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02/2002 - 05/2002


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Stewart Enterprises, Inc. Conference Call Invitation
05/31/2002


Call to serve carries many sacrifices
John Quinn is a part-time usher at the Gately Funeral Home.
05/31/2002


Vandals tear up historic cemetery in Miami's Little Havana
05/31/2002


Somerset coroner recalls Sept. 11
05/31/2002


Lawsuit Filed in Lead Cemetery-Burial Mix-up
05/31/2002


Vandals strike south Austin cemetery
A little known cemetery in south Austin has been dealing with vandalism.
05/31/2002


The unhyphenating of America
Census finds fewer citing European roots
05/31/2002


Cemetery case decided: Guilty
Operator of a Northside cemetery that has become overgrown and strewn with debris...
05/31/2002


Farewell at Ground Zero
New York Concludes Its 8 1/2-Month Recovery and Cleanup Operation
05/31/2002


New Cemetery at Whiting Meets Demand for Burials
With space rapidly dwindling at at Barrancas National Cemetery, a proposal for a military cemetery at Whiting Field makes sense...
05/30/2002


State lawmaker is accused of operating illegal cemetery
Two companies in which a House member is an officer are accused of violating state law 556 times...
05/30/2002


DIY funeral guide launched
The British obsession with DIY is now extending to funerals...
05/30/02


PA Cremation Consumer Protection Bill Endorsed By Funeral Directors Assn
05/30/02


Crematory operator is denied new judge
Tri-State Crematory operator Ray Brent Marsh lost his bid to get a new judge Wednesday.
05/30/02


Crematory Grief Support Group Meets June 3
To deal with the Walker County, Ga., crematory case...
05/30/02


Michael C. Hall Buries Preconceptions
On most TV dramas, David Fisher's homosexuality would be his defining trait...
05/30/02


Babies get own burial ground
Franklin County families will have a place to remember babies they've come to love but lost to a miscarriage...
05/30/2002


Moss Springs Cemetery Association honors site of first church building in southwest Missouri
05/30/2002


In Merry Cemetery, Romanians' lives in carvings and verse
05/30/2002


Bodies stolen from Pontiac cemetery
05/30/2002


Final accounting for eternal rest
Cemeteries: An Ellicott City couple lead an attempt to catalog the final resting places of early county residents...
05/30/2002


World Trade Center families worry remains may not be recovered
05/30/2002


Funeral home gift shop seeks to comfort
We come into this world with nothing, and we can carry nothing out, unless you count the note or the keepsake someone tucks in the casket...
05/29/2002


Walker won't face bribery charges
Over allegations the Augusta lawmaker watered down a bill regulating cemeteries in exchange for campaign contributions...
05/29/2002


Statue repaired for cemetery's 150th anniversary
The zinc soldier honors veterans of the Indian War, Spanish-American War and Union Civil War...
05/29/2002


New funeral home ready for its dedication
05/29/2002


Cemetery figure indicted again
On charges that he sold burial plots and mausoleum spaces that weren’t available...
05/29/2002


Cemetery neglect case goes to jury
"A cemetery is supposed to be a special place..."
05/29/2002


At Calif. Memorial Service, A Fuller Picture of Chandra
05/29/2002


Greencastle funeral home joins Flight 93 memorial effort
05/29/2002


Ground Zero cleanup over
Of the 2,823 people killed in the attack, the remains of 1,092 have been identified
05/29/2002


The cost of dying
Prices can vary greatly so consumers should plan ahead...
05/29/2002


New cemetery marks first Memorial Day
05/29/2002


Plane drops Mariners fan's cremation ashes on Safeco Field
05/28/2002


Leo Murphy loves life of funeral director
05/28/2002


Retired journalist relishes cemetery treasures
05/28/2002


S.C. In Need of National Veterans Cemetery
The growing number of military veterans in South Carolina should bring a new national cemetery to the state...
05/28/2002


Museum offers insight into funeral business
05/28/2002


In crowded Mexico City's cemeteries, even eternity isn't always permanent
05/28/2002


Ashes mixed, panel told
GRAND JURY: Transcripts include testimony from ex-employees of a Lake Elsinore crematorium...
05/28/2002


Ceremony tonight at WTC site
Final girder to be cut...
05/28/2002


Volunteers revive history during cemetery walk
Visitors watch and learn about past residents...
05/28/2002


Funeral home accused of mishandling bodies
Claims of forgery, theft and remains used as kitty litter...
05/28/2002


Parents to lead Chandra tribute
Other prominent figures in case will attend ceremonies...
05/28/2002


Did state examiner violate gag order in Noble case?
05/28/2002


Winters Funeral Home destroyed by fire
But the family business has not been laid to rest...
05/28/2002


Bush Pays Tribute to U.S. War Dead in Normandy
05/28/2002


A grove of remembrance
They came to remember mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, husbands and wives...
05/28/2002


With help, survivors confront 9-11 anew
Local funeral director joins NYC volunteers...
05/28/2002


Citizen’s committee reviewing hours of Platteville’s cemetery
05/28/2002


A photo essay of Arlington National Cemetery's Old Guard
05/28/2002


Preparing for funerals
She has purchased burial plots for herself and her husband, and is comfortable talking about what she views as the inevitable...
05/24/2002


As In 'Remember'
This is a Memorial Day unlike any other...
05/24/2002


Memorial Day Calendar: Arms Park to host day-long celebration
05/24/2002


'Cookie cutter' conformity challenged at cemetery
Some seek fewer restrictions on memorials, family plots...
05/24/2002


Coalton cemetery owners indicted
05/24/2002


Funeral, even with an empty coffin, is a comfort
Robbie Dean, who was 20 when he died, was lost at sea, and his body was never recovered...
05/23/2002


Memories accompany visit to the cemetery
"Who will do the graves when we are gone?"
05/23/2002


Rose Hills To Dedicate 9-11 Garden on Memorial Day Weekend

"Freedom Really Isn't Free. Our Vets Picked Up The Tab."
05/23/2002


Director of Lynn University mortuary program resigns amid pressure over negligence
05/23/2002


Midlands might get new national cemetery
VA study finds need is great as number of veterans in S.C...
05/23/2002


City Misses Veterans Cemetery Deadline
Wichita Falls is out of the running for a state veterans cemetery...
05/23/2002


Richard Jones Widow Suing Over Cremation Case
05/23/2002


Neighbors oppose cemetery
Perpetual-care cemetery of at least 10 acres along Georgia 85 at Alabama Road north of Waverly Hall...
05/23/2002


Zimbabwean retail clothing group Truworths has introduced a funeral assurance scheme
05/23/2002


Palmer Pioneer Cemetery to help locate buried loved ones
05/23/2002


Looking for ways to increase cemetery revenue
City considers raising prices...
05/23/2002


Doctor gives crematory details
Georgia's chief medical examiner tried to answer the most pressing question in the Tri-State Crematory case: Why?
05/22/2002


Old, unseen cemeteries remembered
Like many of the graves within their boundaries, some are unmarked...
05/22/2002


Funeral industry braces for boom
Baby Boomer generation breaks tradition to find new ways to say goodbye...
05/22/2002


Certify county coroners
The case of coroner who embalmed the bodies of two children without permission underscores why certification of coroners should be required by law...
05/22/2002


Friend of the dead
Every month in London up to 1,000 people die alone. Marguerite van Doren's job is to deal with them...
05/22/2002


Crematory owner ordered not to talk to witnesses
Accused of illegally selling human remains....
05/22/2002


Hillenbrand Industries Names Catherine Greany VP, Corporate Development
05/22/2002


Mortuary School Faces 3 Complaints
05/22/2002


L.A. Cemetery expansion approved in part
Plan to add two mausoleums still too much, neighbors contend...
05/22/2002


New funeral home parking area endorsed
New zoning for two lots located directly behind Hitesman Funeral Home...
05/22/2002


Cemetery to build a second mausoleum
Beech Grove Cemetery will build its second mausoleum without raising fees or property taxes...
05/22/2002


Bellevue Cemetery is a walk through history
05/22/2002


Stewart Enterprises Announces Definitive Agreement to Sell Its Canadian Operations
05/21/2002


Cemetery, Village Honored
The tiny village of Clark City in northern Ash township may be long gone, but its heritage lives on....
05/21/2002


National Funeral Directors Association Survey Shows Consumers Give High Marks To Funeral Service Providers
05/21/2002


Company's casket prices low
Fort Myers discount store first in area...
05/21/2002


Carmon Community Funeral Homes receives national honor
National Family Business of the Year Award....
05/21/2002


Third generation funeral director credits profession with inventions
05/21/2002


Groups offer many opportunities to thank a vet
05/21/2002


Veterans prepare for Memorial Day
For many Americans, this Memorial Day will have a special meaning in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks...
05/21/2002


Altus City Cemetery Rates to Increase
05/21/2002


Volunteers Repair Cemetery Gravestones
Volunteers rolled up their sleeves, as well as their pants cuffs to repair damages inflicted by vandals...
05/21/2002


Lincoln Cemetery honors the forgotten
The Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery will honor those buried without military honors or family present...
05/21/2002


Committee restores gravestones at Dahlonega Cemetery
Doing its best to preserve Wapello County history a gravestone at a time...
05/21/2002


Council tables cemetery fees
Local veterans will have to wait at least until June to see the price of burial in Sonoma's under-construction memorial park...
05/21/2002


Cremation delays in Scotland add to pain of bereaved
05/21/2002


Florida accuses Lynn U. of negligence in acquiring bodies for embalming school
05/21/2002


Collision Adds Tragedy to Loss
Man dies in funeral procession crash....
05/21/2002


Northern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery to hold Memorial Day ceremony May 27
05/21/2002


Tomb may yield the sons of Pharaoh
05/20/2002


Rethinking death
Americans are taking a new attitude toward treatment of the departed...
05/20/2002


New faces prove Hillenbrand is burying its old image
05/20/2002


Heaven’s Child
Columbia will have a new organization that will provide ministry to bereaved parents....
05/20/2002


Voters may be asked to support cemetery
Board is looking into taking over North Holland Cemetery as 'moral obligation' to residents...
05/20/2002


Partin heirs work to preserve cemetery in Winter Park
05/20/2002


Hands-on training
Mortuary science students learn to make a living from the dead....
05/20/2002


Wildwood Cemetery Reaching Its Limit
If sales of cemetery plots in the city-owned burial ground continue at the pace of recent years...
05/20/2002


Cincinnati cemetery operator's trial begins
Merkle accused of diverting upkeep fund...
05/20/2002


Name of cemetery no longer a mystery
Mystery cemetery in Independence is the Poteet/Compton Cemetery...
05/20/2002


Over-The Big-Top Undertaker Puts Fun Into Funerals!
05/17/2002


Hillenbrand Industries Elects Three New Board Members To Position Company for Growth in Health Care Segment
05/17/2002


DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 38 CFR Part 1 Eligibility for Burial of Adult Children; Eligibility for Burial of Minor Children; Eligibility for Burial of Certain Filipino Veterans
05/17/2002


City Seeks to Improve West Bartow Cemetery
But stopped short of agreeing to assume ownership...
05/17/2002


City cemetery to get new U.S., Arkansas flag by Memorial Day
05/17/2002


Home with a lot of history on market
Eicher–Sheagren Funeral Home originated as cigar magnate's North Hill mansion...
05/17/2002


Rediscovered Akron cemetery brings closure for one woman
05/17/2002


Deed for cemetery land still missing
Non-profit organization working with county to conduct title search...
05/17/2002


Angels vanishing, appearing in Bucksport cemeteries
05/17/2002


Grave Is One of Europe's Richest
4,000-year-old grave found near Stonehenge contains the remains of an archer and a trove of artifacts...
05/17/2002


County reimbursed for crematory costs
Reimbursing for labor and material costs of the Tri-State Crematory recovery operation...
05/17/2002


Hillenbrand Industries Announces Dividend of $0.23 Per Share
05/17/2002


Proposed animal crematory questioned
05/17/2002


Ashes commingling case dismissal due
The El Dorado County District Attorney's office is moving to dismiss the case against funeral director Scott Layton....
05/17/2002


May 30: Final Recovery Day At Ground Zero Site
05/16/2002


Funeral homes should be exempt from the 'do-not-call' list rules
Says Mark Krause, president of Krause Funeral Homes and Cremation Services...
05/15/2002


Kansas House OKs no-call bill
05/15/2002


Idaho approves plan for veterans cemetery
Facility will be first of its kind in entire state...
05/15/2002


Maine funeral director agrees he's guilty
05/15/2002


Study: Provision In Trade Bill Could Cost Taxpayers Billions
Loewen Group sued Mississippi under NAFTA investor-protection provision...
05/15/2002


Twin Cities Community Invited to Celebrate Memorial Day at Lakewood Cemetery
05/15/2002


Probe of bone dump nears close
A year after discovery of orthopedic hardware and bone fragments in the St. Johns River...
05/15/2002


City May Adopt Old Cemetery
Officials found that Evergreen Cemetery has no owner...
05/15/2002


Williams family expands funeral home and business, shunning corporate ownership
Private owners holding firm in the business and the Northwest Indiana market...
05/14/2002


Custom design for final rites
It may be the ultimate expression of Me Generation self-absorption...
05/14/2002


Ashes never claimed pile up
"We've got them sitting around from the 1930s...."
05/14/2002


Cremated human remains wash up on Cocoa Beach
Police are accustomed to hearing about unusual things washing up on the beach...
05/14/2002


Cemetery Apologizes for Clean-Up
The management of a Fulton County cemetery came under fire after an act of spring cleaning...
05/14/2002


Death pros see light side of grave concerns
Local undertakers like the laughs of Six Feet Under....
05/14/2002


Diana's mother blasts 'insensitive' funeral documentary
Refusing to take part in a documentary about her daughter's funeral...
05/14/2002


Cemeteries to become historic parks
Two old, too-long neglected burial grounds now haven the rapt attention and community affection of preservationists...
05/14/2002


Company now wants to build cemetery on site
Two months after the City Council turned down its proposal to build a subdivision in the Verdugo Mountains...
05/14/2002


Cemetery Improving Slowly But Surely
Lake Havasu Memorial Gardens has had a troubled past...
05/14/2002


Relatives remember Flight 587 victims on Mother's Day, six months after crash
05/14/2002


Large price disparity found in Midstate funerals
Several thousand dollars can be saved by shopping around...
05/13/2002


Options for keeping down funeral cost
Few people know that the state of Tennessee doesn't require embalming or a casket...
05/13/2002


Eco friendly burial sites are planned
Residents of Perth and Kinross will now have the opportunity of being 'at one with nature' when they die....


Governor signs crematory bill
Gov. Roy Barnes on Thursday signed into law the bill that will regulate Georgia's crematories....
05/13/2002


Family sues Donald Trimble for wrongful cremation
05/13/2002


Families mow own plots at Locust Hill Cemetery
Uncut this year by the city...
05/13/2002


Resting in peace amid noise
Spartan site a cemetery for forgotten...
05/13/2002


Burial at sea turns into farce
Sea burials are not a common occurrence in Malta...
05/13/2002


Hallowed Ground
A small Pennsylvania town finds itself guardian of an American legend...
05/11/2002


Bill requires Tennessee funeral homes to only use licensed crematories
05/11/2002


At last, a final resting place
For cremated remains of unclaimed and abandoned dead...
05/11/2002


Excavation, development put on hold
Some of Decatur's earliest residents will be able to stay in their final resting places, for now....
05/11/2002


Funerary art to be examined by local historian
05/11/2002


Offering Parents A Place To Grieve
Organization seeking to erect a memorial for families of deceased children...
05/10/2002


First-Hand Look Into Funeral Services Life
Imagine what a day in the life of a mortician would be like...
05/10/2002


Funeral home sells bracelets to honor 9-11 heroes
05/10/2002


The Hot Spot
He guides me through a showroom with coffins of various types, ranging from a Volkswagen to a Mercedes....
05/10/2002


Groom-to-tomb fees up
San Franciscans will be paying more to marry, bury, keep a dog, bug a cop...
05/10/2002


SCI to sell additional properties
Funeral firm has $88.7 million loss....
05/09/2002


Service Corporation International Announces First Quarter 2002 Earnings Of $.16 Per Diluted Share
05/09/2002


Homegoing In The Black Community
A Guide To The Business of Bereavement
05/09/2002


Helping people grieve, day and night
Catherine York has worked on the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths' helpline for 13 years....
05/09/2002


Living with death for 54 years
05/09/2002


In death, Precious Doe found loving home
The grave sits on a gentle hillside, the flat stone marker surrounded by plastic flowers...
05/09/2002


Scientists disturb thousands of Inca deceased
They call them 'mummies,' as if the manner of embalming made the original less of a human being...
05/09/2002


Judge Thomas Sets Aug. 22 Hearing On Crematory Class Action Issue
05/08/2002


Attorney Says Tri-State Problems Go Way Back
05/08/2002


Illinois close to passing law approving tougher regulation of crematories
05/08/2002


New Arizona law will allow the state to discipline funeral businesses if employees violate regulations
05/08/2002


Hope for Historic Cemetery
The resting place of the town's founding father has been approved for the national register of historic places...
05/08/2002


Ex-director at troubled Volusia cemetery sentenced to prison
18 months for failing to embalm a man after accepting money for the service...
05/08/2002


Funeral director pleads innocent to 285-count indictment
Charged with illegally selling human remains....
05/08/2002


Funeral home sues inn over parking plan
05/08/2002


Company withdraws cemetery plans
Whether or not to recommend to the council that a self-perpetual cemetery should be located in the DeSoto Heights and Pillow Hill area...
05/08/2002


Bargain resting places
Caskets and More is riding a national trend toward retailing of burial gear...
05/07/2002


Reborn Alderwoods shows profit in first quarter
05/07/2002


Hoosiers embrace monument
Memorial to soldiers and sailors also is an intricate part of personal and public celebrations....
05/07/2002


New cemetery won’t go near ILM runway
Airport officials have persuaded New Hanover County and the Temple of Israel that 400 feet from runway isn’t the best place for new cemetery....
05/07/2002


Confederate Memorial Day marked at local cemetery
05/07/2002


Charity's final act
Rose Hill Cemetery sells paupers' grave plots at a deeply discounted price....
05/07/2002


Blue Flat Cemetery Work Day Set for May 11
This is the time of year for annual workdays at most area cemeteries...
05/07/2002


Outpouring saves homeless man from an unmarked grave
Was found dead in a makeshift shelter in an Antrim Township, Pa., field....
05/07/2002


Former Daytona funeral director sentenced
05/07/2002


Hearse of a different color
New Harley-Davidson 'hearse for hire'
05/07/2002


Cambodian crematory workers will not face charges of cannibalism
05/07/2002


Firefighters Recall September 11th Aftermath
05/07/2002


Alderwoods Group announces net income of $7.1 million for its first quarter of 2002
05/06/2002


Carriage Services Reports First Quarter Results
05/06/2002


Real American Heroes Rest In Oberlin Cemetery
There's a small cemetery on the south side of Oberlin that holds as many heroes per square foot as Arlington or Flanders Field....
05/06/2002


Local leaders offer support in memorial service
Say last weekend's memorial for Canadian soldiers killed in action was one of the most unforgettable events they've ever witnessed....
05/06/2002


Funeral homes are now focusing less on 'traditional' services, more on clients' requests
05/06/2002


Dad Buries Hero Son And Digs On at WTC
05/06/2002


Blairstown cemetery in need of help
Volunteers are being asked to join the township’s Historical Preservation Committee...
05/06/2002


Debate over burial rights in Thomas Jefferson cemetery
Bid to deny descendants of slave Sally Hemings burial rights...
05/06/2002


Grave Concerns at Laurel Grove
The Society for the Protection of Laurel Grove is a shell of its former self and, some say, the cemetery is suffering...
05/06/2002


Bryant's Chapel cleaning Hamilton Cemetery
05/06/2002


Judge denies request to turn over cemetery bones
Found in the woods next to Menorah Gardens...
05/03/2002


Consumers give pets a good send-off
Designer funeral for the family hamster complete with specially-lined coffin and marble headstone can cost as much as £1,400...
05/03/2002


Undertaker works 'at God's appointed time'
05/03/2002


Divers find no skeletal remains in lake at Menorah Gardens
SCI: "It puts the rumor to rest once and for all"
05/03/2002


Couple donates 450,000 local obituaries to library
For the past 30 years, Jack and Betty Linton clipped every obituary out of The Frederick News-Post...
05/03/2002


Dumped car gives undertaker a grave hearse problem
05/03/2002


Body snatching is mark of a cult
Two men slipped into Newark's Holy Sepulchre Cemetery on a January night in 1999...
05/03/2002


Options outweigh tradition in today’s funeral business
Rent-a-casket. Harley-led processions. Rock n roll music. Sunset burials. Cremations. Memory safes....
05/02/2002


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Call for cremation rules grows louder in Hawaii
05/02/2002


Humor keeps us sane during dark hours
For many years, the funeral luncheon was not necessary in my opinion....
05/02/2002


More funeral home suits filed
Burt, Kerby named in another involving Tri-State...
05/02/2002


$100,000 reward offered in Hudson funeral home killings
05/02/2002


Menorah Gardens lake to be searched
To find human bones or dispel rumors that they were dumped into the water....
05/02/2002


Efforts to bring veterans cemetery to Rio Grande Valley still alive
05/02/2002


Cemetery's first burial finally has a headstone
2-year-old child who died in 1854 had no grave marker because her family couldn't afford one....
05/02/2002


Ownership of cemetery issue continues
Officials of Des Moines County and the Catholic Archdiocese of Dubuque continue to pore over abstracts...
05/02/2002


Police arrest man accused of stealing friend's ashes
05/02/2002


Cemetery preservation group to meet
Landowners with grown-up private cemeteries on their properties are invited...
05/02/2002


Palm Beach County studies burials as reefs
Private interest is growing in commemorating -- or even containing -- the dead within artificial reefs...
05/01/2002


Sister fears thief aims to ransom brother's ashes
05/01/2002


Six-month commemoration
Memorial of light shines over New York...
05/01/2002


Another cemetery vandalism reported in TN
05/01/2002 Dead, Buried And Sold
Pilgrim cemetery part of land deal...
05/01/2002


Family of man who saved baby faces financial burden
Jorge Urquidez-Navarro died heroically, but that doesn't pay for a proper burial...
05/01/2002


Irwin Shipper recommended to oversee Menorah Gardens burials
Retired veteran cemetery executive lives in Palm Beach County....
04/30/2002


Living memorials now grace Slater Memorial Park
There are 47 new trees taking root and each has its own story to tell....
04/30/2002


Workplace deaths memorialized
Fewer people are dying in the workplace, but the death of even one person makes us all poorer...
04/30/2002


Association tours visitors through cemetery
A tradition that began 95 years ago was carried on Sunday at the Natchez City Cemetery...
04/30/2002


Crematory scandal prompts Congress to consider stricter federal rules
Dodd: "Our laws are inadequate"
04/30/2002


Small cemetery near Capitol a treasure trove of American history
04/30/2002


Unclaimed ashes weigh on funeral homes
Despite a 1992 state law allowing disposal, the homes hang onto unclaimed cremated remains for decades....
04/30/2002


'Six Feet Under': Rest in pieces
With sex and love heating up at the Fishers, which couples are going to make it to next season?
04/30/2002


Second family sues in FL crematory dispute
Man who was embalmed at Lynn University...
04/30/2002


All in the Moser family
"We've kind of been a family of funeral directors...."
04/30/2002


New cemetery owners try to restore grounds, faith
Once known for scandalous burial deeds...
04/30/2002


Woman's benevolence beautifies cemetery
04/29/2002


Fresh criticism for the funeral industry at congressional hearing
04/29/2002


Officials in Walker fear expense of venue change
Officials are hoping and praying the Marsh trial will be held in LaFayette for one reason: the cost....
04/29/2002


Veteran finally gets his bronze plaque
04/29/2002


TN House to consider bill regulating use of crematories
04/29/02


Cremation Becoming a More Common Choice in U.S.
04/29/2002


Sullivan-King adds grief counselor
Funeral directors finding their services are needed even after the burial....
04/29/2002


Brainerd funeral director helps grieving families deal with miscarriages, babies' deaths
04/29/2002


Families see little change at Riverview Cemetery
Fighting for the dead...
04/29/2002


A place to remember: A special garden in Upper Chichester
The tranquil setting belies the trauma and tragedies that have scarred families....
04/29/2002


The other side of death
College students learn what it takes to be a funeral director....
04/29/2002


Caring for The City's dead means always having to say you're sorry
04/29/2002


Death of woman put in freezer apparently natural
04/29/2002


Illegal burial of infant discovered at Pleasant Hill Cemetery
04/29/2002


Relocation of 19th century cemetery is underway
04/29/2002


County approves Boynton funeral home
Supporters say Palm Beach County's booming Jewish population needs more burial services from small independent companies...
04/29/2002


Skeletal pieces near FL cemetery confirmed
04/29/2002


Rebirth of a black cemetery
Woodlawn memorial to identify 2,000 interred at segregation-era burial site...
04/29/2002


Burke-Tubbs case to go to Jim Ryan
Funeral home owner accused of embezzling preneed funds....
04/29/2002


Vandals strike at historic LaGrange Cemetery again
04/29/2002


Residents don’t want additions at cemetery
04/29/2002


Plea averts trial for funeral director
Holbrook faced charges in shooting of business partner...
04/29/2002


Hazard Pay For Barbados Workers
04/29/2002


Infamous cemetery has new name, owners, a fresh start
Truck after truck rolled onto the grounds of the former Bellevue Memory Gardens, on a recent afternoon...
04/25/2002


Spirituality: Making decisions about death and 'dying with dignity'
My wife and I have planned what to do with our bodies after death - cremation with no remains....
04/25/2002


Crematory Owner Faces More Charges
04/25/2002


Burnetts visit Pennsylvania burial ground
Journey to retrace Tom's steps and Flight 93's final moments 04/25/2002


Cemetery to offer recognition, respects at burials
Sylvania Hills Memorial Park in Daugherty Township began offering a service Monday that recognizes people buried at the cemetery...
04/25/2002


Ruling opens way for cemetery near Shelton reservoir
04/25/2002


Chippewa River threatens cemetery
04/25/2002


Body parts found in SCI cemetery
Will be tested to see if they came from bodies originally buried there....
04/22/2002


Cemetery's owner OKs dredging of lake
04/22/2002


Cemetery Opening for Walk through Local History As walking tours go, this one isn't a typical stroll through the park...
04/22/2002


The American way of death
Springfield’s funeral museum is home to a fascinating array of historical artifacts...
04/22/2002


Boy Scout works to restore vets' graves
Alexander Chamas spent Saturday at St. Mary's Cemetery looking for the graves of thousands of veterans....
04/22/2002


Edsall wants city to explore maintaining Bonita Springs Cemetery
04/22/2002


Tri-State Crematory Scandal Leads To Grundy County Lawsuit
04/19/2002


Brent Marsh Taking Fifth On Civil Lawsuits
04/19/2002


As Noble tries to regain normalcy, Marsh family may reclaim crematory property Friday
04/19/2002


Local businessman implicated in funeral home investigation
Burke-Tubbs expected to replace funds allegedly misappropriated by former partner Tom Burke...
04/19/2002


Insects appeared during funeral, suit says
04/19/2002


Service Corp says cooperating in Florida cemetery probe
Investigating allegations it deceived customers by destroying remains and reselling plots....
04/19/2002


Monsanto pitches in to restore historic cemetery
04/19/2002


Cemetery upkeep at issue in Kingston
City Council's decision to maintain church's cemetery....
04/19/2002


Smoker sues tobacco company for funeral costs
An Australian cancer sufferer who has smoked for 40 years wants a tobacco company to pay for his funeral...
04/19/2002


Pre-planning relieves the stress of funerals
Fran was sure of only one thing when she walked into the funeral director's office the day after John died -- that her husband would be cremated...
04/18/2002


Carriage Services financials
04/18/2002


Alderwoods Group To Redeem 12.25% Senior Notes
04/18/2002


State digs for buried evidence near cemetery
Agents of Florida Department of Law Enforcement wielded shovels and a backhoe behind a line of crime scene tape in the woods near Menorah Gardens cemetery....
04/18/2002


Family Claims Funeral Home Would Not Cooperate On Cremation
04/18/2002


Radioactive body prompts alert
Christchurch radiation experts have given advice to the country's crematorium workers after a cremated corpse was found to be radioactive...
04/18/2002


Service Corporation International Financials
04/17/2002


Preplanning a funeral can take the burden off family
"All we had to do was make one phone call...."
04/17/2002


Personal touch
A decade ago, national chains hoped to grow their profits by buying up local funeral homes. Today they're trying to sell them back...
04/17/2002


Widow sues Austell crematory
Claiming the company contaminated her husband's ashes and improperly disposed part of his remains....
04/17/2002


Funeral directors helping memorial
The Beaver/Lawrence County Funeral Directors Association to raise money to build a permanent memorial honoring the heroes aboard United Airlines Flight 93...
04/17/2002


Operator of crematory faces another investigation
The state failed to do the one thing his critics were clamoring for - put Florida's death-industry veteran out of business....
04/17/2002


Gulfport looking at fee hikes: Sports, burials may soon cost more
04/16/2002


Interment that went bad confused grieving family
04/16/2002


Stoplights cause confusion during funeral processions
04/16/2002


School faces funeral board inquiry
Mortuary science program may have violated the standards of an industry accreditation group....
04/16/2002


From Ft. Lauderdale, a final journey home
Airlines do booming business in transporting corpses...
04/16/2002


Residents say more crypts will have dead lying too close to living
04/16/2002


Presentations with impact
His experience (or lack of it) has never exposed him to the costs of funerals, wakes and burials. The sales agent has experience on this....
04/16/2002


Stripping funeral directors red-faced after TV appearance
The Funeral Monty are five Hampshire undertakers who strip to raise money for charity....
04/16/2002


Departing not so dearly
You say you want to go out with all the bells and whistles? Compare prices first...
04/16/2002


Bratley Funeral Homes have history of service to community
Eighty four years ago, in 1918, Edwin Bratley established the Bratley Funeral Home...
04/16/2002


Rebuild, remember
What's next for the WTC site?
04/16/2002


Fiery debate on cremation sparked by reform bill
Greek society is debating a burning question...
04/16/2002


Start planning your funeral whether you plan to die or not
04/15/2002


Crematory bill addresses gap in state regulations
House Bill 4696, giving the state comptroller increased authority to oversee crematories in Illinois....
04/15/2002


Funeral home helps families give final farewell
04/15/2002


A Sense of Sorrow, and Humor
R.J. Damiano has a different outlook now when he deals with the parents of a dead child....
04/15/2002


Keeper of the past
For two decades Rich Johnson has walked among the dead....
04/15/2002


TRI-STATE AFTERMATH: Crematory case tells Noble truths about death
Julie Manuel knows there's something macabre about her fascination with Tri-State Crematory and the 339 bodies dumped there....
04/15/2002


Florida crematory operator survives despite reams of complaints
Disgruntled workers. Complaining customers. Outraged competitors. Angry state regulators....
04/15/2002


Crematory owner claims embalming scandal setup
04/15/2002


Consumer group keeps watch on funeral industry
A shovel and a flashlight: That's what Lisa Carlson jokes that family members really need....
04/15/2002


Construction of Missouri veterans cemetery to begin in May
After years of delays, construction of the Bloomfield State Veterans Cemetery is slated to begin in early May....
04/15/2002


Tahoma National Cemetery gets high marks
Survey rates the Maple Valley cemetery as one of the best in nation....
04/15/2002


Former funeral home director to repay clients
Agreed to return about $83,000 to former clients after Maine licensing board called his conduct "unprofessional."
04/15/2002


Gipson $4 Million Lawsuit Against Grundy Co. Funeral Home
By families whose loved ones' remains were sent to Tri-State Crematory....
04/12/2002


Unidentified Crematory Corpses Moved
04/12/2002


A cemetery reborn
Rock Chapel Cemetery is a final resting place for veterans of America's earliest wars....
04/12/2002


Council to decide on Aggie cemetery
Many Aggies would testify that the Texas A&M University campus holds a special place in their hearts....
04/12/2002


Dragnet Catches the 'Corpse Baron'
Joseph Damiano became known as the "Body Baron of Broward County" for the business he built transporting and cremating corpses....
04/12/2002


Lynn University suspends embalming classes over scandal
Allegations of students embalming bodies without the families' permission....
04/12/2002


Funerals of the future will be planned
In Scotland, inquiry set up to rethink funerals for the 21st century....
04/12/2002


Heartbreak at Cemetery
Lurking in the shadows of these cherished monuments are the graveyard ghouls....
04/12/2002


Council OKs new guidelines for cemetery
Lawrenceburg City Council passed Ordinance 2002-04 into law despite appeal and criticism from residents....
04/12/2002


Elders defend secrets of sacred sites
Requesting government protection of American Indian sacred sites may place them in greater danger....
04/12/2002


Georgia Senate Approves Crematory Bill
Legislation tightening oversight of crematories and expanding the definition of mistreatment of the dead....
04/11/2002


Colorado funeral homes back off study request
Had asked state to look into regulating industry to weed out shady morticians....
04/11/2002


Already regulated already
Fortunately for Coloradans, the mortuary industry in this state has been pretty reputable and has done well policing itself in the 20 years since the Board of Mortuary Science was repealed....
04/11/2002


New funeral home finds start-up a challenge
Troy Kreutzer reminds himself often that every business has to have a first day and first year....
04/11/2002


Crematory: 141 Bodies Identified
Recovery efforts will come in under budget....
04/11/2002


Rabbis offer to help sort out cemetery fiascos
The Palm Beach County Board of Rabbis voted to form committee to advise the various players in the Menorah Gardens cemetery scandal on Jewish issues....
04/11/2002


Motions mount in Noble crematory case
Marsh family could reclaim property this weekend....
04/11/2002


Ground Zero Memorial Plans
Museum dedicated to the World Trade Centre and a "freedom park" spanning Lower Manhattan....
04/11/2002


Royal family shakes off 'Diana Chill'
The Royals openly share their grief with the public...
04/11/2002


Nearly three dozen markers damaged at Santa Ana Cemetery
04/11/2002


Cemetery vandal's sentence upheld
Alaska Court of Appeals has upheld four-year prison sentence....
04/11/2002


Grave insult
61 Australian soldiers were buried where they fell in the Somme....
04/11/2002


Brownfield community center will not be sublet to funeral home
04/11/2002


Tennessee Crematories Get Good Marks
Department of Commerce and Insurance found all facilities meet state requirements....
04/10/2002


Fort Lauderdale businessman loses 2 licenses in cremation scandal
04/10/2002


Florida crematory scandal touches widow
When Alice Hampton learned the owner of a Miami crematory had been caught operating without a license, she reached for the phone...
04/10/2002


Funeral Procession Rules Of The Road: Do You Know Them?
04/10/2002


Another Crematory Lawsuit Filed Against Turner Funeral Home
Mother's body was sent to the Tri-State Crematory....
04/10/2002


Sensitivity is main goal for female mortician
Colorful, ever-changing hairstyles, quirky fashion statements, and bold, brash femininity have indeed made her successful - in the funeral business....
04/10/2002


More veterans cemeteries are planned
Federal and state governments are on a mission to give aging veterans one last benefit....
04/10/2002


Maryland county OKs increase for indigent burials
Local funeral homes providing burials or cremations for indigent people will be paid higher reimbursement rates for their services....
04/10/2002


Foundation Formed to Help Preserve Rose Hill Cemetery
A group of historians and concerned residents has taken steps toward preserving Macon's Rose Hill Cemetery....
04/10/2002


Cemetery stones relate stories better told before death
There’s more life at Greenwood Cemetery than many people imagine....
04/10/2002


Park Lawn Company will acquire Westside Cemeteries Limited and Westside Cemetery Holdings Limited
04/09/2002


China's e-graves a sweeping success
Environmentally friendly E-tombs do not present a fire threat to cemetery hillsides....
04/09/2002


Senators To Hold Hearing On Tennessee Crematory Laws
04/09/2002


Nation says final farewell
04/09/2002


Why I'm here for the funeral
04/09/2002


In this funeral, we can recognise our own nation
04/09/2002


Crematory controversy replayed
Those familiar with Joseph Damiano’s history in the funeral business marveled that he was still going strong....
04/08/2002


Welcome to Ray Marsh's world
Was it a crime, or result of 'chaos, confusion and profound inertia?'
04/08/2002


Living Tribute to 9/11 Heroes
Tree planting ceremony memorializes 11 who died in WTC attack...
04/08/2002


Buried without a name
Bill would track remains of state mental patients
04/08/2002


After 138 years, soldier's dying wish granted
Wish to be sent home to South Carolina was fulfilled Saturday after a memorial service attended by about 75 people....
04/08/2002


Top of Utah cemeteries not so peaceful
Officials try to educate about heritage of area....
04/08/2002


County officials to move suspected cemetery
There's only one hitch: they're not sure the cemetery exists.
04/08/2002


Strong, versatile soundtrack stems from popular TV show
04/08/2002


19 bodies siezed in crematorium
Operator of illegal Florida crematorium already under investigation....
04/05/2002


Thousands honour Queen Mother
By mid-evening on Friday about 25,000 people had already filed past her coffin....
04/05/2002


Liverpool undertakers attack rise in funeral fees
It's almost twice as expensive to die in some parts of Merseyside than others....
04/05/2002


Families bid farewell to WTC victim
Had to endure rumors he was a fugitive terrorist....
04/05/2002


Koreans accept cremation as dead take more room than living
04/05/2002


Judge named to hear Bodiford recusal case
If the drama playing out in Walker County were a television soap, it'd be called 'As the Judge Turns.'
04/05/2002


Atlanta Judge To Decide Whether Bodiford Stays On Tri-State Case
04/05/2002


Rain stalls Marsh property return
04/05/2002


Franklin-Strickland Funeral Home Sued For $5 Million
Emotional duress from Tri-State....
04/05/2002


Oldest Body Found At Noble, Ga., From September 1997
04/05/2002


Crematories carry on
Talk of the Georgia crematory makes local cremation technician John Porche clench his fists with rage....
04/04/2002


Slow going in Illinois cemetery cleanup
Families hoping new ownership will relieve the nagging problems there....
04/04/2002


Vermont Jewish groups pull cemetery request
That the town set aside a small section of the town cemetery for consecration....
04/04/2002


Cemetery cleanup tied to ownership
Iowa parishes can't turn graveyard over to county to maintain....
04/04/2002


Bereavement care sales pitch goes on air
One of Malaysia's foremost players in the bereavement care industry has taken its sales pitch to television....
04/04/2002


Soldiers rehearse royal funeral
Funeral procession will take the Queen Mother's coffin to Westminster Hall....
04/04/2002


Grandsons in Queen Mother vigil
Will mount a vigil around her coffin while it lies in state....
04/04/2002


This obsession with history is an affliction for Britain
Were we still in touch with that great country....?
04/04/2002


Vietnam Pilot: Home to Rest
Funeral gives closure to family of colonel who went missing in 1972....
04/04/2002


Cemetery Survey At Soddy Presbyterian
In a continuing effort to resurvey all cemeteries in Hamilton County....
04/04/2002


GAO asked to expand crematory, grave desecration inquiry
04/03/2002


Bronze Age burial site unearthed
04/03/2002


Cuban Past Enshrined in Ornate Havana Cemetery
Myriad historical and architectural jewels at the vast Colon Necropolis....
04/03/2002


Maine county to get veterans cemetery
Federal agency gives nearly $3 million grant for long-sought facility....
04/03/2002


Nevada city council doesn't change funeral policies
Saturday burials still not allowed....
04/03/2002


Hatfields, McCoys are at it once again
04/03/2002


Local man helps the living
It has been Brad Wheeler's dream to own a funeral home since he started working at one fresh out of high school...
04/02/2002


More bodies allegedly sent to embalming school
04/03/2002


Lawsuit: Woman was embalmed against her wish
04/03/2002


Arsonists strike Jewish cemetery in France
04/02/2002


High-profile Tri-State trial is Cobb judge's 2nd in Walker County
04/02/2002


Queen Mother fine-tuned own funeral plans
First issued instructions for her funeral in 1979....
04/02/2002


McCoys sue Hatfields over cemetery
Seeking access to a cemetery where three McCoy boys were buried after being tied to pawpaw trees and executed by the Hatfields in 1882.....
04/02/2002


Texas city council votes not to permit funeral home
04/02/2002


Amarillo out of pet cremation business
04/02/2002


Bereaved Pet Owners Seek Support
Explosive growth in what could loosely be described as the pet-death industry....
04/01/2002


Missouri receives grant to build two veterans cemeteries
04/01/2002


A grim task, but families grateful
Funeral director a member of D-MORT....
04/01/2002


Eugene crematorium suit decision still to come
City's position is that the possibility of pollution is too great a risk....
04/01/2002


N.J. embalmer prepares remains for flight to their final destination
04/01/2002


Planners approve new Michigan cemetery
First phase of the project involves developing two acres....
04/01/2002


In Noble, need to forgive not theoretical
04/01/2002


Old Michigan cemetery offers a step back in time
04/01/2002


Digging reveals 70 historic skeletons in KY
04/01/2002


Memorial to be built for bodies at crematory
03/29/2002


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Another lawsuit filed in crematory case
03/29/2002


New Judge Sought in Crematory Case
03/29/2002


Michigan man loses fight to control remains of mother's body
03/29/2002


Callaway cremation facility passes surprise state inspection
03/29/2002


Funeral today for owner of oldest black-run funeral home in Georgia
03/29/2002


Noble Crematory Leads and Pond Dry Up
03/28/2002


UK: 'Wrong bodies' buried in graves
Up to 150 graves may not contain the body of the person named on the headstone....
03/28/2002


Helpline for relatives after Wales cemetery bungle
03/28/2002


63% of burials in city in Llano, officials report
A positive picture of the nonprofit cemetery's finances and growth....
03/28/2002


Colorado funeral industry laws may be reformed
Would not require funeral homes and crematoriums to be licensed....
03/28/2002


Illinois' crematory laws being reconsidered
Crematories soon may need to be licensed....
03/28/2002


Unknown Noble bodies to get free burial sites from county
03/28/2002


High cost of dying in Japan a grave issue
Think living in Japan is expensive? Try dying.
03/28/2002


Hospital May Arrange Woman's Burial
Body has been in the morgue nearly a month because of a fight over hiring a funeral director....
03/28/2002


Alderwoods Group announces opening balances and 2002 financial guidance
03/28/2002


Summers: Tri-State Crematory Cases Should Not Be Class Action
"We're not talking about 10,000 asbestos cases against a single company. Here we have 42 defendants and at the most 350 plaintiffs...."
03/27/2002


British Online Insurance Service Offers Customers Lively Send-Off
Customers can have a say in the way their funerals are conducted....
03/27/2002


Cremation guidelines to consider
03/27/2002


Volunteers leading cemetery restoration
03/27/2002


Latest Tri-State Crematory Lawsuit Seeks $100 Million In Damages
03/27/2002


More Remains Found at WTC
Nearly 3,000 body parts have been discovered since March 1, when workers began concentrating on the last heaps of rubble....
03/27/2002


Cemetery donations top $4K
Following acts of vandalism....
03/27/2002


Support for people trying to overcome a sudden bereavement
New publication offers practical suggestions on how to cope with bereavement....
03/26/2002


Keeping the dead 'alive'
Crematorium and columbarium are familiar words, but cryotorium?
03/26/2002


Buy now, die later is now OK in Amherst cemeteries
Cemetery trustees recently updated their rules and regulations to allow advance purchase of a plot....
03/26/2002


Shot down together, WWII airmen now share a coffin
03/26/2002


Emotions run deep at Ground Zero viewing area
To the right is a little church graveyard from a long-ago age when they still buried bodies one at a time....
03/26/2002


A place to rest
A church extends its ministry to an early O.C. graveyard....
03/26/2002


State regulation of cemeteries is found lacking
Florida regulators aren't doing enough to make sure bodies are buried where they should be, state auditors say....
03/26/2002


Crematory crackdown: Why so late?
A group of legislators was made aware of the loophole four years ago and failed to plug it....
03/25/2002


Built 'on trust and integrity'
Chester French Stewart never thought he'd go into the family business....
03/25/2002


Strip mall can be first stop for last rites
Situated between a dry cleaner and a nail salon in the busy strip mall, the new Bonney-Watson storefront escapes much notice....
03/25/2002


A pall over Georgia
Georgia case is causing people all over the country to rethink their decision to be cremated....
03/25/2002


Ashes to ashes
Acceptance of cremation widens for several reasons...
03/25/2002


Cleveland municipal cemeteries crumbling
03/25/2002


Mortician-turned-author sets first novel at funeral home
03/25/2002


Reaching out to the living
Funeral director in the Main South neighborhood champions the causes of the disenfranchised....
03/25/2002


Hidden cemetery awakens briefly to modern world
Public is welcome for 8 hours a year....
03/25/2002


Telltale remains
Workers have conclusively identified 804 victims out of the 2,797 who died at the WTC; work is complex and slow....
03/23/2002


Centerpiece: Tending the dead
There's no lack of work in the funeral services profession, a growth industry where the clientele is guaranteed...
03/22/2002


Stumbling onto the truth about casket prices
Funeral directors, for the most part, are decent business people whether the FTC is looking over their shoulders or not....
03/22/2002


Funeral industry addressing problems
NFDA President says industry has received wake-up call....
03/22/2002


Legislator considering funeral laws
Reform sought in Colorado after Ga. horror...
03/22/2002


Congress Probes Cemetery Laws
Will examine whether state laws are adequate to cover desecration crimes at cemeteries and crematories....
03/22/2002


Moundville residents protest possible loss of funeral home
Some Moundville residents prefer to have their funerals - not their meals - at the funeral home....
03/22/2002


New Cause of Death In a Very Old Case
Prehistoric mountaineer may have engaged in a violent close-quarters struggle....
03/22/2002


Cremation not as popular locally as in other locations
Tennessee law requires all of the state's funeral establishments to be licensed....
03/22/2002


Funeral directors confident in crematory practices
Some have reassured local families about cremation practices....
03/22/2002


Funeral Dispute Puts Body In Limbo
What to do with the body of a woman who insisted that no funeral home assist in her burial?
03/22/2002


A New Lesson Plan in Afghan School
Women and girls are in, calls to holy war are out....
03/22/2002


Getting through grief
Pet funerals serve a purpose....
03/22/2002


Ashes to ashes, tree to reef
Burial alternatives break new - or no - ground....
03/20/2002


More remains found at WTC site; others identified
03/20/2002


The Embalmer's Art
This unusual and ancient skill perserveres memory for the living.... 03/20/2002


UK bill aims to make corpse organ donation automatic
03/20/2002


More than 100 investigated in alleged Trade Center aid scam
03/20/2002


Air Rage Down Since Sept. 11
Has forced only one jetliner to be diverted to Bangor....
03/20/2002


United Way falls short of goal; Sept. 11 cited
03/20/2002


Cremation in Utah
It's the nation's second-most popular means of disposition behind earth burial....
03/19/2002


Memorial service held for families victimized by Tri-State Crematory
03/19/2002


Ex-funeral director says claims against her fabricated
Stating a competitor made up the charges....
03/19/2002


Spanish Police Discover 20 Corpses
Some of them dating back 10 years, in the yard of a funeral home employee
03/19/2002


The naked and the dead
Gunther von Hagens' macabre exhibition has shocked and fascinated millions of people around the world....
03/19/2002


Computer corpse pictures questioned in crematory case
03/18/2002


Council hears builder's plan for mausoleum at Maple Hill
Mayor says city, not private firm, should develop historic site....
03/18/2002


Women Firefighters Fight Perception
Why were no women among the 343 killed?
03/18/2002


FAA Probes Dead Passenger Case
Anyone other than a funeral director would need a burial-transit permit...
03/18/2002


Son Appeals Frozen Parents Verdict
Will appeal a court ruling that says they must be buried or cremated....
03/18/2002


Oversight Still Lacking in Donations of Bodies
Legislators scrambled to halt the black market trade....
03/18/2002


Thousands Drawn to Pa. Crash Site
Residents have formed a corps of volunteers to lead visitors to makeshift memorial....
03/15/2002


Funeral Homes Offer DNA Collection
To screen for inherited diseases....
03/15/2002


Making Flight Plans for 2003
What will a plane trip be like then?
03/15/2002


Polish war cemetery in Ukraine likely to be ceremonially opened in May 2002
03/15/2002


Florida Senate toughens cemetery laws
Would consolidate industry regulation within one department, increase penalties, set up consumer hotline for complaints....
03/15/2002


Michigan Man Wages Burial Fight
"It's insane what they charge...."
03/15/2002


Burial rituals can provide closure, aid pet owners
Many pet owners have sought out final arrangements services....
03/15/2002


Jail For New Zealand Cemetery Vandals
03/14/2002


Elderly Woman Sent to Morgue Alive
May have died of cold at the morgue....
03/14/2002


Relatives share painful stories with legislators at Capitol
Remains now part of the evidence in the Tri-State Crematory scandal....
03/14/2002


Police Probe Funeral Home Slayings
Not focusing on religious group opposed to embalming....
03/14/2002


Pennsylvania cremation law in line for update
03/14/2002


Ex-Marine Raced to Disarm, Subdue Gunman
03/14/2002


Mourning becomes eclectic
Introducing the self-customized funeral....
03/13/2002


Funeral director's six months at WTC site
Ground Zero flag brings tears during presentation....
03/13/2002


More remains found at Ground Zero
11 firefighters, 2 civilians....
03/13/2002


Studying in the cemetery
Often an ideal place to study local natural history and folk beliefs....
03/13/2002


Disabled children want to sue doctors for being born
Australian court weighing charge of 'wrongful life'....
03/13/2002


French court rules against frozen couple
Must be removed from their refrigerated chamber and buried....
03/13/2002


Relatives of crematory owner charged
Misrepresented themselves as funeral home officials by signing death certificates....
03/12/2002


Georgia case spurs cremation inquiries in Arizona
Pending legislation for tighter regulation of workers....
03/12/2002


Funerals today: 50 ways to leave your loved one
Diverse cultural ceremonies also reveal common ground....
03/12/2002


Tennessee files new charges against Georgia crematory operator
03/11/2002


Maine panel backs amended cremains bill
Possible legislative solution to the problem of cremated remains that go unclaimed
03/11/2002


Woodlawn Cemetery rescheduling burials
Entombments have been on hold since strike began Feb. 16....
03/11/2002


Fire Family's Long, Sad Wait
Until that call comes, the Hickey family does not plan to hold a memorial service....
03/11/2002


UK: How to ease fears on funeral costs
03/11/2002


Six months after 9-11, searches, funerals continue
03/11/2002


GA Senate's new crematory regulation bill tougher
03/08/2002


Funeral Directors Don't See Repeat of Georgia Crematory Disaster
03/08/2002


Crematory Operator's Mother Signed Death Certificates Illegally
03/08/2002


Judge recuses himself from Noble case
Two of the judges may have family members who were sent to the crematory....
03/08/2002


Unidentified Tri-State remains to be buried in memorial park
03/08/2002


Georgia scandal could shake confidence in cremation
Baue Funeral Homes had a radio campaign promoting cremation ready to go last month....
03/07/2002


Falling Cremated Remains Enrages Hawaii Residents
03/07/2002


Cemetery's rules halt massing of mementos
03/07/2002


Tennessee county to file charges against crematory
03/07/2002


Pond all that's left to be searched
03/06/2002


Clues, high tech, D-MORT team help families find kin
03/06/2002


Path of good intentions turns rough for lawmaker
Snow won loophole in inspection law for Tri-State Crematory....
03/06/2002


Business of dying tightly regulated in Washington state
03/06/2002


Funerals and family rifts
03/06/2002


Sailor Buried in Anonymity Reburied
03/06/2002


State: Crematory machine operable
Pornography, photos of bodies found on Marsh's computer....
03/05/2002


Family of slain funeral director speaks out
Dan O'Connell and a 22-year-old student intern were found shot to death....
03/05/2002


Families again mourn crematory finds
03/05/2002


Newspaper Adding Pet Death Notices
03/05/2002


Marsh denied bond
03/04/2002


Writer buried after 20 years
03/04/2002


Rules force frozen dead couple to be thawed
03/04/2002


Big bucks at stake as lawsuits hit funeral homes that sent bodies to Tri-State
03/03/2002


Lake draining may reveal more bodies
03/03/2002


Undertakers Dig TV's 'Six Feet Under'
03/03/2002


'Six Feet Under' and over the top
03/03/2002


Ashes to ashes, dust to 'cremains'
03/03/2002


Washington Post: Cremation Q and A
03/03/2002


Service Corporation International Comments on Recent Litigation
03/01/2002


Cremation crisis?
"The irony of the situation is, Georgia actually had a reasonably decent regulatory scheme...."
03/01/2002


Class action lawsuit filed in GA case
03/01/2002


State urges judge to end gag order
03/01/2002


Crematories turning to California for guidance
02/28/2002


Twin Towers of Light Will Serve as Temporary WTC Memorial
02/28/2002


State gets clearance to drain crematory pond
02/28/2002


ICFA supports objective investigation of industry misconduct
02/27/2002


Charges against Marsh mount
The window of opportunity for Ray Brent Marsh was a bit too small....
02/27/2002


Senator Wants US Probe of Industry
Dodd has referred issue to GAO....
02/27/2002


Letter from Senator Dodd to GAO
02/27/2002


Senator Dodd's press release
"Lack of oversight and misleading practices top Senator's concerns...."
02/27/2002


A family washes away the hurt
"Had the plane hit 30 or 45 minutes later than it did, I wouldn't be here today...."
02/27/2002


Ga. Officials OK Islam Cemetery
02/27/2002


Marsh faces more charges
02/26/2002


Couple fear coffin find will bring an end to their dream home
02/26/2002


Flight 93 Passenger Remains to Make Final Trip Home
Unidentifiable remains could be entombed at the crash site as part of a memorial to those who died....
02/26/2002


Marsh Granted Bail
02/26/2002


Owner seeks to educate about crematories
Many facilities encourage visits before making arrangements....
02/26/2002


Crematory regulation bills progress in GA
02/26/2002


Why disposing of the dead matters to the living
(requires NY Times site registration - no charge)
02/25/2002


Crematory Owners' Family Asks Why
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02/25/2002


The big mystery in Noble
Why didn't Tri-State just cremate the bodies?
02/24/2002


Anger and anguish in a GA town
02/24/2002


Cemetery Strike Delays MA Funerals
02/24/2002


State tried to close Tri-State for two years
Wanted the crematory closed -- or at least inspected -- but lawmaker won loophole for Marsh family....
02/22/2002


Thomas Lynch: How mourners were betrayed
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02/22/2002


Funeral home navigates change
Garland Bros. has been an anchor for the local black community since 1936....
02/22/2002


CO lawmakers, morticians ask for rules
02/22/2002


Oklahoma agency keeps tabs on crematories
02/22/2002


MD crematory bill may be revived
02/22/2002


Everyone thought they knew the Marshes
02/22/2002


Funeral home list
02/22/2002


Families sue crematory, funeral home chain
02/22/2002


Judge imposes a gag order on officials
02/22/2002


Senator calls for increased funeral oversight
Sen. Breaux (D-La.) called for increased disclosure of funeral practices, including independent observers at cremations, expansion of the 'funeral rule.'
02/20/2002


Maine funeral directors push cremains bill
02/21/2002


Lawmaker seeks to close crematory loophole he helped open
02/21/2002


Virginia, Maryland to eye their crematories
02/21/2002


La. funeral official calling for licensing of crematories
02/21/2002


State Keeps An Eye On S.C. Crematories
02/21/2002


Georgia Case Highlights Disparity in States' Cremation Laws
"That couldn't happen in a cemetery in Massachusetts...."
02/20/2002


Updates in Noble crematorium search
206 bodies discovered so far; lake to be drained....
02/20/2002


Lawsuits filed in crematory case
Alleging fraud against Tri-State Crematory and at least one of the funeral homes....
02/20/2002


IEE was turned down for service calls
Contacted Tri-State Crematory six times since 1984....
02/20/2002


GA crematory was never licensed, inspected
And that was not in violation of state law....
02/20/2002


Cremation ritual helps souls reach heaven
While Balinese Hindus perform Ngaben, cremation rituals for the dead....
02/20/2002


Adviser to Mullah Omar Nabbed in Afghanistan
Captured by U.S. Marines, But former Taliban governor escapes....
02/20/2002


More bodies found at GA crematory
Rogue crematory owner may not have performed cremations in "a long time...."
02/19/2002


Memorials planned far from Ground Zero
Many towns are rushing to build memorials to Sept. 11....
02/19/2002


Arlington National Cemetery to expand
60 more acres will be developed....
02/18/2002


Farrakhan condemns U.S. war on terrorism
"If the truth were known, there would be a Nuremberg trial for American presidents...."
02/18/2002


Undertaker uses Harley hearse
"An extra whoosh to honour the deceased...."
02/15/2002


Family seeks closure in cop's second funeral
Kathy Mazza will be laid to rest this weekend for the second time....
02/15/2002


Divining rods unable to turn up graves
On a site that Volusia County had begun preparing for a 1.6-acre retention pond....
02/14/2002


Cremation of Royalty Raises Eyebrows
She found the traditional royal burial ground "gloomy...."
02/14/2002


Chief suspect claims Pearl is dead
British-born Islamic militant kidnapped reporter....
02/14/2002


Avoiding death
"In our culture, we hide behind terminology...."
02/14/2002


Palace will grant Princess's wish to be cremated
Royal family members traditionally are buried....
02/13/2002


Matthews International Announces First Quarter Earnings And Declares Quarterly Dividend
02/13/2002


Cemetery designers must consider many factors
To make a special place....
02/13/2002


Towns join memorial movement over 9-11
Blueprints for Sept. 11 memorials are popping up in the Chicago area and across the country....
02/13/2002


Act will produce over 3,000 living memorials
To encourage communities across the country to honor victims....
02/13/2002


Another Hudson Murder Lead Dries Up
In last week's double murder at a funeral home in the St. Croix River city....
02/12/2002


Ground Zero crew near tragic trove of bodies
In the debris from the collapsed lobby of WTC north tower....
02/12/2002


Service Corp. in joint venture for U.K business
Will maintain a 20 percent equity in the entity....
02/12/2002


FBI alert names Yemeni as threat
May be plotting a terrorist attack as early as today....
02/12/2002


Key suspect says Pearl alive
Next 12 hours "crucial" to reporter's release....
02/12/2002


A place to remember
At WTC site, for those who have nothing to bury....
02/11/2002


WTC Families Face Burial Decisions
Buckley's excruciating decision - whether to be notified each time remains are found - is one that many families will face....
02/11/2002


L.A.'s Well-to-Do Get Burial Space
The 1,300 invitation-only crypts will likely start at $50,000 each....
02/11/2002


His final funeral
Services for the popular and civic-minded funeral director lasted for nearly two hours....
02/11/2002


Grass-Roots Visions for WTC Memorial
The process of choosing a memorial usually involves a formal competition among design professionals....
02/11/2002


WTC Victims: What's A Life Worth?
The government has invented a way to measure loss in cash. A look at the calculus....
02/08/2002


Motive In Hudson Killings Still Elusive
Police rule out intent to seek embalming fluid for illicit use....
02/08/2002


City ripping off residents with cemetery plan, senior charges
City staffers say new prices in line with what other area cemeteries charge....
02/07/2002