep
So far it's been a lot like planning my wedding except it's not as expensive...
01/12/2004
Marsh Lawyer Discovers Human Remains in Files
01/12/2004
Florida vets cemetery on fast track
Site won't be a political decision...
01/12/2004
Here is the path we all must take
From declaration of death to cremation or burial...
01/12/2004
Seeking Harmony in a Final Return to the Land
Growing number want environmentally friendly or "green" burials...
01/12/2004
Everyone will die, but most don't plan
But funeral directors are starting to see that change...
01/12/2004
A&E's "Dearly Departed"
Real-life "Six Feet Under" at Poway-Bernardo Mortuary...
01/12/2004
Ice, snow postpone Portland burials
01/12/2004
Loved one moved to new plot following fraud charges vs. two ex-employees at cemetery
01/12/2004
Returning bones is a daunting task
Museums are ordered to repatriate remains to the appropriate tribes for burial...
01/12/2004
Monumental Task at Hand for Long Island cemetery
Undoing vandals' handiwork requires time and muscle...
01/12/2004
Grave Concerns
With death rates not growing and less demand for traditional services, the funeral industry is frantically trying to adapt...
01/12/2004
Controversy fills Magnolia Cemetery's past in TX
01/12/2004
Service Corp upgraded by Merrill Lynch
01/09/2004
It's your funeral -- so let's talk about it
Why we'd rather listen to other people talk about it than discuss it ourselves...
01/09/2004
Mudslide Damages Cemetery
The mudslide damaged several graves...
01/09/2004
Vandals strike at cemetery
Markers from 1800s knocked down, broken in East Pennsboro Twp...
01/09/2004
Insurance agent held in theft of 95-year-old's burial money
01/09/2004
'Dead' man mistake prompts false funeral
Corpse mislabeled as man in N.O. prison...
01/09/2004
Local Cryonics Institute Now Licensed As Cemetery
Nonprofit Organization Settles Dispute With State Of Michigan...
01/08/2004
Cemetery offers calm
Every way you look at it, the formal, quiet space of Riverside Cemetery is alive...
01/08/2004
State makes money available for cemetery improvments
01/08/2004
Crematorium approval sought
New Cumberland funeral home requests permit to open facility...
01/08/2004
Cemetery board fields criticism
They didn’t exactly throw tomatoes, but the attendees had plenty to say about raised cemetery fees and placed new guidelines...
01/08/2004
Missing headstone reappears
Actually, it was improperly identified...
01/08/2004
Cemetery research yields past secrets
Society to make record of B.G. founders...
01/08/2004
Robbers caught in funeral home
01/08/2004
Cemetery's new service helps track down graves
01/08/2004
Guide for the Perplexed: Funeral Planning
01/08/2004
MD's Cold Spring Cemetery Gives View of History
One of the oldest cemeteries in the nation in continuous operation...
01/07/2004
TV alights on ever odder corners: A real-life 'Six Feet Under'
01/07/2004
To the Moon, Alice
Houston-based Celestis Inc. will start providing space burials for about $1000...
01/07/2004
After the cremation ... what happens to the remains?
01/07/2004
Village gets ready for elder's funeral in Miner, AK
01/07/2004
The Natural Way to Go in TX
01/07/2004
11th-hour payment saves business
FL's Cunningham Funeral Homes avoids closure...
01/07/2004
The hearse as a cool car?
01/07/2004
Territorian dead to be buried in cardboard boxes at new Australian cemetery
01/07/2004
Maintenance worker finds stolen crematory ashes
01/07/2004
Residents will meet today to discuss changes made by officials of the Merced Cemetery District
01/07/2004
Peoria's Springdale Cemetery budget OK'd
Cemetery, which was put into receivership in 2000 for gross mismanagement, now has stable oversight...
01/07/2004
3 Southold teens accused of damaging 130 gravestones at Long Island cemetery
Caused about $250,000 in damage...
01/07/2004
Matthews International Announces First Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call Schedule
01/06/2004
Funeral services becoming more unique
Families are wanting more than just the cookie-cutter funerals...
01/06/2004
State bills target funeral industry
Michigan law prohibits joint ownership of cemeteries and funeral homes...
01/06/2004
Law change urged for grave vandals
01/06/2004
Despite worries, MPs back broader organ Act
01/06/2004
Church’s growth may force cemetery to move
01/06/2004
Graveside rules upset some folks
01/06/2004
Memorial helps parents to cope
Babies who died at or before birth are engraved on a special memorial...
01/06/2004
Casket Floats From Grave Days After Funeral
01/06/2004
Crematory ashes are discovered on ground
A maintenance worker was astonished and disturbed when he found a small brown box...
01/06/2004
Family plot not for all women
But finding no-strings, no-heir burial site no easy task...
01/06/2004
A crying need for funeral planners
Death-planning services an unaddressed market in U.S...
01/05/2004
'The Westminster Abbey' of America
Boston's Old Granary Burying Ground is resting place for historic figures...
01/05/2004
Revenue problems reduce scrutiny of funeral industry
Dispute over how to fund the Oregon Mortuary and Cemetery Board has cut number of inspectors to one...
01/05/2004
Activist restores a forlorn Schenectady graveyard
Group works to stop vandalism and graffiti...
01/05/2004
UK's Heritage Trail to Feature 'Treasure Trove' Graves
Hope graves of the famous will be a hit with locals and visitors to Salford, Greater Manchester...
01/05/2004
Memories of walking among the dead in Lompoc, CA
Cemeteries are a storehouse of history...
01/05/2004
Upright gravestones mark return in Vancouver
Resurgence in tall, sculpted memorial markers...
01/05/2004
Navy reservists called up to serve at funerals
Job much in demand as thousands of veterans die each day...
01/05/2004
Vandals destroy graves, significant part of South Australia's history
01/05/2004
Two cultures at odds over MA's Burial Hill plans
How they choose to commemorate heritage may impede improvements...
01/05/2004
Headstone supplier sued
Accused of intentionally doing shoddy work for Russian, Jewish customers...
01/05/2004
It Could Become More Difficult To Bury Your Loved Ones In Years To Come
Demand for funeral service workers could exceed the supply...
01/05/2004
A crying need for funeral planners
Death-planning services an unaddressed market in U.S...
01/02/2004
Mystery at Auschwitz: Who repaired vandalized cemetery?
Sixteen tombstones at a Jewish cemetery were mysteriously repaired after being vandalized earlier this month...
01/02/2004
Plan your own funeral?
Many don't want to think about it, but a little advance work will give both you and your family some peace of mind -- and save money...
01/02/2004
'Dead' man, 94, resumes breathing at funeral home
As workers prepared to embalm him...
01/02/2004
Lee looks to more cremations
Burying indigents far more expensive...
01/02/2004
Ashes Reunited with Family
01/02/2004
Islamic cemetery awaits final permission
01/02/2004
Boy Scout clears, cleans neglected cemetery
01/02/2004
Cemetery getting much deserved respect
A small South Austin cemetery has gone through a lot in the past few years...
01/02/2004
In mix-up, blank death certificate cited
01/02/2004
Funeral home van stolen near Montreal doughnut: two bodies missing
01/02/2004
Outrage as gravestones sink
Muslim graves in Manchester have collapsed so badly...
01/02/2004
Fair site dig yields remains of 125
Nearly half the 450 grave shafts found were only large enough for children...
01/02/2004
Police seek tips in cemetery desecrations
Fingerprints lifted from damaged grave stones produced few leads...
01/02/2004
Bland's woes mount after business files for Chapter 11
Leigh Enterprises has recently filed for Chapter 11 status...
01/02/2003
Forever Enterprises buys back shares, to delist
12/31/2003
Ohio funeral home ad breaks down dollars, cents
Competitors upset at cost comparison...
12/31/2003
Wood County to get Ohio's 1st mobile morgue
12/31/2003
Denver's Fairmount Cemetery bookkeeper gets three-year sentence
72-year-old stole an estimated $401,486...
12/31/2003
Boy Scout clears, cleans neglected ME cemetery
12/31/2003
Priest ordered to stop treasure hunting in Philippines
Stop illegal digging operations in the Ilog Roman Catholic Cemetery...
12/31/2003
Memorial for Jewish cemetery in Prague is buried in red tape
12/31/2003
Searchers look for Civil War veterans in Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery
12/31/2003
In MA's cremation mix-up, blank death certificate cited
12/31/2003
Too few left to mourn victims in Bam: Scale of death precludes rituals
Assembly-line burials for corpses...
12/30/2003
Official presentation of the Darwin Memorial in the Falklands Argentine cemetery important for reconciliation
12/30/2003
Funeral services: Specialists in that final journey
Exporting bodies out of South Florida everyday business for Pierson Enterprises...
12/30/2003
Woman Rams Police Car During Funeral Procession
12/30/2003
Cadaver lawsuit against Lynn University widens
Judge allows family to seek punitive damages...
12/30/2003
Declaration of Independence Patriots names live on, but some graves are fading
12/30/2003
Fredericksburg, VA funeral homes still segregated
Funeral directors of both races say they have gone out of their way to draw clients of all races...
12/30/2003
Aussie funeral business center of neighborhood dispute
Three-year battle over business operating from a house...
12/30/2003
Audit reinforces likelihood Lee County will start cremating indigent to save money
12/30/2003
Watchdog groups want tougher cemetery rules
Proposed Iowa Cemetery Act to be introduced in the Iowa Legislature...
12/29/2003
Dignity in dying a viable mission
Promote a healthy way of dealing with bereavement...
12/29/2003
The Ewing legacy continues in PA
Ewing Brothers Funeral Home marks its 150th year in business...
12/29/2003
Dual shop not a hard sell in TX
Funeral home, hardware store invoke tradition...
12/29/2003
Caretakers of an abandoned past
Dartmouth students restoring neglected European Jewish cemeteries...
12/29/2003
Interest in 'green' burials growing
Plots among trees cheap and natural...
12/29/2003
North Port, FL looks to be home to national cemetery
12/29/2003
Stories of history and life fill MA's Woodlawn, St. Joseph cemeteries
12/29/2003
A proper homage to the dead in Tarpon Springs, FL
Burial markers dating back to 1908 failing to do their job...
12/29/2003
New rules at CA's Merced Cemetery District irk mourners
12/29/2003
Little time for ceremony at Bam's hurried funerals
Islam demands burial within a day...
12/29/2003
Hillenbrand Industries Announces Audited Fiscal 2003 Year-End Earnings and Revenue Results
12/24/2003
Federal Court In Tri-State Crematory Class Action Lawsuit Has Denied Motions By Defendant Funeral Homes
12/24/2003
Dignity Memorial(R) Smart and Safe Seniors(R) Supports Florida's Web Surfers With On-Line Safety Tips
12/24/2003
Bills target MI funeral industry
Aim to lift the ban on joint ownership...
12/24/2003
FL counties vie for national cemetery
12/24/2003
PA measure toughens penalties for desecrating historic cemeteries
12/24/2003
Lawsuit to be filed against Hilo mortuary
12/24/2003
Staub selected for Sarasota national cemetery committee
12/24/2003
Family's tragedy inspires a monument to kindness
Group to help grieving parents who can't afford grave markers...
12/24/2003
Funeral work is his key to life, longevity
12/24/2003
Cemetery restoration business owner has set his future in stone
12/24/2003
'Green burials' can cut costs
12/24/2003
WI County Board drops cremation fee
12/24/2003
Tree decorated with memories
A mausoleum lets people add ornaments that honor deceased loved ones...
12/19/2003
How to plan an $800 funeral
Dying in America is so expensive, the saying goes, that no one can afford to do it anymore...
12/19/2003
Horse-drawn hearse for Chelsea-area farmer's wishes honored by his family
12/19/2003
'I know I'm alive,' protests man listed as dead
12/19/2003
Dignity Memorial(R) Service Providers Remember National Homeless Person's Memorial Day
12/19/2003
City commission to decide crematory's fate
12/19/2003
Bilked funeral home customers get some funds back
12/19/2003
Jury says cemetery should pay $350,000 over baby's botched burial
12/19/2003
Thieves steal decorations from graves
12/19/2003
Polk proposal bans private burial plots
12/19/2003
Grave concerns
An inquiry into the funeral industry has small firms up in arms...
12/19/2003
Tributes Enterprises offers unique memorials
Monuments fit funerals very well and can be placed permanently at a grave site...
12/18/2003
Vault cover traps worker inside grave
Man doesn't suffer serious injuries...
12/18/2003
Set in Stone, Saved on Film
Documenting carved headstones of Russian Jewish cemeteries...
12/18/2003
Saber deal includes agreement for Rock of Ages to sell memorials for the cemeteries
12/18/2003
WI's Hansen-Onion-Martell Funeral Home offers online condolences as part of interactive Web page
12/18/2003
East Bay, CA cemetery decision put off till January
Proposal for 30-acre Jewish cemetery has generated controversy...
12/18/2003
Cemetery sues county regarding tree replacement
Lone Tree manager wants clearer answers...
12/18/2003
Excavation of old grave site putting dentist at odds with Columbia, TN
12/18/2003
Corpses piling up and clogging Gauteng, South Africa mortuaries
Although families identify bodies, they can't afford burial costs...
12/18/2003
Stewart Enterprises Swung to 4th-Quarter Loss
12/17/2003
Carriage Services Inc Financials
12/17/2003
Arbor Memorial Q4 profit falls to $5.2M from $5.6M despite revenue gain
12/17/2003
Rock of Ages Completes Sale of Its Cemeteries to Saber Management
12/17/2003
Go Gently
Growing 'green burial' movement one aspect of Americans' changing attitudes toward death...
12/17/2003
Gravedigging, a surprise occupation for one young man in Townsend, MA
12/17/2003
Hodgson now sole owner of Short-Cunningham Funeral Homes in IL
12/17/2003
Bucks, PA to spend $64,500 plus for flags at vets' graves
12/17/2003
Brothers seek clarification in funeral home turf battle with SCI
12/17/2003
UK council pays price for grave dilemma
Hundreds of gravestones laid down for safety to be put back up—at council's expense...
12/17/2003
Reburial at Menorah Gardens reopens family's grief
12/17/2003
Stewart Enterprises, Inc. Earnings Conference Call Tue, Dec 16, 2003, 11:00 am
12/16/2003
Stewart Enterprises Reports 4th Qtr Results and Strategic Initiatives for Fiscal 2004
12/16/2003
Remembering, to save lives
RoadPeace memorial garden created in Manchester, England...
12/16/2003
ANC leaders unveil Sisulu tombstone in Johannesburg
12/16/2003
Trends changing family business in NH
Industry consensus is that funeral homes will be fine if they adapt...
12/16/2003
In search of sacred ground: Lilburn church needs cemetery
Can't find a cemetery in metro Atlanta that allows traditional Romanian Orthodox burial...
12/16/2003
UK families renew battle over Rochdale Cemetery rules
12/16/2003
Cemetery caretaker faces graft rap in Philippines
12/16/2003
Court stops closure of Philippines' GAFH
Granted 20 days to secure Environmental Compliance Certificate...
12/16/2003
UK funeral directors apologize over coffin mix-up
12/16/2003
No welcome mat for crematories
Homeowners protesting plans in residential areas....
12/15/2003
How to face grief
Expert says the process is a solution, not a problem, for most of us...
12/15/2003
The last rites and wrongs
Some weeks ago my aunt died...
12/15/2003
Remembrance trees to honor loved ones in New Orleans
12/15/2003
Holiday Grief: A season of sorrow for those who have lost loved ones
12/15/2003
Jacksonville, AR funeral home plans to build crematorium
12/15/2003
Fulton, NY women seek to restore statue in Saint Mary's Cemetery
12/15/2003
Shreveport's Forest Park Cemetery plans luminary event
Tradition growing in popularity throughout the nation...
12/15/2003
CA's Lone Tree Cemetery files suit over tree decision
Management, county in dispute over landscaping responsibility...
12/15/2003
Remembrance trees to honor loved ones in New Orleans
12/15/2003
Holiday Grief: A season of sorrow for those who have lost loved ones
12/15/2003
Arlington, TX construction workers find unmarked graves
12/15/2003
Council policy to fell unsafe graves moves west in UK
12/15/2003
At rest with Roy and Dale
Desert cemetery owner lists plots near Western stars' on eBay...
12/15/2003
Funeral and memorial services cooperatives
Formed to empower consumers...
12/15/2003
FL allowed man to embalm body using fraudulent credentials
12/15/2003
Celebration, planning helps PA family cope with grief
12/12/2003
Funeral directors offer holiday solace
12/12/2003
'Green' graveyards take root in CO
12/12/2003
Tri-State's Marsh Files Request for Public Assistance Again
12/12/2003
Gravesite reflects qualities of Chiles
"Jubilee" site reflects many qualities that Floridians associated with the late governor...
12/12/2003
Aussie's weird and wonderful journey
Travels the country documenting and cleaning grave sites of notable artists...
12/12/2003
Dignity for the Living Through Burial of the Dead
Celebrating reinterment of 18th-century remains in Manhattan's African Burial Ground...
12/12/2003
Developer wants to build on tribal site in OR
12/12/2003
Chester, NC Residents seek protection of loved ones' graves
12/12/2003
Hillenbrand Industries Appoints Classon to Vice Chairman of Board
12/11/2003
Dignity Memorial Provides Grief Support Materials In Recognition of National Children's Memorial Day
12/11/2003
A quiet cemetery stroll in Manchester, England
Turning city's graveyards into a Heritage Trail...
12/11/2003
Day of the Dead
Traveler experiences sacred tradition in Tzintzuntzan...
12/11/2003
Die now and save - Arizona Mortuaries offer free services
12/11/2003
Putnam County may become newest site in Florida for veterans' cemetery
12/11/2003
NJ's Davis and Wagner funeral homes join forces
12/11/2003
Officials Investigate Austin, TX Corpse Mix-Up
Wrong Body Accidentally Released from Medical Examiner and Cremated...
12/11/2003
English business cycle finds base in Guernsey
Lack of commercial premises was biggest obstacle of newly-formed Argent Funeral Services...
12/11/2003
UK's Overpool Cemetery extension a big priority
Can only accommodate burials for another year...
12/11/2003
Outrage as Stockport, UK graves officer returns to work days after inquiry concluded
12/11/2003
UK widower in plea for green funerals
Wife's simple burial wishes could not be met in Stevenage...
12/11/2003
St. Johns County wants a national cemetery
One of five new federal cemeteries is scheduled to be located in Northeast Florida by 2007...
12/10/2003
Chesapeake man thinks he has found Revolutionary War cemetery
12/10/2003
Chambers Funeral Home follows the Golden Rule with families
Family-owned funeral home in IA places service and peace of mind first...
12/10/2003
OR offers grants for preserving cemeteries
Accepting applications to help protect and preserve historic cemeteries and burial sites...
12/10/2003
New Zealand's First Natural Cemetery Planned
12/10/2003
Seattle's Evergreen Funeral Home and Cemetery gatehouse to get new lease on life
Seeking stonemasons and carpenters "who understand historic preservation..."
12/10/2003
VA's Mount Zion Cemetery Project Gains Momentum
12/10/2003
Mausoleums grave issue for Australia's Balingup Shire council
Laws amended to allow mausoleums, despite class distinction concerns...
12/10/2003
FL's Life and Death Tug of War
Right-to-die groups launch campaign against further life-saving intervention by lawmakers...
12/10/2003
SCI Files SEC Form 8-K, Regulation FD Disclosure
12/09/2003
NV MULTI Corp Bhd Expanding Bereavement Care Services to the Hindu, Christian Sectors
12/09/2003
UK cemetery's new area with teddy bears theme dedicated to babies and small children
12/09/2003
Jacksonville, FL gaining ground on national vets' cemetery site
12/09/2003
Green Way for Future of UK Burials
"Green" proposal considered to ease pressure on Torbay's burial capacity...
12/09/2003
UNC works on creating ashes garden
Currently developing section of land near the Chapel Hill Cemetery...
12/09/2003
Gainesville cemetery's resurrection
Earleton's overgrown piece of hallowed ground may be saved...
12/09/2003
Even dead, Billy the Kid is causing trouble in NM
Showdown over digging up remains of Billy the Kid's mother for DNA testing...
12/09/2003
Reward Offered For Suburban Chicago Cemetery Vandals
12/09/2003
MI bills target funeral industry
12/08/2003
Court OKs settlements with funeral homes in Tri-State case
12/08/2003
At mortuaries, a time of change
Funeral directors have become more like event planners...
12/08/2003
To Bury Our Dead
9/11 survivors and public need proper burial ground to consecrate human remains...
12/08/2003
BBC News Online Stories: Dealing with bereavement
12/08/2003
Bone hunters race Canadian winter
Archeologists expect old grave sites at the Western Fair to yield more remains...
12/08/2003
Ousting Unlikely Intruders in a Cemetery Already Apart
Discovered remains of six Palestinian militants...
12/08/2003
Veterans Oppose Valley Forge National Historical Park Cemetery Location
12/08/2003
Cemetery guide unearths intriguing tales in ME
12/08/2003
Historic East Side cemetery and graves restored in San Antonio
12/08/2003
Salesman accused of embezzling from SCI is a no-show in court
12/08/2003
VT funeral director's licenses revoked for failure to pay taxes
12/08/2003
Greenville County, NC coroner looking for cremation solution
12/08/2003
Hillenbrand Industries Appoints Anne Griswold Peirce, R.N., Ph.D. and Joanne C. Smith, M.D. to its Board of Directors
12/05/2003
Hillenbrand Industries Announces 1st Qtr 2004 Dividend
12/05/2003
Settlement Reached in Tri-State Crematory Case
12/05/2003
Judge OKs $100M SCI Settlement
Settlement would avoid the "excruciating agony" of court trials...
12/05/2003
Lawyers detail SCI settlement
12/05/2003
Some victims relieved, some angry over $100 million Menorah Gardens deal
12/05/2003
The Cost of Dying: In Times of Grief, Financial Relief is Available
Casket factory sells directly to public...
12/05/2003
Honored, at last
52 years after dying in Korea, new U.S. citizen given military send-off...
12/05/2003
Scotland's MEPs Vote for Common Rules on Repatriating Bodies
12/05/2003
Aborigines consent to ritual burial excavations
20-year moratorium has been lifted on excavating remains...
12/05/2003
Bismarck, ND counties pay bill for some funerals
12/05/2003
Gainsville, GA law says burial legal in one cemetery
Quirky code unearthed by pending annexation request...
12/05/2003
3 charged with gross abuse of corpse in OH
12/05/2003
Stewart cuts 300 jobs, cites slower business
12/04/2003
Stewart Enterprises Announces Workforce Restructuring
Plans to close or sell number of small businesses...
12/04/2003
Carriage Services Updates Company & Investment Profile
12/04/2003
S&P comments on Service Corp International
12/04/2003
Families await terms of SCI offer
12/04/2003
Judge to rule today on $100 million Menorah settlement
12/04/2003
Menorah Gardens owner still faces suits
SCI may have resolved one of the largest cemetery abuse cases in history, but problems far from over...
12/04/2003
Without New Land, No Peace for the Poor and the Dead in Zamboanga City, Philippines
12/04/2003
Funeral chain happy as fortune favors the grave
Sydney-based company operates 124 funeral homes and 12 cemeteries and crematoriums...
12/04/2003
Royalty for Belfast's Shankill cemetery
Queen Victoria statue will be centerpiece of Shankill Garden of Rest...
12/04/2003
Vicksburg National Military Park officials hope to restore cemetery walls to original 1874 appearance
12/04/2003
A dignified departure for 200 of the destitute and homeless in King County, WA
12/04/2003
NV Multi rakes in RM9 mil sales in Indonesia
Range of bereavement care services has exceeded company's expectations...
12/04/2003
Taking care comes first in UK firm
London's T. Cribb & Sons receives business award for client care...
12/04/2003
Cemetery group marking old graveyards in Montgomery County, TN
12/04/2003
Rural areas of Zimbabwe set to get cemeteries
Will be done in consultation with chiefs and village headmen...
12/04/2003
EMB orders Gegato-Abecia Funeral Homes to cease operations in Philippines
12/04/2003
Bankrupt Sanford Cemetery Goes To Highest Bidder
12/04/2003
Panel will oversee repairs at Menorah Gardens
12/03/2003
Funeral chain to pay families millions
12/03/2003
Service Corp. Intl to Pay $100 Million to Settle Class Action Suit
Leaves one suit pending in Palm Beach County...
12/03/2003
Australia's Funeral Chain Invocare To List Thu After Raising
A $173.5M
12/03/2003
Judge denies change of venue, indigent status in Tri-State case
12/03/2003
Help offered for damaged PA cemetery
12/03/2003
Gravestone mystery deepens in St. Augustine, FL
12/03/2003
British WWI soldier headstones stolen from French graveyard
12/03/2003
Cemetery operator pleads guilty to theft charges, avoids jail in AL
12/03/2003
UK cemetery: 'Help us deal with cemetery vandals'
12/03/2003
Service Corporation International to Present at Merrill Lynch Equity Investor Conference
12/02/2003
Jury selection in Menorah Gardens suit delayed; settlement discussed
12/02/2003
Stewart Enterprises, Inc. Earnings Conference Call
12/02/2003
Judge refuses to toss out case against Menorah Gardens
Jury selection begins...
12/02/2003
Judge won't rule out punitive damages for cemetery desecration in Menorah Gardens suit
12/02/2003
Punchbowl columbarium in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific to open soon
12/02/2003
Crypt in city cemetery undergoes cleanup
12/02/2003
Community effort to fix Aussie graves
Plans to restore indigenous graves in Quairading...
12/02/2003
One final gift for the dead
Stylists do hair, makeup to restore look of life, health to clients...
12/02/2003
Tombstone discovery interrupts construction in St. Augustine, FL
12/02/2003
Corpse's Head Stolen From Ohio Mausoleum
12/02/2003
Fendi Investigated
Accused of trying to bribe a place for her family in the revered Campo di Verano cemetery...
12/02/2003
Marsh Rulings Expected
12/02/2003
Cemetery Suit To Get Under Way
12/01/2003
Menorah Gardens Sued For Allegedly Misplacing Grave
Broward County case being chalked up as 'landmark'...
12/01/2003
Funeral industry faces challenges
Baby boomers will request more nontraditional services...
12/01/2003
Alliance survey offers facts about cemeteries
Organization focuses on educating consumers about their options...
12/01/2003
Mortuaries help Latinos repatriate dead
12/01/2003
Ritual changes
Funeral business becoming more diverse...
12/01/2003
Funeral homes deal with season of sadness
12/01/2003
A ride to die for
Hearse owners like the luxury, room and heavenly air-like ride...
12/01/2003
CA funeral home adds crematorium in response to increasing demand
12/01/2003
Lambeth crematorium gets a revamp in the UK
12/01/2003
Road work, cemetery upgrades considered in Oxnard City, CA
Ways to improve historic Japanese and Masonic cemeteries...
12/01/2003
TX man touts benefits of 'green' burials
12/01/2003
Lost, found, finally at rest in NH
12/01/2003
Canadian funeral home staff poised for walkout
As many as 300 undertakers, funeral directors, office employees and drivers ready to strike...
12/01/2003
The corpses pile up every Saturday as South Africa's devastating Aids epidemic continues
"Cowboy" undertakers cashing in on the grim trade...
12/01/2003
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Brent Marsh Attorneys Ask Lifting Of Protective Order
11/26/2003
Solemn homecoming
Public rarely sees ceremony as nation's war dead arrive
11/26/2003
Woman keeps late husband close at hand
Growing number of people choosing the year-old form of memorializing their loved ones...
11/26/2003
10 things you must know to draw up a will
11/26/2003
Fewer students seeking careers in funeral business
Many wonder whether there will be enough undertakers...
11/26/2003
The last journey: Terminally ill patients, their families get help from hospice
11/26/2003
In Remembrance: Pride and Honor
Military funerals are common on the reservation...
11/26/2003
Another Crematory In Johnstown, PA?
11/26/2003
Grave-Dancers Union
If passed, NY bill would ban any entertainment from taking place in any cemetery...
11/26/2003
Vandals carve swastikas onto gravestones in French Jewish cemetery
11/26/2003
'Missing body' found in UK grave
Inquiry into whether bodies were buried in the right graves has taken a new twist...
11/26/2003
Vandals upset peace of Parrish, FL family cemetery
11/26/2003
Roadside memorials spark controversy across nation
11/26/2003
Graverobbers' loot repatriated
Greek antiquities to be returned following four-year-long legal battle...
11/26/2003
TransWorld Benefits International Signs Letter of Intent With New York Metropolitan Funeral Group
11/25/2003
CO's Mountain Wilderness Memorial Park as close to nature as it gets
Among handful of "green" cemeteries devoted to environment-friendly burials...
11/25/2003
Burial sites paid for, but denied to South Texas families
11/25/2003
Remains of sailor killed at Pearl Harbor identified after six decades
Will be laid to rest beside his parents, with full military honors...
11/25/2003
Soldiers' remains treated with respect, dignity at Dover air base
11/25/2003
MI's Blue Lake cemetery gets some high tech help
GVSU brought research team to White Oak Cemetery to try to pinpoint final resting places...
11/25/2003
Full Honors for Veterans
Almost all national cemeteries operate military burials with volunteer veterans' groups...
11/25/2003
Don't Postpone Your Good Deeds
Beautiful side of Ramadan is belief reflecting long-held traditions recalling the dead with visits to cemeteries...
11/25/2003
Taiwan: Elegant mortician service now available
Former SCI consultant, young sales staff, help 'reinvent funeral industry'...
11/24/2003
A Quiet Presence
Home memorials keep loved ones close, some symbolically, some with cremains for remembrance...
11/24/2003
Technology turns gravestones into personal monuments
11/24/2003
Death Equals Science at Body Farm
U of Tenn forensic anthropology research center...
11/24/2003
Technology helps mourners distance from grieving process
11/24/2003
Gentle Waters, Reflecting This City?
Designs for World Trade Center memorial do not have a feeling of New York...
11/24/2003
New Gleason funeral home to open in Bayside, NY
11/24/2003
New chapter in Chicago funeral home legacy
11/24/2003
Enduring the tests of time at the Lima Funeral Home in Bristol, RI
11/24/2003
Chemical Free Living in ND: Shock value
Staged death aims to stop high school binge drinking...
11/24/2003
Dwindling ranks limit Honor Guard for funeral services
11/24/2003
Show some respect
UK headstone battle continues in Liverpool...
11/24/2003
NM Cemeteries Report People Stealing From Graves
Items Left At Gravesites Disappearing...
11/24/2003
CT's Huntington to be reburied in restored tomb
Signer of the Declaration of Independence...
11/24/2003
Slain Seattle cop's memorial vanishing; replacement to be built in park
11/24/2003
Americans still bleed for JFK on the 40th anniversary of assassination
11/24/2003
Mausoleum crypts put some life into cemeteries
11/21/2003
Creating funerals with finesse at Flushing's Fogarty Funeral Home
It's death's last earthly friend, the funeral...
11/21/2003
Cremation becoming option for Catholics
11/21/2003
Funeral director emphasizes caring for everyone involved
Ric Newton is proud of his profession as a "caretaker of the dead and a caregiver for the living..."
11/21/2003
Group comes to Pioneer Cemetery's defense
Maintenance of the Milwaukie site has been neglected, say residents who want to take over its care...
11/21/2003
Cemeteries to face council safety checks
11/21/2003
Vets Want National, Not State, Cemetery
11/21/2003
Coroner: Remains near Riverton came from cremation
11/21/2003
Locals want to bury crematory plans
Resentment growing across the nation as towns okay facilities...
11/21/2003
Rivero Funeral Home fined $20G, shut for license violation
It had been conducting funeral services for several months without a licensed manager...
11/21/2003
Toys stolen from baby’s grave
11/21/2003
Family heartbroken by theft of memorial
11/21/2003
Police identify cemetery kidnapping suspects
Man was lured to violent ambush, possibly over drugs, police say...
11/21/2003
Mourning teas an Aussie cafe specialty
Reflections Cafe is first purpose-built eatery to operate in a cemetery...
11/20/2003
Dedication plans announced for new KY veterans cemetery
11/20/2003
Behind America's rush to memorialize death
11/20/2003
New flag flies over Lynchburg cemetery
11/20/2003
Loves lost and never reclaimed: Aussie parlours look to send ashes home
Melbourne company posting names on internet of people whose ashes have not been collected...
11/20/2003
Selected Independent Funeral Homes Offers Advice on Grieving, Loss During the Holiday Season
11/20/2003
Coping with Death: Books and computers can be links to healthier coping
11/20/2003
Land for cemetery at Kampong Andulau
11/20/2003
Cleanup ordered after leak is found at FL's Boynton Beach Mausoleum
City officials coordinating a biohazard cleanup...
11/20/2003
UK Sisters' Anger at Cemetery Charges
Cost of burying mother doubled – because she died four miles out of town...
11/20/2003
Rock of Ages Corp Financials
11/19/2003
New Twist On Death Arrangements With DNA Genome Vault
Preserving the loved one's genetic strands inside a miniature pyramid with a 3-D memorial bust...
11/19/2003
TransWorld Benefits International, Inc. Announces Merger Plans with New York Metropolitan Funeral Group
11/19/2003
So you're dead. now what?
A veritable smorgasbord of options available once we pass on...
11/19/2003
Ex-crematory operator says he can't afford to defend himself
11/19/2003
Decent burial given homeless veteran in Ohio
Everyone is entitled to a final disposition of dignity...
11/19/2003
Dealing with death
Experts say it could be the healthiest conversation you'll ever have...
11/19/2003
Couple to open new funeral home in Lincoln, IL
11/19/2003
Referral Coach International Offers Free Report to Help Marketers Succeed in Do Not Call Era
11/19/2003
Stand in peace
Malaysian state considering burying people in vertical graves...
11/19/2003
Bentonville, AR Tests Radar Machine At Old Burial Sites
Checking for unmarked graves...
11/19/2003
Oklahoma City funeral home stopped from pre-need business
11/19/2003
Friends meet to secure future of Hawkesbury, Australia's Wilberforce cemetery
11/19/2003
UK: Gravestones flattened because of safety fears
11/19/2003
Decorated graves require sensitive treatment by cemetery superintendents
11/19/2003
Strunk Funeral Homes Help give coats for children
11/19/2003
How to keep funeral costs low
Become an informed consumer...
11/18/2003
TX designates historic Clopton farm cemetery
Will increase public awareness of important cultural resources...
11/18/2003
Alabama ceremony recalls Axis POWs who died in U.S.
One of the few cemeteries reserved for POWs who died during World War II...
11/18/2003
Grieving at work
Healing process different for everyone...
11/18/2003
Mobile phone started ringing inside coffin
Mourners at a chapel of rest in Belgium were shocked...
11/18/2003
WWII bugler believes vets deserve better than CD recording of taps
11/18/2003
Hartford Historical Society to hear gravestone expert
Founder of the Connecticut Gravestone Network...
11/18/2003
Commission fines Dallas' Golden Gate funeral home
Former employee allowed to perform embalming duties without license...
11/18/2003
Operator of Tri-State Crematory Seeks Venue Change
11/18/2003
Funeral industry opens doors to women
11/17/2003
Contemporary funerals concentrate on significance of dead person's life, connections
11/17/2003
Dust to dust (but not if your dearly departed is buried in Germany)
So packed with undecomposed bodies that scientists have been called in to investigate...
11/17/2003
Seminar on City History Stirs Interest
Speaker discusses volution from a small, informally-acquired burial ground to a more elaborately landscaped site...
11/17/2003
Dead people get no respect
11/17/2003
Funerals taking on a different look
11/17/2003
Financial steps after loss of a loved one
11/17/2003
Seeking to repair the damage
Volunteers work at historic cemetery...
11/17/2003
Crematory Operator Wants Trial Moved
11/17/2003
Marsh wants taxpayers to pick up legal tab
11/17/2003
Burial problems worsen tragedy
Body travels back and forth during family dispute...
11/17/2003
Deadwood: Where Lady Luck lives on
One of the Wild West's most famous 'boot hill' cemeteries...
11/17/2003
Tampa Bay area funeral homes try to bury their dirty secrets
11/17/2003
Funeral home fraud leaves trail of victims
11/17/2003
Do you believe?
Ghost hunters search at cemeteries...
11/17/2003
Trip to the funeral home gives people a healthier outlook
11/14/2003
Matthews International Announces Earnings for Fiscal 2003
11/14/2003
National cemetery coming to Sarasota
Need recognized in Southwest Florida, vets say...
11/14/2003
Bereavement and The Holidays
11/14/2003
Argentina and the Dead
Some say that the Argentinos are obsessed with death...
11/14/2003
Investors snap up Marsellus buildings
Former casket factory sites may have a future as loft condominiums, warehouse...
11/14/2003
Remains of woman buried in 1908 stolen from cemetery
11/14/2003
West to East
A former Calgary funeral home manager was charged with cremating dozens of bodies illegally...
11/14/2003
Springdale Cemetery Still Unpaid
11/14/2003
Grave fraud wife jailed
11/14/2003
Blendon Township to help replace Civil War headstone
11/13/2003
Sullivan medals to raise funds for Iowa cemetery
11/13/2003
Princeton cemetery project earns support
Donations stream in after mailers are sent to utility customers...
11/13/2003
Cemetery owner asks board for reinstatement of Carver license
11/13/2003
New Lease of Life For a Hearse
11/13/2003
Medical examiner may have to repay cremation fees
Preliminary report could lead to changes across Florida...
11/13/2003
Dead man's family seeks $250,000 from county
The man's remains were given to the family twice--the second time, roughly two years after his funeral...
11/13/2003
Funeral homes' code of conduct to be enforced
Area funeral directors say trade association's power to discipline members won't change how they operate...
11/13/2003
Veterans oppose cemetery location
11/13/2003
Packers ignore pleas to restore ancestors' cemetery
11/13/2003
Boston caretaker of graves serves above the call of duty
Embarked on mission to find the grave of every veteran buried in Stoughton...
11/12/2003
'We honor every loss'
Pay tribute and remember the courage, commitment and sacrifice...
11/12/2003
Veterans Day ceremonies bring sacrifices home
11/12/2003
How to say goodbye
Important to distinguish between grief and saying goodbye...
11/12/2003
Louisiana among possible sites for veterans' cemetery
11/12/2003
First Coast To Get National Cemetery
Part of the "National Cemetery Expansion Act"...
11/12/2003
Alderwoods Group Reports 3rd Qtr Results
11/12/2003
MA woman arrested in connection with missing funeral home funds
11/12/2003
U.S. Sen. Schumer: VA owes more to vets
Boost veterans' burial benefits...
11/12/2003
Dignity Memorial Honors Veterans With the Vietnam Wall Experience And Homeless Vets Burial Program
11/11/2003
Dwindling ranks of honor guards pose
problems for military funerals
11/11/2003
How Commerce and Creativity Are Redefining the Reverential
Changes in what in American tradition has been a solemn ceremony...
11/11/2003
Back together
Buried apart, TX woman's parents soon will be side-by-side...
11/11/2003
Final Salute
Bugler says veterans deserve better than a recording of taps...
11/11/2003
A veteran's funeral
Military cemetery tradition dates back to 1862...
11/11/2003
Ceremony Planned For TX Veterans' Cemetery
TX veterans who die after serving their country are getting new recognition from a federal program...
11/11/2003
Northern Nevada Veterans Cemetery expansion nears completion
11/11/2003
Change of Venue Wanted in Marsh Case
Prosecutors want to bring in a jury from another county...
11/11/2003
Cemeteries Look Beyond the Grave
Cemeteries market themselves to help public realize their assets are gems...
11/10/2003
Personalized touches can enliven funerals
Custom-made caskets and memorial videos celebrate unique lives...
11/10/2003
IN sessions help put holiday stress to rest
Geared toward coping with loss during the holidays
11/10/2003
New law protects funeral, burial wishes
Colorado's Disposition of Last Remains Act gives people added guarantees...
11/10/2003
The hereafter gets a custom paint job
Casket industry grabs market share by developing new products...
11/10/2003
IN's Holt purchases funeral homes in Versailles, Milan
11/10/2003
NC's Waxhaw cemetery marks many firsts
First license granted for new N.C. cemetery in a dozen years...
11/10/2003
Cemeteries to honor veterans Tuesday
11/10/2003
Touching Tombstones: Gravestones increasingly technological marvels, personal monuments
11/10/2003
'That's all folks'
When the day comes, Tasmanian Devil cookie jar will be her vessel of choice...
11/10/2003
New funeral home to open in Caldwell,OH
11/10/2003
Veterans cemeteries crowded
As number of dead rises, space needed...
11/10/2003
Technology allows for elaborately personalized gravestones
11/07/2003
New mausoleum keep living in mind
Consumers are bombarded with a dizzying array of product choices...
11/07/2003
Rare Vault In Historic Cemetery For Sale
11/07/2003
Bishop proposes review of cemetery flag policy
11/07/2003
Lawyers can probe cemetery's hiring of manager
11/07/2003
Lots of non-useful reading
Relatives decide to relocate remains in wake of grave robbery last weekend...
11/07/2003
Undertaker Shortage
Funeral ethics...Missing sex offenders...Chalkless classrooms...Military spouses...
11/07/2003
Fewer career paths lead to funeral home
One day soon, finding a good mortician could take an eternity...
11/07/2003
Woman Told to Move Clutter from Son's Grave
11/07/2003
Plover doubles cemetery fees
11/07/2003
Tombstones theft worries council
11/07/2003
SCI lauds conduct in French crisis
Funeral company posts higher earnings...
11/06/2003
Amendment allows for crematories
11/06/2003
Harley hearse takes local man to final rest
11/06/2003
Seminar offers ways to cope with grieving
11/06/2003
Skokie approves downtown crematory
The first crematory in downtown Skokie...
11/06/2003
Garden commemorates loved one
Keeping a loved one's ashes in the backyard wouldn't appeal to everyone...
11/06/2003
Cemetery a fascinating puzzle to archaeologist
"These people don't talk back to me and don't steal from me..."
11/06/2003
Civil War tombstones get a bargain update
11/06/2003
Goad Springs Cemetery Draws Attention
11/06/2003
French exhume German soldiers from secret grave
11/06/2003
Be careful when selecting a funeral director
11/06/2003
Worker charged in crypt looting
Man held earlier had items from grave, police say...
11/06/2003
Spending eternity as a 20-inch Jesus
The traditions of death and burial are about to be smashed...
11/05/2003
Americans need better way of viewing death, experts say
Burial rituals of the Tlingit Indians in Alaska...
11/05/2003
Talk seeks meaning of death
Why don't funerals strike the chord of joy and celebration instead of mourning?
11/05/2003
Menorah Gardens owner fights charges
11/05/2003
Life After Corporate Death Care
It has been a bad few years for the corporate death care or "after-death" industry...
11/05/2003
Mortician career losing popularity
Fewer pick career path dealing with death, creating a shortage of funeral directors...
11/05/2003
Escorted Funeral Processions Facing Decline in Fort Worth, Texas, Area
11/05/2003
Bluff City Cemetery in financial hole
Plot sales lagging: City expects its subsidy to once-self-sustaining cemetery to nearly triple...
11/05/2003
Hillenbrand Industries to Announce Fiscal 2004 Earnings Expectations
11/04/2003
TN's Lane Funeral Home Receives National Award
11/04/2003
Rock of Ages Reports 3rd Qtr Results
11/04/2003
Majority of Seoulites want to be cremated
Over 60 percent of Seoul citizens...
11/04/2003
Spending eternity as a 20-inch Jesus
By 2025, cremations are expected to reach 1.4 million per year...
11/04/2003
Aids Fatalities Make "Business of Death" Lucrative in Zimbabwe
11/04/2003
Grave robbers pry open Charleston crypt, snatch cash from casket
11/04/2003
Troubled Iowa Park Cemetery May Get New Receiver in TX
11/04/2003
Lawyers want judge to review Menorah Gardens hire
11/04/2003
NY's Memory's Garden Cemetery board members stepping down
11/04/2003
Rough seas delay placement of cremated remains in artificial reef
Service to commemorate the first placing of memorial reef balls in Texas waters...
11/04/2003
Harare Residents Urged to Consider Cremation in Africa
City faces acute shortage of burial space...
11/04/2003
Investigators get some real-life tips from an expert on death
11/03/2003
Meeting to explore funeral facts and myths
Making plans in advance for your funeral is the best way to ensure that your wishes will be met after your demise...
11/03/2003
Former funeral director goes from burying dead to carrying their memory
Via replica of Vietnam Veterans Memorial...
11/03/2003
Maddux-Fuqua-Hinton Funeral Home earns national recognition
110/03/2003
Casket industry gets creative as more turn to cremations
Personalized coffins available...
11/03/2003
Memorial honors Maple Grove Cemetery's unknowns in KS
11/03/2003
Swansea becomes the first in Wales to offer non-religious funerals
11/03/2003
Milwaukee memorial honors those killed in Iraq
11/03/2003
Las Calaveras Cemetery receives historical marker in TX
11/03/2003
Cremation alters celebrations
New twist on mausoleums represents ways Mexicans are trying to adapt to modern realities...
11/03/2003
Moody's revises Hillenbrand Industries outlook
11/03/2003
Menorah Gardens owner fights charges
Attorneys for Service Corporation International asking judge to throw out charges
11/03/2003
Many Mexicans seek burials in their homeland
11/03/2003
Sale brings closure at Abbey Funera |
