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10/2005 - 1/2006


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Matthews Int'l 1Q Earnings Up 5 Percent
01/20/2006


Keystone North America Inc. to expand
01/20/2006


Senate advances funeral protest bill
01/20/2006


Finalizing name last hurdle for regional vets' cemetery
01/20/2006


New association to aid New Haven Jewish cemeteries
01/20/2006


Camp Navajo site of new veterans cemetery
01/20/2006


UK: Mum's Army on guard at Highgate Cemetery
01/20/2006


Stewart Enterprises Announces Delay in Filing Fiscal Year 2005 Form 10-K
01/19/2006


Resolution asks Congress for Ord national cemetery
01/19/2006


Wet weather turns Oregon cemetery into morass; visitor gets stuck
01/19/2006


Old Family Cemetery Likely Will Be Moved
01/19/2006


Oakland Diocese purchases mortuary
01/19/2006


Tiny cemetery county's cross to bear
01/19/2006


Pet cremation growing in popularity
01/19/2006


Going Out in Style Glitzy Funeral Home Opens in Fla.
01/19/2006


Porter officials sickened after cemetery trashed
01/19/2006


Phillips follows inspiration to open funeral home in Paragould
01/19/2006


Form 8-K/A for STONEMOR PARTNERS LP
01/18/2006


VA awards state $5.2 million for Upstate cemetery
01/18/2006


CP purchase of funeral home advances
01/18/2006


Rest in Green Peace Cemetery plots environmentally sound future
01/18/2006


Cemetery road to be paved
01/18/2006


LA cemeteries a who's who of celebrities
01/18/2006


Business owner to repair Plateau Cemetery graves
01/18/2006


Bradley County Without Morgue
01/18/2006


Citizens Fight Plan To Move Historic Cemetery In Montgomery County
01/18/2006


Funeral home mix-up spurs bill on ID tags
01/18/2006


Association provides funds, care for Landrum cemetery
01/18/2006


Saluda maintains cemetery
01/18/2006


Canada: Funeral ads really 'outside the box'
01/18/2006


UK: Cost of burial increases by 61% in five years
01/18/2006


Jamaica: New cemetery approved for Hanover
01/18/2006


Fiji: New road to cemetery
01/18/2006


Bush Signs Ban on 'Lifers' from National Cemeteries
01/17/2006


Foes fear road will disturb cemetery
01/17/2006


Bell County Restores Cemeteries
01/17/2006


Legal recourse limited in case of burial mix-up
01/17/2006


More people opt for cremation; Ease of planning, religious acceptance cited as factors
01/17/2006


Funerals Move Toward Celebration Of Life Vs. Observance Of Death
01/17/2006


Canada: N.B. mom launches national campaign to dump funeral tax after son's death
01/17/2006


Pet cemetery threatened by development
01/17/2006


No Charges After Black Cemetery is Bulldozed
01/17/2006


County May End Free Burial For Veterans
01/17/2006


Staten Island High Schoolers Make On Site Visit To Funeral Home As Part OF THE Funeral Service Career Program
01/17/2006


Brazil: Mayor wants running tracks in cemeteries
01/17/2006


Funeral director Al Yost dies
01/17/2006


Hillenbrand Industries Invites You to Join Its Fiscal 2006 First Quarter Earnings Conference Call
01/13/2006


Vets' director skips cemetery hearing
01/13/2006


Work for vets cemetery an ongoing task
01/13/2006


UK: Cemetery bans 'too political' epitaph
01/13/2006


Families seek restored cemetery for deceased, mentally ill relatives
01/13/2006


Neighbors Want To Help Forgotten AME Zion Church Cemetery
01/13/2006


Cemetery desecration described as significant
01/13/2006


China: Cremation facilities to be moved out of Beijing
01/13/2006


StoneMor Partners L.P. Declares an Increase in Its Quarterly Cash Distribution
01/12/2006


Under the Law A Body Accidentally Dumped In A Landfill Can Stay
01/12/2006


Preplanning funeral smart money move
01/12/2006


Developer accidentally discovers forgotten cemetery
01/12/2006


Local funeral home closing
01/12/2006


Benson updates its cemetery database
01/12/2006


Funeral Planning: An Important Step in Getting Your Affairs in Order
01/12/2006


Cemetery expands as more veterans of pas wars reach the end of life
01/12/2006


Toll has new plan for Dolington tract
01/12/2006


Vandals damage more than 20 tombstones in Mount Vernon cemetery
01/12/2006


Five area mortuaries facing sale or closure
01/12/2006


Governor now backs veterans cemetery funding, Day says
01/11/2006


$150,000 earmarked for state veterans cemetery project
01/11/2006


Arsenal Cemetery expansion plan moves forward
01/11/2006


Community embraces funeral home
01/11/2006


Counties critical of cemetery proposal
01/11/2006


Fire guts funeral home garage
01/11/2006


Helping families cope with loss of pet
01/11/2006


UK: Demand for funeral pyres for Hindus, Sikhs in Britain
01/11/2006


China: Sacred Tibetan burial ritual to live on under protection
01/11/2006


Tryon Cemetery history includes years of neglect
01/11/2006


Cemetery site sparks protests
01/11/2006


New Zealand: Funerals to be outlawed if bird flu pandemic occurs
01/11/2006


Cemetery district ends talks with city over membership
01/10/2006


Battle Over Funeral Home Land Brings Up Eminent Domain Issue
01/10/2006


Local funeral home adds crematorium
01/10/2006


Family gets victory with cemetery law
01/10/2006


Cemetery friends see ray of hope
01/10/2006


Businessman builds road accessing cemetery
01/10/2006


Millet cemetery expands
01/10/2006


Historic cemetery continues to decay
01/10/2006


Bucks County chosen as site for national veterans cemetery
01/09/2006


Chestnut Grove Cemetery construction estimates increase
01/09/2006


Funeral homes offended by lawmaker, not his law
01/09/2006


Cemetery proposed for North Livermore
01/09/2006


Planners, Cemetery Commission get a little extra in budget
01/09/2006


Czech Republic: Cremation Skirmish Flares in Europe
01/09/2006


Finding a final home - Local funeral directors deal with changing
01/09/2006


Fast growth edging out graveyards
01/09/2006


Two local residents clean up forgotten cemetery
01/09/2006


Jamaica: The rise of the care-givers: Maddens blazes a trail
01/09/2006


Ashes to ashes ...
01/09/2006


India: Kabul cremation ground restored to Sikhs, Hindus
01/09/2006


Philippines: Agency told to pay firm P18.6M for cemetery completion
01/09/2006


Funeral industry conspiring to keep prices high, suit says
01/09/2006


Hancock, Finlandia at odds over cemetery
01/09/2006


Casket Company Plans to Shutter Ind. Plant (Matthews)
01/06/2006


Bristol company buys two Fayette cemeteries
01/06/2006


No V.A. cemetery for Pennhurst
01/06/2006


Community group wants to preserve historic cemetery
01/06/2006


Glendale cemetery cited for air-quality violations
01/06/2006


Church reconsiders court fight over cemetery
01/06/2006


Rash of vandalism at Yarmouth Port cemetery
01/06/2006


Bahrain: Cemetery wall work on track
01/06/2006


2 cemeteries separated by 2 worlds
01/06/2006


How is a cemetery relocated?
01/06/2006


Ed Todd: Beaver Creek Cemetery: A nice place to visit or, someday perhaps, to stay
01/06/2006


National cemetery site to be announced in February
01/05/2006


Danekas family buys Chewelah Funeral Home
01/05/2006


New state cemetery honors local veteran
01/05/2006


Camp owner seeks tax break for cemetery
01/05/2006


Korean war veterans sue LA cemetery over memorial
01/05/2006


Charges expected soon in probe
01/05/2006


Weeds taking over Robstown cemetery again
01/05/2006


Matthews International Announces First Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call Schedule
01/04/2006


Rock of Ages Sells Its Four Retail Locations In New Jersey
01/04/2006


Form 8-K for ROCK OF AGES CORP
01/04/2006


Veterans' cemetery prompts need for honor guard
01/04/2006


Law on Md. Mortuaries Has Guardian Angel at State House
01/04/2006


County seeks help with laying to rest its unclaimed deceased
01/04/2006


Funeral director's job changes with the times
01/04/2006


Families' shock to find red tape on graves
01/04/2006


Archaeologists map out cemetery's 'unseen population'
01/04/2006


Funeral home counters Durham offer
01/03/2006


County bans flags at veterans cemetery
01/03/2006


Star Cemetery undergoing study
01/03/2006


New vs. old square off over Sunnyvale cemetery
01/03/2006


New owner causes unrest at pioneering cemetery
01/03/2006


Maumee: Cemetery excavation costs to be split
01/03/2006


Australia: Lifting the lid on the funeral industry
01/03/2006


County chooses cremation over burial
01/03/2006


Triniadad & Tobago: Burials down, burnings up
01/03/2006


Funds secure for Derby cemetery signs
01/03/2006


Historic cemetery grant process begins
01/03/2006


Beloved pets remembered
01/03/2006


Stewart Enterprises 4th-quarter funerals rise
12/22/2005


National Grid's Boring Little Secret
12/22/2005


Moreland Park, cemetery fees to remain the same for 2006
12/22/2005


Expanding for perpetuity
12/22/2005


State military funerals leader sues over firing
12/22/2005


Wendell Lambert dies; served 24 years as Saline coroner
12/22/2005


Equine therapy helps ease sorrow
12/22/2005


Stewart Enterprises Provides Preliminary Information for Fiscal Year 2005
12/21/2005


Funeral home seeks rezoning OK to build
12/21/2005


City, county, firm to split cemetery excavation costs
12/21/2005


Crews Working Nonstop to Upright Toppled Gravestones
12/21/2005


Markers gone, few recall cemetery
12/21/2005


A tribute that lasts
12/21/2005


Arrest made in cemetery vandalism
12/21/2005


Court ruling cremations can increase
12/21/2005


Security Problems at Local Cemetery
12/21/2005


Neal works hard for new business
12/21/2005


Stewart Enterprises, Inc. Declares Quarterly Dividend
12/20/2005


Matthews International Corporation Declines To Purchase Distributor
12/20/2005


Middletown: City plans to renovate Pioneer Cemetery
12/20/2005


North Logan cemetery two steps closer
12/20/2005


Woman accused of stealing cemetery money due in court
12/20/2005


'Despicables' prey on mourners
12/20/2005


New owner takes over Murrieta funeral home
12/20/2005


City, county, firm to split cemetery excavation costs
12/20/2005


Child's Grave Moved Closer to Displaced Family
12/20/2005


Vets say cemetery in disrepair, needs maintenance
12/19/2005


Cemetery founded in 1849 getting a face-lift
12/19/2005


Paperwork Delays Final Promise to Veterans
12/19/2005


Funeral costs on the rise
12/19/2005


Insurance squabble delays cemetery cleanup
12/19/2005


The ultimate cruelty
12/19/2005


Blue Christmas Service to help 'name the pain'
12/19/2005


Man Caught On Tape Stealing From Gravesites
12/19/2005


Realtor sued over cemetery project
12/19/2005


A cemetery, a trailer park and one lonely headstone
12/19/2005


Manila Muslims Get New Cemetery
12/19/2005


Volunteers help preserve past by fixing up graves
12/16/2005


Casket sales reform due another push in 2006
12/16/2005


Heritage designation for cemeteries
12/16/2005


Board raises cemetery rates
12/16/2005


Cemetery flap in Buffalo Township
12/16/2005


Planning ahead for grave circumstances
12/16/2005


Scotland: Freeze-drying touted as new green burial
12/16/2005


Fairhope seeking man for thefts at cemetery
12/16/2005


Die another day
12/16/2005


Vandalizing veterans cemetery tops list of stupid acts
12/16/2005


Brunei: Sungai Liang Islamic Cemetery Site Handed Over
12/16/2005


Hearing postponed for McKeesport funeral director
12/16/2005


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Ward restored historic cemetery
12/15/2005


Business fills holiday niche
12/15/2005


Texarkana Funeral Home expanding across line
12/15/2005


Andover funeral home open for business
12/15/2005


Ornaments causing concern at cemetery
12/15/2005


Marine from Byron buried at Arlington National Cemetery
12/15/2005


Bones Stolen From Corpses
12/15/2005


Local funeral director announces intent to leave
12/15/2005


Education And Expensive Funerals
12/14/2005


Boy Scout troops give cemetery needed facelift
12/14/2005


Grief in the Workplace Family
12/14/2005


Trenas: Closure order on funeral home stays
City Mayor Jerry Trenas admitted he has given the Gegato-Abecia Funeral Homes Inc. (GAFHI) a go signal to open...
12/14/2005


Loved ones, sadness fill funeral home
12/14/2005


Dealing with holiday grief
12/14/2005


Tree stands for Karen
12/14/2005


Bisbee cemetery listed on national register
A Bisbee, Arizona cemetery that's been the final resting place for some prominent citizens is now on the National Register of Historic Places...
12/13/2005


Michigan U.S. cemetery chief invents wheeled casket carrier
12/13/2005


Scruggs Funeral Home Continues its Tradition of Excellent Service
12/13/2005


Mortuary, Cemetery Attendants Make Brisk Business
12/13/2005


Probe of illegal body parts trafficking widens
12/13/2005


State Lawmaker Looks To Change Casket Sales In Oklahoma
A state lawmaker is introducing a bill that would allow Oklahomans to purchase caskets from someone other than a funeral director...
12/13/2005


Cemetery vandalized in Lake
Headstones, statues damaged at Groveland site...
12/13/2005


Evidence of harvest of human tissue unearthed
A body unearthed last week from a cemetery in Brooklyn as part of an investigation into illegal tissue harvesting at funeral homes appears to have had organs removed before burial...
12/13/2005


At age 97, cemetery building needed restoration
The Woodlawn Cemetery office will look as close as can be to the original building when renovations are finished in two weeks...
12/12/2005


Veterans cemetery gets official start
But basic construction already is well under way...
12/12/2005


Cemetery service honors lost loved ones
100 people, each holding a candle, gathered Saturday to pay tribute to lost loved ones in a Christmas-themed service at the Bluff City Highway cemetery...
12/12/2005


Students with a calling find way to U's mortuary science program
The University of Minnesota department has drawn more students in recent years, many attracted to the field by a desire to help others...
12/12/2005


Funeral home adds its own crematory
The Daley, Murphy, Wisch and Associates Funeral Home funeral home became home to Rock County's first crematory in November...
12/12/2005


Holiday uplift for those who mourn
At Christmas, a funeral home sponsors services to remember the dead and comfort the living...
12/12/2005


Funeral home manager fined
The former general manager of a Calgary funeral home has been fined for illegally switching caskets ordered for cremation and unfair pricing practices...
12/12/2005


Area sales of Yule-themed memorials grow
There's been an upswing in sales of evergreen-bough grave blankets and pillows and of Christmas-theme tributes...
12/12/2005


S. Shore firms can help you from here to eternity: Funeral homes offer retrieval, testing of DNA
12/12/2005


Dog 'visits' as grief counselor
12/12/2005


Cemetery a gentle presence amidst progress
12/09/2005


Appeals court to hear arguments on cemetery
12/09/2005


City will consider Glanbrook cemetery board
12/09/2005


Funeral director works on team with hurricane victims
12/09/2005


Hunt on for Cape Cod cemetery statue
12/09/2005


Delavan cemetery gets a boost
12/09/2005


Funeral Directors Step Up High School Recruiting Efforts
12/08/2005


Funeral business sold
12/08/2005


Hearing delayed again for ex-funeRal director
12/08/2005


Pa. lowers price for cemetery
12/08/2005


Cost of dying to soar
12/08/2005


Body audit on flu outbreak
12/07/2005


Headstone predicament solved
12/07/2005


China: Funeral homes promise honest charges
12/07/2005


Appeal in cemetery suit halts O'Hare land plan
12/06/2005


Former owner of funeral home settles lawsuit
12/07/2005


Man admits to torching funeral home in Sedan
12/07/2005


Syrian paper skeptical of grave discovery mass graves
12/07/2005


Pride of Kinston visits New Bern cemetery
12/06/2005


Funeral home receives conditional approval
12/06/2005


Long-time cemetery manager retires
Fred Kishler has been business manager and trustee of Greenlawn for 22 years, retiring this past September...
12/06/2005


No bids solicited yet for upkeep of Veterans Cemetery
12/06/2005


Board may add cemetery to registry
It has taken more than six years of research and required volumes of data, but Millis' Prospect Hill Cemetery may become the latest cemetery added to the National Register of Historic Places, as soon as next week...
12/06/2005


Reservists and Veterans Preference
12/05/2005


Funeral business targeted by yobs
12/05/2005


Insurance salesman finds there's money in pigeon-raising
12/05/2005


Canadian war veterans remembered in Hong Kong ceremony
12/05/2005


Pearl Harbor ceremony set
12/05/2005


City stalled on cemetery for O'Hare
12/05/2005


Cemetery's perpetual care deficit has town in bind
12/05/2005


4Sight Media, LLC - The only search engine optimization firm solely dedicated to locator services, has released ten new web sites
12/02/2005


Wheelchair access at cemetery a dilemma
12/02/2005


Town to bury dead animals on road
12/02/2005


Birds sent skyward in tribute at funerals
Salesman helps families create a final memory...
12/02/2005


Membership warehouse stores testing casket displays
12/02/2005


South Africa: Separate fridges for whites and blacks
12/02/2005


A most unusual calling
12/02/2005


Funeral home owner indicted on six charges
12/02/2005


Inmates to help at cemetery
12/01/2005


Violent deaths take a toll on funeral homes as well
12/01/2005


Students dead serious about program
12/01/2005


After a funeral, we eat because we are alive
12/01/2005


City unaware of funeral home's reopening
12/01/2005


Bomb squad called in for suspicious box found at cemetery
12/01/2005


Hearings begin for Hamden funeral director
11/30/2005


A most unusual calling
Acknowledging his profession as a special calling, Funeral Director John Hutcherson gives to the community a unique service...
11/30/2005


Foster's son joins family funeral homes
11/30/2005


S. Florida's funeral homes coped creatively with Wilma's power outages
11/30/2005


No rest for our pets
A MASTERTON woman is planning to take the ashes of her much loved pets to the grave with her because the town has no pet cemetery...
11/30/2005


Remembrance tree sponsored at park
11/30/2005


Grave new world: Cyberfunerals
11/29/2005


Cemetery treasurer is going to prison
11/29/2005


Worland morticians face off in protracted legal dispute
11/29/2005


Funeral plans for Hansen's fetuses
11/29/2005


Wieder's trials will be consolidated
11/29/2005


Tour of local cemeteries good way to unearth local history
11/29/2005


Scottdale funeral home celebrates 125 years
11/29/2005


S.C. Cemetery Offers Annual Holiday Deal
South Carolina Cemetery Offers Half Price on Cemetery Plot and Deals on Vaults and Markers...
11/28/2005


Weber and Sons Funeral Home now owned by BKG Company, LLC
11/28/2005


Ashes of dearly departed may stick around
11/28/2005


Baby boomers celebrate life at death
11/28/2005


S. Florida's funeral homes coped creatively with Wilma's power outages
11/28/2005


Current law in North Carolina requires funeral directors, morticians and undertakers to levy the full retail-sales tax rate
11/28/2005


Funeral home owners treat volunteers to meal November is National Hospice Month
11/28/2005


Cemetery's space to be preserved
11/23/2005


Many ignore cemetery laws
11/23/2005


Committee launches fund raisers to benefit cemeteries
11/23/2005


Vulnerability of certificates of death cited
11/23/2005


Vandalia funeral director to face more charges
11/23/2005


Ex-funeral home employee files discrimination suit
11/23/2005


Agreement Signed On Setting Aside Site Of Tri-State Crematory
11/23/2005


1st body dug up in ghoul probe
11/23/2005


Caskets moved by hurricanes identified, returned to cemeteries
11/22/2005


District attorney's office to review fetus dumping case
11/22/2005


Board sues over cemetery
11/22/2005


DA investigates ex-funeral boss
11/22/2005


A life amid death: Funeral home works to serve Hispanics
11/21/2005


Flooding disturbed even the dead
11/21/2005


Fetus found in San Benito cemetery
11/21/2005


Gypsum cemetery running out of room
11/21/2005


Cemetery Sports Field?
11/21/2005


Feeling at home in a cemetery
11/21/2005


Modest caretakers maintain cemetery
11/21/2005


'Last Call Poker' celebrates cemeteries
When around 60 people convened on the Hollywood Forever cemetery here Saturday for the finale of the alternate reality game "Last Call Poker," it may not have seemed to some observers as the most respectful thing to do.
11/21/2005


Ashes to ashes: Cremation is the choice of more and more people
11/21/2005


'We want to ... save people money'
New family business offers lower priced caskets...
11/21/2005


Arlington Cemetery horses donated to Wyuka are in limbo
11/18/2005


Going home for eternity
11/18/2005


Funeral home temporarily loses license
11/18/2005


Planning for the future pays off
11/18/2005


Funeral homes set to offer holidays coping seminar
11/18/2005


Six Funeral Homes Back In Local Hands: Musgrove brothers buy several Lane County funeral homes and cemeteries from a Texas chain
11/18/2005


Catholic Cemeteries builds memorial in infants section
11/18/2005


Alderwoods Group Reports Third Quarter Results
11/17/2005


Right to live, right to die
11/17/2005


Putting the Fun in Funerals
11/17/2005


UK: Undertaker gears up for pandemic
11/17/2005


The sickening details of why and how the prisoners are dying
11/17/2005


State to Assess Cemetery Oil Damage
11/17/2005


Cemetery plot sales rise, causing boost in income
11/17/2005


You can go big, small when choosing home
11/17/2005


Undertaking a business
Burdened by high overhead costs, funeral directors say turning a profit isn't as easy as many think...
11/16/2005


Matthews International Announces New Director
11/16/2005


Tuscaloosa Council discusses dilapidated cemeteries
11/16/2005


No felons in military cemeteries, Senate says
11/16/2005


Hillenbrand Industries, Inc. Enters Into an Agreement in Principle to Settle Spartanburg Antitrust Class Action Litigation
11/16/2005


A most unusual calling
11/16/2005


Memorial service honors Cincinnati native killed in Iraq
11/16/2005


Assurant Sharpens Focus on Growth Objectives; Will Realign Preneed Business Segment Under Assurant Solutions and Sells U.S. Independent Preneed Franchise
11/15/2005


Service Corporation International Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend
11/15/2005


Council mulls burial measure on light night
11/15/2005


Preparing for the final rest
11/15/2005


Europe's biggest animal cemetery
11/15/2005


Erosion threatens cemetery
11/15/2005


New cemetery reminds us how much we owe veterans
11/15/2005


Producing Memorial Tribute Videos
11/15/2005


Celebrities still draw the crowds at L.A.-area cemeteries
11/14/2005


Cemetery mix-up may lead to improvements
11/14/2005


Friendship Cemetery getting assistance
11/14/2005


Sales tax changes for funeral homes
11/14/2005


Funeral home gives area Jewish families a choice
11/14/2005


Cadaver lag could imperil living, medical profs say
11/14/2005


Crematory hurts air quality, property values, suit claims
11/14/2005


Cheney Places Wreath at Arlington National Cemetery
11/14/2005


Federal Lawsuit Follows State Suit Against Rawlins Crematory
11/14/2005


Mansion to close as funeral homes merge
The funeral homes are part of SCI's Dignity Memorial brand of funeral and cremation services...
11/11/2005


Rebuilding officials trying to reduce costs for WTC memorial, cultural space
11/11/2005


A moribund market for resale of plots
Unwanted cemetery plots aren't easy to unload...
11/11/2005


Widow slams modern-driver etiquette
11/11/2005


South Africa: Racism allegations in funeral industry rejected
11/11/2005


Funeral home owner spurs revitalization in Delray
11/11/2005


Funeral Home seminar helps answer questions
11/11/2005


UK: Cemetery brings wider benefits for community
11/11/2005


Local funeral director worked aftermath of hurricanes
11/11/2005


Carriage Services Reports Third Quarter Results
11/10/2005


Funeral home prepared to open downtown
11/10/2005


The number u are calling knows ur waiting...
Fears of being buried alive have prompted an increasing number of people to take their mobile phones to their graves...
11/10/2005


Cemeteries can be good bird-watching grounds
11/10/2005


Right to live, right to die
11/10/2005


Cemetery kid hits the 'Tonight Show'
11/10/2005


Funeral home, former owners feud
11/10/2005


Mikulski Pushes To Ban Murderers From Arlington
11/09/2005


ON A CRUSADE: Group fights to preserve cemeteries
11/09/2005


Funeral home helps group get to Atlanta
11/09/2005


600-plus letters mailed in Troy cemetery fundraiser
11/09/2005


City quashes Little Lake Cemetery building
11/09/2005


Skull, Other Remains Stolen from Athens Cemetery
11/09/2005


Prepared bodies dumped in May Pen cemetery
11/09/2005


Alderwoods wants new funeral home closed
11/08/2005


Heartland cemetery board is being audited
11/08/2005


Residents Say Cemetery Is An Eyesore
11/08/2005


No charges filed against deputy who hit funeral home
11/08/2005


Cape Town is running out of room for the dead
11/08/2005


Legal issues are alive for funeral services competitors
11/08/2005


Fearful dead livening up the mobile phone market
11/08/2005


Home Grown: Green Acres Pet Cemetery and Crematorium
11/08/2005


We'll fix whatever's needed to stay open - crematorium
11/08/2005


Canada Recalls Tissue Implants Illegally Obtained from Funeral Homes
11/07/2005


Stone company uses technology to expand
11/07/2005


Cremation spurs court debate
Defense attorney says crucial evidence from victim was destroyed...
11/07/2005


Preplanning a funeral is always a good idea
11/07/2005


Private cemeteries dot county
11/07/2005


Wing members 'make a difference' at local cemetery
11/07/2005


Crowds cheer as police raid funeral home, find drugs
11/07/2005


Mystery urn is likely from pet crematory
11/07/2005


Court puts hold on Chicago airport property buys
11/04/2005


Cemetery dumping oil on site; probe launched
11/04/2005


Suitcase Filled With Human Bones Mysteriously Appears In Cemetery
11/04/2005


Funeral industry faces grave crisis
11/04/2005


S. Bruns. considers grave protections
Measure would designate sites as historical...
11/04/2005


Greenville sites added to national historic register
11/04/2005


South Africa: Cape Town crematorium causing a big stink
11/04/2005


Fort Lewis mortician accused of extortion
11/04/2005


FTC Announces San Bernardino County Funeral Homes Are Complying with Consumer Protection Law
11/03/2005


Funeral racism rife - SACC
11/03/2005


National funeral home operator buys Kelly's
11/03/2005


Staffer at Fort Lewis accused of extortion in handling funerals
11/03/2005


Carpenter buys Lofland homes: Funeral director will keep family names
11/03/2005


Victim's family rips ghouls
11/03/2005


Families stream to cemeteries to remember dearly departed
11/03/2005


Author comes home to launch 'The Funeral Planner
11/03/2005


Funeral director forfeits license
11/03/2005


StoneMor Partners L.P. Completes Acquisition of 22 Cemeteries and Six Funeral Homes from Service Corporation International
11/02/2005


Moriarty Funeral Home Burns
11/02/2005


The only guide to pet aftercare you will ever need
11/02/2005


Power failures delay funerals, cremations around Palm Beach County
11/02/2005


Sale won't spell end for funeral business
Family firm sold to T.O. company...
11/02/2005


Cemetery expansion would also benefit coroner
11/02/2005


Local Funeral Home Providing Carriage for Parks Funeral
11/02/2005


UK: Unions attack plans for private sector deal in funeral services
11/02/2005


In New Orleans, Fewer Visitors to Honor the Dead
11/02/2005


Health officials treating ravaged vicinities
11/02/2005


Matthews International Announces Fourth Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call Schedule
11/01/2005


All Roads Lead to Cemeteries
Filipinos observe All Saints' Day by visiting tombs of their departed loved ones...
11/01/2005


Czech crematoriums increasingly popular with German undertakers
11/01/2005


Outlining funerals takes time
Many baby boomers pre-plan arrangements for their deaths...
11/01/2005


Funeral homes cope with Fla. power outages
11/01/2005


Women working to ID unmarked graves, map Lame Deer cemetery
11/01/2005


Funeral homes crowded with forgotten ashes
11/01/2005


Cops suspect funeral homes trafficking in human remains
11/01/2005


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Abandoned cremains piling up at funeral homes
10/31/2005


Dying cheap undertaking with carton caskets
10/31/2005


Lack of refrigeration at funeral homes becomes health issue
10/31/2005


GRAVE PROBLEM: Cemetery wants to raise prices before plots fill
10/31/2005


Louisiana investigates post-Katrina cremation practices
10/31/2005


Urning report: More families turn to cremation for convenience and economy
10/31/2005


No lack of burial space in Manatee - yet
10/31/2005


Cemeteries become selling point
10/31/2005


25M TO VISIT CEMETERIES - 100M ON FLOWERS
10/31/2005


Life After Death
Final Passages shows the living how to care for their dead...
10/31/2005


Hurricane alters grieving process for Miami family
10/31/2005


Grave markers reveal clues to the past
10/31/2005


Brooke Corporation Declares Quarterly Dividend
10/28/2005


Funeral Home's Unique Expansion
10/28/2005


Funeral Home Launches Holiday Cheer Box Drive
10/28/2005


Cemetery to crack down on unwanted vehicle traffic
10/28/2005


A-G subpoenas 73 workers from New Orleans hospital over patient deaths
10/28/2005


Tissue implants may have come from funeral homes
10/28/2005


Bill would aid veterans' cemeteries
10/28/2005


In cemeteries, families hold festive vigils
10/28/2005


The Gravest Graveyards
10/28/2005


Alderwoods Group Launches Operation Sweaters for Veterans
10/27/2005


The business of embalming
Funeral Home prepares bodies and families for burials....
10/27/2005


Mortician surprised by New Orleans dead
10/27/2005


Funeral Home, Family Settle
10/27/2005


Friends release cemetery map
10/27/2005


Roslyn says no to ghost chasers
Group can study cemetery during the day, but won’t be allowed at night...
10/27/2005


Cemetery ghosts haunt imaginations
10/27/2005


Funeral processions can continue if green light turns red
10/27/2005


Grieving families upset with cemetery fraud should expect mail
10/26/2005


JMU Now Owns Funeral Home on South Main
10/26/2005


Historic cemetery makes room for more graves
10/26/2005


Everything to know about cremation
10/26/2005


Court adds cremation to burial policy
10/26/2005


‘Miss Ruby’ a fixture in family business
10/26/2005


Sebak turns his lense to life's end
Film deals less with the cemeteries than the people in them...


South Africa: Undertakers not concerned about HIV
10/26/2005


Military cemeteries abroad show U.S. good will
10/25/2005


Coffins and Buried Remains Set Adrift by Hurricanes Create a Grisly Puzzle
10/25/2005


PBS documentary features Birch Hill on 'A Cemetery Special'
Premieres this Wednesday, October 26 at 8:00pm ET...
10/25/2005


Delay hits vertical cemetery proposal
10/25/2005


Cemetery honors emergency service workers
10/25/2005


No remains found at cemetery site
10/25/2005


Cemetery tours always educational
10/25/2005


Project to identify locations of graves
10/25/2005


County to consider raising rate for cemetery lots
10/25/2005


300 dead babies found near Pittsburgh
Ex-funeral director charged with 19 counts of corpse abuse...
10/24/2005


Funeral business no longer routine
Services customized to meet even 'weird' family requests...
10/24/2005


Local funeral homes coping
Families of deceased are understanding in New Orleans...
10/24/2005


A most unusual calling
Death is a subject most folks tend to avoid...
10/24/2005


Crematory case scheduled for Dec. 5 trial
10/24/2005


High standards win second title
Adfa Chapel Cemetery has again claimed the top prize in the UK's prestigious Cemetery of the Year Awards...
10/24/2005


Military cemeteries abroad show U.S. good will
10/24/2005


Civil War buffs want to honor vet with military grave marker
10/24/2005


Jewish cemeteries desecrated in Ethiopia
10/24/2005


Toppled cemeteries add to Katrina woes
10/21/2005


Polson cemetery bookkeeper charged
10/21/2005


Shul Silent On Cemetery Database
10/21/2005


Remains found at former funeral home
10/21/2005


Erie Niagara Funeral Directors Association Launches New Website
10/21/2005


Crematorium recommendations on target
10/21/2005


Body poorly embalmed, mortician says
10/21/2005


New Ironton funeral chapel tries to make death less scary
10/21/2005


Area funeral homes expand services
Family-type settings, DVD recollections among offerings...
10/20/2005


Ex-funeral director faces charges
10/20/2005


Council plan for funeral business
10/20/2005


Tiptoeing Through the Graveyard
A Guide to Discovering Your Ancestors in Cemeteries...
10/20/2005


Neglect Alleged at City-Maintained Cemetery
10/20/2005


County attorney blasts crematory plan
10/20/2005


Matthews International Corporation Increases Quarterly Dividend
10/19/2005


Special committee recommends tighter regulations on crematories
10/19/2005


Alabama Insurance Department takes over 15 cemeteries
10/18/2005


Hmong Kin Get More Than $40G Over Burial
10/19/2005


Volunteers bring historic cemeteries back to life
10/19/2005


N.E. cemeteries are unique, says expert
10/19/2005


Suit says funeral home mutilated body
10/19/2005


Former funeral home manager hopeful
10/19/2005


UCLA Seeks to Reopen Donated Cadaver Program
10/19/2005


Alabama Insurance Department takes over 15 cemeteries
10/18/2005


Hmong Clan: Cemetery Insulted Customs
10/18/2005


Pioneer cemetery under scrutiny
10/18/2005


Brooklyn man sues funeral home in body parts scandal
10/18/2005


Police probe family’s complaint that body improperly handled
10/18/2005


Auction purchase contains human remains
10/18/2005


Lawyer: 9,000 stake claim in Fla. cemetery
10/18/2005


Students help bring cemeteries to life
10/18/2005


Cemeteries as Museums
10/18/2005


Funeral business changing
10/17/2005


Love of cemeteries prompts Moline woman's book, magazine, Web site
10/17/2005


All in the family
Fourth-generation owner George Goldfinch takes funeral home into 100th year of serving area...
10/17/2005


Financing eternity
10/17/2005


Great Lakes National Cemetery prepares to honor veteran
10/17/2005


Cemetery in Suffern leaves grave unfilled
10/17/2005


Former Funeral Director Takes a Break From Jail
Former funeral director Reid Rippetoe will be back in court next month for violating the terms of his sentence...
10/17/2005


StoneMor Partners L.P. Acquires 22 Cemeteries and Six Funeral Homes from Service Corporation International
10/14/2005


Man Auctioning Ad Space at His Funeral and Beyond
10/14/2005


You sweet stalker
10/14/2005


Woman distressed over burial plot blunder
10/14/2005


Tooth fillings become a burning issue
10/14/2005


Phew! What a rough last journey...
10/14/2005


FTC Sweeps Funeral Homes to Check Compliance with Consumer Law
10/13/2005


Don't let fear rule insurance decisions
10/13/2005


CREMATIONS IN COLD TURN
Dead bodies are set to be frozen in a green alternative to cremation....
10/13/2005


Pope Funeral Home Still a Mess
10/13/2005


Woodlawn hopes to open new funeral home by summer
10/13/2005


A chilling way to say the final farewell
10/13/2005


Cemetery boosters strategize
10/13/2005


Quincy man says he's ready to sue Oak Ridge Cemetery
10/13/2005


Scheme to Steal Money From National Cemetery
10/13/2005


Beware vet cemetery scam
10/13/2005


Hillenbrand Industries Chairman Ray J. Hillenbrand to Retire From Chairmanship
Former Vice Chairman Rolf Classon Designated as Chairman-Elect...
10/12/2005


Just did 'his job' on bodies
Lawyer defends suspect in parts probe...
10/12/2005


Authorities seek next of kin for identified bodies
10/12/2005


Cemetery demand remains stagnant
More people opt for cremation...
10/12/2005


Crematoriums for commercial areas?
10/12/2005


No paradise in cemetery
10/12/2005


Keeping Cars Out of The Cemetery
10/12/2005


Thieves Stealing Bronze Vases From Cemeteries
10/12/2005


They've Been Neglected Forever
Easton group seeks funds to maintain centuries-old cemeteries...
10/12/2005


Saving Stafford's cemeteries
10/12/2005


Pet project buries the grief at life's tail end
10/12/2005


Cemetery demand remains stagnant
More people in Brevard opt for cremation...
10/11/2005


W.Va. Police Seek Clues in Casket Find
Fayette County law enforcement officials are asking the public for help...
10/11/2005


St. Petersburg Jewish groups report attacks on cemetery, restaurant
10/11/2005


Mayan towns declared mass graves after mudslides
10/11/2005


Vandals strike cemetery on Route 169 in Brooklyn
10/11/2005


Walking tour tells the fascinating story of Plainfield's oldest cemetery
10/11/2005


Cemetery Upkeep Resolution Set
10/11/2005


'They've Been Neglected Forever'
Easton group seeks funds to maintain centuries-old cemeteries...
10/11/2005


Cemetery rule change unfair to families
Maple Grove Cemetery has put restrictions on what we can and cannot place on our loved one's burial sites...
10/11/2005


Agency to investigate claims that a cemetery recycled graves
10/10/2005


Ghost trackers lead expedition through cemetery
10/10/2005


Relatives fight to bury slain officer in vets cemetery
10/10/2005


Guatemala designates new cemeteries
10/10/2005


National veterans' cemetery dedicated near Bridgeville
10/10/2005


Crematory law change suggested
10/10/2005


Dust to dust, in a natural style
10/10/2005


Plotting your send-off
How to plan (and pay) for your funeral when you want to leave a lasting mark...
10/10/2005


Iran's ancient horses had their own cemetery
10/10/2005


Groups to discuss Star Cemetery's plight
10/10/2005


Ex-funeral director sentenced in Russell
Took money from prepaid accounts...
10/07/2005


Body snatchers of New York
How ghouls have been stealing parts from corpses in city funeral homes...
10/07/2005


Cemetery’s plan to use wetlands draws fire
10/07/2005


Urns get turn at Center Cemetery
10/07/2005


OAKWOOD CEMETERY EXPANSION APPROVED
10/07/2005


Cemetery holds the history of Barstow
10/07/2005


Russellville Funeral Home Director Arrested
10/07/2005


Pass new cemetery laws and make applicants responsible
10/07/2005


Rock of Ages Launches Memory Medallion: New High-Tech Product Tells the Human Story Behind the Names Engraved on Memorials
10/06/2005


Cemetery protectors also interrupt O'Hare project
10/06/2005


Pass new cemetery laws and make applicants responsible
10/06/2005


Families, not government, should tend cemetery
10/06/2005


Cemetery partners indicted
10/06/2005


Dixon cemetery benefits from Dahms family's generosity
10/06/2005


Protesters mar Cemetery Sunday
10/06/2005


Katrina unearths coffins from Slidell cemeteries
10/06/2005


Perpetual Friends
Losing a pet can be like losing a member of your family...
10/06/2005


With Lenin's Ideas Dead, Russia Weighs What to Do With Body
10/05/2005


Senate panel acts to bar criminals from Arlington burial
10/05/2005


Public tours cemetery, caretaker's home
10/05/2005


Cemetery deeds a boon for historical groups
10/05/2005


Cemetery research comes to life
10/05/2005


Senate panel acts to bar criminals from Arlington burial
10/05/2005


Another suit vs. Bayview
10/05/2005


Proposal eases funeral home regulations
10/05/2005


Widow keeps fighting to bury husband in backyard
10/05/2005


Form 8-K for Rock of Ages Corp
10/04/2005


Knowlton & Hewins, in Augusta, unveils renovations that 'celebrate life'
10/04/2005


Voices from the grave
Medallion will offer pictures, information on deceased...
10/04/2005


New complaints possible in cemetery case against Memorial Park Cemetery Inc
10/04/2005


Iran & Germany revive Bolaghi Gorge cemetery
10/04/2005


Wiccan veterans want parity
They say Pentagon denies equal treatment...
10/04/2005


Cemetery research comes to life
Lauri Gartner is restoring the Essex Cemetery...
10/04/2005


Lawmaker buries plan limiting funeral homes
10/03/2005


Presidents, poets, robbers draw thousands to Indiana cemetery
10/03/2005


Secrets of Manoa Cemetery
10/03/2005


Cemetery focus of preservation
10/03/2005


Court Halts $15B O'Hare Expansion Plan
10/03/2005


UK:Cemetery for pets may be on its way
10/03/2005


Former educator examines the lighter side of cemeteries
10/03/2005


Plan to fly rebel flag at ceremony draws criticism
10/03/2005


Whispering stones
Grave markers inside Boone County's oldest cemeteries reveal quiet clues of privileged lives and forgotten slaves...
10/03/2005


Families Lose Loved Ones Again -- in a Bureaucratic Mire
10/03/2005


Lawmaker drops fight against strip mall funeral homes
10/03/2005


Families Lose Loved Ones Again -- in a Bureaucratic Mire
10/03/2005


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