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2/2004 - 5/2004

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For those who lived, died for freedom
05/28/2004

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Remember to thank a veteran
05/28/2004

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Facts about Tomb of the Unknowns
05/28/2004

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Decision could come soon on Tri-State Crematory trial date
05/28/2004

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Workers Find Heartbeat in Boy Pronounced Dead
05/28/2004

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Boy Scout earns Eagle Scout award for headstone project
05/28/2004

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Cemetery visit is no grave mistake
05/28/2004

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Cemetery gets new life
Volunteers' tireless work restores neglected site...
05/28/2004

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Gravestones tipped over in MI city cemetery
05/28/2004

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Cemetery damage tops $61,000
Teens accused of knocking over dozens of gravestones, U.S. flags...
05/28/2004

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Graveyard theft sorrow for family
05/28/2004

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Bid to end stigma of 'pauper's graves'
05/28/2004

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Bone depository at Chinese cemetery
05/28/2004

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Carriage Services Inc Financials
05/27/2004

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Dignity Memorial(R) Providers Outline Civilian Protocol for Military Funerals
05/27/2004

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Rock of Ages Corp Financials
05/27/2004

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Memorial Day - a holiday for remembrance, reverence for life
05/27/2004

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China-made coffins pose threat to U.S. casket makers
05/27/2004

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How To Find A Reliable Funeral Home
05/27/2004

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The business of funerals now includes casket stores
Forest Grove funeral home keeps up by offering special services...
05/27/2004

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FL legislation raises hope for protections in funerals, burials
05/27/2004

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Missing names sought for Port Orange war memorial
05/27/2004

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MD cemetery vandal must serve 1 year in prison
05/27/2004

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Eulogies from the heart
Families today take role of delivering last tribute... 05/27/2004

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Human Crematorium Finds Home With the Holsteins
05/27/2004

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Restoring Veteran's Gravestones
05/27/2004

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Families again say farewell to loved ones
Remains found at funeral home...
05/27/2004

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Confederate group assists after hurricane affects Union graves
05/27/2004

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W. Chicago works to create zoning for crematoriu
05/27/2004

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Memorial helps families share pain of loss in war
05/27/2004

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Boy Scouts replace old flags at Morris Cemetery
05/27/2004

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Museum sponsors cemetery tour
05/27/2004

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Newly identified graves include Civil War veterans
05/27/2004

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Historic cemetery rededication set for June 5
05/27/2004

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Grandmother attacked at graveside
05/27/2004

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Stewart Enterprises, Inc. Q2 2004 Conference Call Invitation
05/26/2004

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Home funerals offer alternatives
"It's making death intimate again..."
05/26/2004

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Last detail: Mortuary unit cares for fallen
05/26/2004

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Guidelines set for cemeteries
05/27/2004

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Turlock to add funeral home
05/26/2004

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Family needs help paying for child's burial
05/26/2004

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Fiasco at funeral
A grieving family's heartbreak turned to horror when a funeral parlour almost buried their elderly mother with a stranger...
05/26/2004

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Huntsville man uses hearse as personal car
05/26/2004

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Cemetery mess causes upset
Visitors to Belper Cemetery at the weekend were shocked by the mess they found...
05/26/2004

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Metcalf sworn in
ICFA Board of Directors member Tommy Metcalf sworn in as Conroe, TX mayor...
05/25/2004

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Dignity Memorial(R) Service Providers Remember National Missing Children's Day With Ways to Keep Toddlers Safe
05/25/2004

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A final salute: 'Lone bugler' honors fallen veterans
Three years ago, he felt an uneasy emptiness on Memorial Day...
05/25/2004

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Montevallo, AL Site Considered For Possible Veterans Cemetery
05/25/2004

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Abilene, KS Veterans Memorial project will be dedicated May 31
05/25/2004

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Mt. Vernon, IN Families Attempt To Rejuvenate Unkempt Cemetery
05/25/2004

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She remembers in Montague
76-year-old places over 80 flags in cemeteries in two counties...
05/25/2004

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The grave issue of a wobbly memorial
Fines issued for unsafe UK headstones...
05/25/2004

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UK row over site for crematorium
Controversial plans to build on greenbelt land being decided...
05/25/2004

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Cleanup arranged for OH's Wesleyan Cemetery
State reached agreement with caretaker until issue of who is in charge is resolved...
05/25/2004

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D-Day graves ready for ceremony
Preparations under way for the 60th anniversary of D-Day...
05/24/2004

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Home sweet funeral: Interest growing as families seek simpler services
05/24/2004

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Urns change with the times
If travelling with cremains, container must be examined by X-ray...
05/24/2004

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Popular cemetery containing patriots is 'Westminster Abbey of United States'
The Old Granary is one of three cemeteries on Boston's Freedom Trail...
05/24/2004

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Cemetery seen as 'sacred trust'
Secretary/treasurer of OH's Mount Washington Cemetery Association...
05/24/2004

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Dead-end business grows big-time
Goliath Casket Co. offers super-sized caskets...
05/24/2004

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WWII memorial is generation's touchstone
05/24/2004

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Mortuary intern sleeps among caskets to learn funeral trade
05/24/2004

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Effort aims to resurrect Weir's black cemetery in KS
05/24/2004

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Cemetery paves the way for Jewish life in Sioux City
05/24/2004

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Seoul cemetery plan eyes mass exhumations
Proposal to limit burials in national cemeteries to former presidents...
05/24/2004

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50 Jewish gravestones vandalized in Kiev
05/24/2004

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Mortuary stuck with unclaimed bodies in Zimbabwe
05/24/2004

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Service Corp International Financials
05/21/2004

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Environmentally friendly method of burying the dead is offering stiff competition to traditional funerals
05/21/2004

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Queens historian honored for cemetery work
05/21/2004

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NY's Van Cortlandtville Cemetery listed on National Register of Historic Places
05/21/2004

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At long last, hero is coming home
Buried in a pauper's grave, now on his way to Pittsfield, NY...
05/21/2004

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Grand Rapids legion post to upgrade grave markers
05/21/2004

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South Korean National Cemetery Burials: Eligibility Changes Proposed
05/21/2004

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13-year-old holds yard sale to help pay for friends' funerals
05/21/2004

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Clermont's Oak Hill Cemetery cleanup riles relatives
City trying to bring order to the cemetery and compliance to the rules...
05/21/2004

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Lubbock Cemetery Lawsuit
Over 35 families suing over missing graves...
05/21/2004

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Hillenbrand Industries Financials
05/20/2004

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UN launches project for cemetery restoration of abandoned Greek and Turkish Cypriot cemeteries
05/20/2004

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Funeral habits of Glaswegians in study of changing death rituals
Families asked for help over loved ones' ashes...
05/20/2004

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Special service set at WI's Calvary Cemetery for families who have lost babies
05/20/2004

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A Day in the Life: Remembering is true spirit of Memorial Day
Have you been to a cemetery lately...
05/20/2004

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Show some manners, judge orders Canadian funeral-home strikers
05/20/2004

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Church landscapes cemetery along Rehoboth Beach with help of community
05/20/2004

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Fresh Kills landfill is no place for ashes of the fallen
Group called World Trade Center Families for Proper Burial...
05/20/2004

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Remembering those who've gone before
Memorial Day is an opportunity to choose to remember...
05/20/2004

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South Africa Needs More Graveyards to Bury AIDS Dead
05/20/2004

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Family unearths kin in quest for fortune
Irish family try to prove their claim to Savannah estate...
05/20/2004

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Wall of honor names growing
New Wall of Honor at CT's Veterans Memorial Park...
05/19/2004

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National Vets' Cemetery efforts increase in Southwest FL
05/19/2004

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Funeral homes build on neighborhood roots
Businesses still must innovate to compete...
05/19/2004

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Fellow veterans get a respectful and glorious send-off in South Bend, IN
05/19/2004

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Input wanted on handling of 18th-century remains in NH
Remains exhumed from what experts believe was a city burial ground...
05/19/2004

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UK Families Face More Gravestone Repairs
Half failed new safety tests...
05/19/2004

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Norwalk, OH finds out it owns cemetery
Years ago, county used cemetery to bury indigent county residents...
05/19/2004

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Henderson, NC can't lay Blacknall Cemetery expenses to rest
Not owned by the city, but finds itself managing the care of the property...
05/19/2004

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Son told to clear parents' grave
Certain parts of cemetery allowed decorations while other areas are not...
05/19/2004

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UK Funeral Bosses Refuse to Cremate Mum Because She Was Too Heavy
05/19/2004

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Kaiser error leads to cremation mix-up after body mislabeled
05/19/2004

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Contra Costa County upholds cemetery OK
Despite protests from the project's opponents...
05/19/2004

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Carriage Services Adopts Changes Mandated by New Accounting Interpretation
05/18/2004

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Salem, OR workshop fixes headstones
One of two activities honoring the 150th anniversary of Pioneer Cemetery...
05/18/2004

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NY's first green burial plans move forward
State says cemetery group does not need permission from town...
05/18/2004

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Special care for gravestones
Regular cleaning of family gravestones is often difficult for many people...
05/18/2004

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Liverpool's secret garden
Volunteers transformed overgrown graveyard beneath Anglican Cathedral into a public garden...
05/18/2004

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Gravestones detail past
Ann Arbor's Highland Cemetery thrives as a classroom...
05/18/2004

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We've learned importance of living wills
05/18/2004

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Grave concern over full cemeteries in Africa
Campaign to promote cremation or at least re-internment...
05/18/2004

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Nigerian state bans open display of coffins and caskets by their producers
Display caused doom, despair and sorrow, which could frustrate tourism...
05/18/2004

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Growing diversity redefines resting places for the dead
05/17/2004

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Running and whistling through the graveyard
Why people do so many things other than visit deceased in cemeteries...
05/17/2004

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OH scouts help honor veterans
Decorate Dover Burial Park, where over 900 veterans are buried...
05/17/2004

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CA funeral home opens doors for tour
Behind-the-scenes tour including embalming facilities and casket rooms...
05/17/2004

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Cemetery site sought for Staten Island vets
05/17/2004

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Funds sought to expand NC cemetery
Jacksonville vets cemetery could soon be getting money for expansion planning...
05/17/2004

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Grave marker is a bit of the old country in Napa, CA
Unveiling of 9-foot stone monument at Tulocay Cemetery...
05/17/2004

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London Ontario Grief Resource Centre gives bereavement conference new life
05/17/2004

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Troy, PA man using his talents, trying to make funerals a little more affordable
Creating caskets in his backyard workshop...
05/17/2004

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Former IL funeral director pleads guilty to embezzlement
05/17/2004

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Family wants answers about woman's body
They just want to make sure the right body has been laid to rest...
05/14/2004

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Consider Cremation
Admittedly, this isn't an appealing topic, but it's an important one, and a financial one, too...
05/14/20047

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Funeral director named Small Business Person of the Year
05/14/2004

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Funeral grief after dead baby goes missing
Grieving Hucknall couple Lisa and Mark Staples thought they had said goodbye to the body of their unborn baby at a short but moving funeral service...
05/14/2004

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Eight unanswered questions
05/14/2004

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BREAKING NEWS: Good News From IRS on Prepaid Contract Payments
Dramatically expands eligibility of advance payments for tax deferral...
05/13/2004

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Service Corporation International to Redeem Outstanding 6.75% Convertible Notes
05/13/2004

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Hillenbrand Announces 3rd Qtr 2004 Dividend
05/13/2004

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MN grave sleuth speaks for dead
Volunteer spends hours locating and restoring graves...
05/13/2004

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Wales woodland cemetery encourages saplings over graves
Opt for a living tree instead of a headstone...
05/13/2004

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Philadelphia Story: Learning Lessons From Eastern Europe, a Cemetery Emerges From Disarray
05/13/2004

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Bliss-area, ID cemeteries may reopen
Some headstones date back to 1850...
05/13/2004

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Johnson County, IN cemetery vandalism is erasing history
05/13/2004

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Historic gravestones destroyed by vandals in VA
05/13/2004

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Final Disposition: Texas Funeral Service Commission in trouble again
05/13/2004

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Maltese Burial Heritage Museum opened
Dedicated to the long history of burials, burial places and practices...
05/12/2004

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Widower discovers solace in planning Pentagon memorial
Something of beauty where people can peacefully reflect...
05/12/2004

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OH kids persevere, establish memorial at Arlington National Cemetery
Long-desired government memorial for soldiers killed in non-wartime duty...
05/12/2004

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Memories fill fabric of widow's quilt
Quilting group stitches blanket from shirts of Marine killed in combat...
05/12/2004

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Celia's crypt attracts fans to NY's Woodlawn Cemetery
Design was about the fans of the grand dame of Salsa being able to look in...
05/12/2004

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Historic Harvey County cemetery opens gates to new burials
First burial to take place since 1945...
05/12/2004

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OH attorney general files lawsuit to remove Wesleyan Cemetery operator
Only one who can sue to remove board members from a trust...
05/12/2004

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Montreal Jewish cemetery vandalized
Police hate-crime unit investigating...
05/12/2004

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CA families complain to Exeter trustees
Residents upset about policies at cemetery...
05/12/2004

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UK undertakers put the wrong coffin in grave
Son realized nameplate on casket bore someone else's name...
05/12/2004

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Matthews Files SEC Form 10-Q, Quarterly Report
05/11/2004

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Service Corp Intl Files SEC Form 10-Q, Quarterly Report
05/11/2004

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FL CFO Lauds Passage of Funeral, Cemetery and Consumer Services Act
05/11/2004

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TN's Monteagle Cemetery Association Celebrates 100-Year Anniversary
05/11/2004

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Civil War history lies at TN's Mount Olive Cemetery
Austin Peay State University professor documenting lives of those buried...
05/11/2004

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Birds—and their watchers—find paradise at Boston's Mount Auburn Cemetery
05/11/2004

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Sterbens named president of the Kansas Funeral Directors and Embalmers Association
05/11/2004

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Cemetery donation gets cool reception from Clarksville, TN
Councilman says city can't handle running historic black cemetery...
05/11/2004

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Archaeologists unite to stop Cambodia looting
Looters excavate cemeteries and sell artifacts...
05/11/2004

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OH's Wesleyan Cemetery caretaker under state attack
Served time for stealing from trust and now back in charge of property...
05/11/2004

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UK Investigation into Sky-High Price of Scots Funerals: Shocking Cost of Dying
05/11/2004

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Service Corp 1st-qtr profit falls
05/10/2004

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Death dealer Dignity comes to life
Britain's biggest funeral and cremations operator was busy over the winter...
05/10/2004

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High schools create 'grieving gardens' for lost students
Students seek closure and administrators deal with how best to honor dead youths...
05/10/2004

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Simple funerals in the home begin to make a comeback
Consumers yearn for a more personal way to bid their loved ones adieu...
05/10/2004

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Forgotten historic East Cleveland Township Cemetery coming back to life
Foundation trying to raise $2 million to build a future...
05/10/2004

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Alaskan spring brings burials
Frozen ground from harsh winter is finally soft enough for digging...
05/10/2004

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Oldest Stamford, CT cemeteries need preservation help
City has no legal responsibility for its historic burial grounds...
05/10/2004

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Australian council considers reusing graves as shortage looms in Brisbane
05/10/2004

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Worry over rise in UK funeral costs
Cost of dying in Swansea is becoming too expensive...
05/10/2004

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Coffin Maker Hillenbrand Posts Loss
05/07/2004

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Hillenbrand swoons after loss, lower outlook
05/07/2004

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Gravestone in the works for baseball pioneer Bass
Sterling gravestone maker plans to donate marker to Denver's Riverside Cemetery...
05/07/2004

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Dodge County, GA decayed graves repaired
05/07/2004

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Grave Robber Sentenced In New Jersey
Man sentenced to five years for possessing human remains stolen from cemeteries...
05/07/2004

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Operator walks away from Nuuanu Memorial Park in HI
Landowners suing cemetery manager RightStar following two-year dispute...
05/07/2004

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PA supreme court again denies to hear cemetery case
Claims Braddock Cemetery improperly allowed Consol to mine beneath the graveyard...
05/07/2004

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Dragging victim's tombstone desecrated in TX
Found broken, with an obscenity and racial epithet...
05/07/2004

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Mortuary fees force anatomical gift foundation to withdraw from Mohave County
Foundation has never experienced this type of problem before...
05/07/2004

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UK co-op boss accused of disrespect
Allowed unqualified friend to prepare body...
05/07/2004

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Hillenbrand posts loss after divestiture charge
05/06/2004

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Hillenbrand Industries Reports Second Quarter Revenues From Continuing Operations of $482 Million, Up Approximately 12 Percent, Attributable to Recent Acquisitions
05/06/2004

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Regulator trying to refund Town Creek funeral policies
05/06/2004

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Cemetery Trouble
Sisters say mom not buried in cemetery plot...
05/06/2004

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Ashes to ashes, dust to dust-up
Two sisters received ashes bearing another woman's name after their mother died and was cremated through a local funeral home...
05/06/2004

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Darwin crematorium shut down
05/06/2004

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Chattanooga Funeral Home Building New Chapel In East Brainerd
05/06/2004

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Levy gravesite dedicated
The Blue and the Gray joined forces at the Hardeetown cemetery...
05/06/2004

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Cemetery organization helps Floral Hills
05/06/2004

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Saving Cowley County's abandoned cemeteries passion for KS woman
05/05/2004

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Advertising works, even for a funeral home
05/05/2004

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Grand Rapids reconsiders paying for cemetery flags for veterans
City will foot the bill for Memorial Day...
05/05/2004

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Memorial, internment service for miscarried infants planned in Aberdeen, SD
05/05/2004

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Jackson, TN's historical Riverside Cemetery gets funds to repair headstones
05/05/2004

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Relatives claim cremated remains in OH
05/05/2004

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Vandals Plague Long Island Cemetery, Knock Over Dozens of Massive Tombstones
05/05/2004

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Alderwoods Group reports 1st qtr results
05/04/2004

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Florida's southern traditions show in cemeteries
Annual ceremony marking Confederate Memorial Day is patriotic event...
05/04/2004

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OH's Radel Funeral Homes to open new Cold Spring facility
05/04/2004

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TX Veterans Cemetery Proposal
Voters approved construction of seven new cemeteries...
05/04/2004

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Diverse Flint, MI group shares goal: Save neglected American Indian burial ground
05/04/2004

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Atlantic Cemetery Holdings looks for new owners after ceasing operation
Prepaid trust funds intact and will be turned over to new operators...
05/04/2004

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Woman Convicted Of Grave-Robbing For Cult Rituals
Found guilty of theft, conspiracy to commit theft and burglary...
05/04/2004

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Some burial plots decaying, leaving remains visible in Dodge cemetery
05/04/2004

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Gush Dan Burial Strike Prevented in Israel
05/04/2004

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Cemetery tributes can pose danger
Iowa City's Oakland Cemetery bans tin and glass containers during the mowing season...
05/04/2004

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WV group protests limits
State funeral industry says price ceilings for veterans unfair...
05/04/2004

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More than 6,000 remains stored by CA's San Joaquin County—dating back to 1935
05/04/2004

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Carriage Services, Inc. Financials
05/03/2004

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Rock of Ages Reports Improved 1st Qtr Results
05/03/2004

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Now, coffins with sensors in Chile
Can detect any movement in the coffin after a person has been buried...
05/03/2004

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Couple's loss of child led to stores for the grieving in Louisville
05/03/2004

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Funerals: A matter of respect in the South
In many places, that long last ride with an escort is already a memory...
05/03/2004

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Monumental task
Fourth-generation owner carries on 94-year-old monument business...
05/03/2004

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Cemetery restoration taught in KY
Boone County Historic Preservation Review Board is holding workshop...
05/03/2004

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Montana graveyard detective honored for historic preservation efforts
Began as a search for her great-grandmother's grave...
05/03/2004

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Volunteers clean up Yuma cemetery
Searching for family members and asking them for permission to improve the sites...
05/03/2004

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Residents, council hope to preserve historic cemetery in Suwanee, GA
05/03/2004

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Daytona's All-State Cremation firm owner faces fraud charge
05/03/2004

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Veteran finds flags in Eglington Cemetery trash
Management says someone is trying to hurt reputation...
05/03/2004

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Shroud over vertical burial idea in Australia
Believe the unusual burial method would prove unpopular...
05/03/2004

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Cemetery offers coffin with panic button
The coffins detect any movement inside them after they have been buried...
05/03/2004

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Service Corp Int'l postpones 1st Qtr results
04/30/2004

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Mausoleum at Waterloo, IA's Garden of Memories Cemetery transformed
Now one of the most unique buildings in Black Hawk County...
04/30/2004

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NY's Mount Adnah Cemetery Association to Erect Wall of Honor for Veterans
04/30/2004

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UK soccer hero opens 'green' burial ground
Was a funeral director for 25 years after football career...
04/30/2004

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Being a funeral director
Sensitive to dealing with life's final chapter...
04/30/3004

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Cleanup of historic Baytown, TX cemetery planned
04/30/2004

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Canadian province must run cemetery after owner dies and firm ceases operations
Will ensure that 32 burials will take place...
04/30/2004

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VA Searches for Family Members of Deceased Veterans
Seized 241 headstones and markers from the Sidney A. Jones Funeral Home in Savannah, GA...
04/30/2004

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Carver Memorial Cemetery's operator indicted for financial mismanagement in VA
Lost cemetery operator's license to the state last year...
04/30/2004

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Graves Under Water At Hollywood Cemetery in South Memphis
State attorney general took cemetery into receivership last April...
04/30/2004

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FL's All State Cremation Charged With Defrauding Customers
04/30/2004

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Service Corp Inter-Financials
04/29/2004

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Alderwoods Group first quarter conference call time revised
04/29/2004

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Pamela Sheiffer Elected to Rock of Ages' Board of Directors
04/29/2004

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Carriage Services Announces 1st Qtr Earnings Release and Conference Call Schedule
04/29/2004

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FL senate unanimously passes cemetery bill
Cemeteries and funeral services would consolidate under one state board and face stricter regulations...
04/29/2004

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Breathe some life into the funeral, consultant Doug Manning urges
On a mission to save the funeral industry...
04/29/2004

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Huntsville, AL History Comes Alive: Annual Maple Hill Cemetery Stroll
Donations made during the stroll go to preserve the cemetery...
04/29/2004

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Dancing on graves at Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland
Site-specific dance piece described as a 'performance tour' of the memorial park...
04/29/2004

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Re-restoring Otranto, IA's Mona Cemetery
Seven-step restoration project for Mitchell County cemeteries...
04/29/2004

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Family dedicates monument to honor Robeson County, NC's war dead
New monument on the grounds of Proctorville Cemetery...
04/29/2004

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Zeeland, MI study says market would support new cemetery
5-acre cemetery would have capacity for 50 years...
04/29/2004

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Caretaker Who Damaged, Stole From OH Cemetery Wants It Back
04/29/2004

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Unclaimed Remains Left at Shut Down Sherill Harden Funeral Home in OH
Help requested in getting cremains back to loved ones...
04/29/2004

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New DOL Ruling Adds Appeal to Careers in Funeral Service
Acknowledgement elevates certain licensed funeral directors and embalmers to the same status as other professionals...
04/28/2004

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Illinois WWII memorial to start taking shape in Springfield's Oak Ridge Cemetery
04/28/2004

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A better way to purchase a coffin
More funeral homes find partial casket 'showrooms' less traumatic for families...
04/28/2004

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Davenport, IA Memorial Park Plans New Garden Mausoleum
04/28/2004

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A collection of briefs from CT's state Capitol: Don't touch those graveyard flags
Proposal to protect American flags that are placed on veterans' graves on Memorial Day...
04/28/2004

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New Zealand's RSA pushing for branch bylaw changes to prevent the burial of veterans' spouses
04/28/2004

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Port Huron, MI funeral home offers reward for cemetery vandals
Wants to send a message that the community won't tolerate this...
04/28/2004

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Detroit cemetery fund causes feud
Feuding over management of money set aside to maintain Civil War-era cemetery...
04/28/2004

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Durham family's suit says grave service, cemetery lost child's body
Not sure where daughter is buried because of alleged negligent misconduct...
04/28/2004

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SCI Celebrates 30 Years on NYSE

04/27/2004

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Columnist Mary McGrory, Having Her Final Say
Family and Famous Attend Well-Crafted Service...
04/27/2004

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Service Corporation International's 1st Qtr 2004 Earnings Release Scheduled to start Wed, May 5, 2004
04/27/2004

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Matthews International Files SEC Form 8-K, Regulation FD Disclosure
04/27/2004

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New cemeteries to oblige area veterans in Dixon and Redding, CA
04/27/2004

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Next stop for Dignity's traveling Vietnam Wall Experience is Baton Rouge
The wall makes about 22 stops throughout the US annually...
04/27/2004

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Company burying dead in manmade reefs off Fort Lauderdale beach
Designed to last 500 years, these structures support marine life...
04/27/2004

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Images of the fallen: Respect for losses should trump photo ban
A flag-draped coffin elicits one immediate response: Respect...
04/27/2004

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Budget burial plan in Australia
Radical move to bury people feet first...
04/27/2004

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Corpse found three miles off Malta coast
Police conclusion: burial at sea four years ago...
04/27/2004

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UK thieves take van containing body
Undertakers' van recovered with body inside...
04/27/2004

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Complaint laid against New Zealand funeral directors over coffin switch
Cloudy Bay Funeral Services has membership suspended from the Funeral Directors Association of New Zealand...
04/27/2004

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Family that runs Hawaiian mortuary ordered to pay $150,000
Memorial Mortuary failed to maintain a funeral-plan sales trust account...
04/27/2004

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Matthews Announces Continuation of Stock Repurchase Program
04/26/2004

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Long-awaited resting place for vets on way in Sacramento
04/26/2004

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Israeli Flower Growers Donate 120,000 Arrangements for Memorial Day
04/26/2004

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Green cemetery plan keeps burial as ashes to ashes in NY
04/26/2004

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Tombs As Teachers
Students turn minds to historic New Orleans' cemeteries...
04/26/2004

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Big bucks will buy a fancy tomb with a view
Private mausoleums, once popular with Egyptian pharaohs, are back in vogue...
04/26/2004

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Tasmania's undertakers want to dig up the past
Want information for a history they are writing about their industry...
04/26/2004

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Confederate soldiers honored for defending homes and freedom
Confederate Memorial Day service at Birmingham's Forest Hill Cemetery...
04/26/2004

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Residents stage cemetery storytelling about Clinton, LA's forefathers
04/26/2004

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Fort Knox cancels full-honors burial for most veterans due to personnel restraints
04/26/2004

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Funeral-home letter is nothing to die for in Cleveland
Leading complaint about conglomerates is aggressive marketing and funeral preselling...
04/26/2004

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Funeral costs a challenge to immigrants
Shipping bodies back to home countries isn't cheap...
04/26/2004

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SCI Announces Closing of Tender Offer for 6% Notes
04/23/2004

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SCI Announces Schedule for 1st Qtr 2004 Earnings Release and Conference Call
04/23/2004

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Alderwoods Group announces annual meeting and 1st Qtr conference call
04/23/2004

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Colorado man tapped for top post at new veterans cemetery in Pittsburgh area
Will oversee operations of $16 million cemetery...
04/23/2004

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Pentagon Angered By Release Of War-Dead Casket Photos
Web site published photographs of American war dead arriving at nation's largest military mortuary...
04/23/2004

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Student maps a future for Peru's Nahua tribe
Showing Nahua how to use gps and laptop computers to chart their cemeteries...
04/23/2004

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More Aussies favor cremation in Geelong
Over half of funerals last year involved cremations...
04/23/2004

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WI businessman, wife will pay for veterans' funeral coins
Ensure county veterans receive all honors they are due...
04/23/2004

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Odessa wants veterans' cemetery
Federal funds recently dedicated to create one vets' cemetery each year in TX...
04/23/2004

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Making headway in Franklin, KY
Work on headstones at Greenlawn Cemetery begins...
04/23/2004

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Cemetery lot prices may rise in Durham city-owned cemeteries
04/23/2004

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Boys who cut head off corpse spared jail
04/23/2004

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S&P comments on Service Corp International
04/22/2004

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Environmentally friendly sea burials in Australia
Sea burials are regulated by the federal Environment Protection Act...
04/22/2004

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Vertical cemetery plan
Australia's first vertical burial cemetery to be built...
04/22/2004

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Steps you must take when someone dies
04/22/2004

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Vets seek state cemetery in Basin, TX
04/22/2004

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Contra Costa, CA's new cemetery not a done deal
Neighbors object...
04/22/2004

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Burial Mix Up In NJ Murder Case
Family intends to sue authorities over pauper's grave...
04/22/2004

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Using the dead to teach jailed kids the wrong lesson in AZ
Maricopa County Sheriff plans to have juvenile chain gang members bury indigents in a county cemetery...
04/22/2004

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'Plots' schemes to film funeral parlor reality
A&E execs wanted to build a program around a family business...
04/22/2004

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Former Nipawin, Canada funeral home owner loses license
Must pay more than $160,000 in restitution, fines and costs...
04/22/2004

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Officials Shut Down Daytona Crematorium
Families Receive Wrong Cremains...
04/22/2004

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New rules specify funeral directors exempt from overtime pay eligibility
Labor Department rules to take effect in 120 days....
04/21/2004

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Service Corp. to settle lawsuit for $65 mln
04/21/2004

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Matthews International Announces 2nd Qtr Earnings & Declares Quarterly Dividend
04/21/2004

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Hillenbrand Industries Invites You to Listen to Its Presentation at the Bank of America
04/21/2004

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Dedication of Historic Texas Cemetery marker on tap
04/21/2004

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Ravages of Time, Man, Imperil Graveyards
04/21/2004

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Cremation gaining popularity with baby boomers
Consumers burying in-ground for above-ground resting place...
04/21/2004

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KY descendants desire cemetery restoration
04/21/2004

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Dublin, OH funeral home's relocation plans altered
Request to rezone property in a historic district meets with opposition...
04/21/2004

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We've Cremated the Wrong John Walsh
Mortuary mix-up led to a family cremating the wrong body...
04/21/2004

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FL Crematory Closed; Allegedly Gives Wrong Ashes To Family
04/21/2004

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More people being cremated than buried in WA
04/20/2004

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Digging Up the Trail of Tears: New Project Hopes to Uncover Long-Buried History of Southern Illinois
Ground-penetrating radar used to find unmarked graves...
04/20/2004

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Grief counseling a growing field as our reluctance to face death diminishes
04/20/2004

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Who's afraid of cremation custom?
Hindu women keepers of pyres...
04/20/2004

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Auburndale, WI residents hope to fix up 100-year-old Slidre Lutheran Cemetery
04/20/2004

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Pieces of unearthed tombstones medium for unusual memorial at CA's Union Cemetery
04/20/2004

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Argentine football club to build cemetery for supporters
Next to the team's famous ground...
04/20/2004

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Districts differ about what to do with grave-site flowers in CA
04/20/2004

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Human bone found outside old UK graveyard
Part of a human backbone found on the road...
04/20/2004

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Hunt for Civil War cemetery in Houston may begin soon
May be located on site of proposed fine-arts school complex...
04/20/2004

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Crackdown ordered over UK cemetery rules
Attempt to stop breaches governing graves and memorials in Sutherland...
04/20/2004

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Customized service: Families seek a distinctive farewell for their loved ones
04/19/2004

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'Pre-need' plans for arrangements are gaining favor
04/19/2004

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Tiers for the dear departed in Perth
Boom in above-ground burials has swept Australia in the past decade...
04/19/2004

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Eugene, OR family puts 'fun' in funeral
Mortuary finds many baby boomers want to celebrate the life of the deceased...
04/19/2004

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Posh mausoleums: Boomers still living the high life in death
04/19/2004

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Life after death
Children regrieve a death at every stage or milestone in their life...
04/19/2004

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Learning to explore old cemeteries
04/19/2004

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TN group seeks ways to protect tombstones from time and vandals
04/19/2004

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A dead ringer for Six Feet Under
Family Plots about funeral home family on A&E...
04/19/2004

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UK Gravestone Legislation Ridiculous, Says Stoke-on-Trent's Mayor
Opening stages of five-year inspection of cemeteries...
04/19/2004

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Black graves fall into shadow of forgotten, neglected history in TN
04/19/2004

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Football club to build cemetery for supporters
04/19/2004

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BREAKING NEWS: TSA Implements New Carry-On Urn Restrictions
Must be made of material that can be successfully x-rayed; agency recommends purchase of temporary wood, plastic urns...
04/16/2004

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Etched in stone
Stonecarving artist wants to help change the look of cemeteries...
04/16/2004

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Pastor offers funeral service as part of Rotary Radio Auction
Package includes funeral urn and cremation...
04/16/2004

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Descendants help restore Hampstead, MD cemetery for rededication
04/16/2004

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Salinas, CA family makes difference
Cleans neglected graves of war veterans...
04/16/2004

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Hunley: Women in black illustrate mourning ritual
Concept of ritual mourning created and written by Queen Victoria...
04/16/2004

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MN funeral homes help plant trees in memory of loved ones
04/16/2004

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Woman on trial for Newark grave robberies
Charged with directing followers to steal human remains...
04/16/2004

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UK vandals trash Greenford Cemetery Chapel on Good Friday
04/16/2004

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Yuma's city cemetery a 'disgrace'
04/16/2004

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Service Corporation International Completes offering of $250 Million Senior Notes
04/15/2004

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Carriage Services Files SEC Form 8-K, Financial Statements & Exhibits
04/15/2004

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Galveston's Magnolia Cemetery cleanup nets national recognition
Volunteers will be recognized in USA Weekend, a national magazine...
04/15/2004

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Yardwork uncovers pieces of past in Albany
Man finds 19th-century headstone behind home...
04/15/2004

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Grave fears over UK gravestone repairs
Families waiting to hear whether they or Oldham council will be responsible...
04/15/2004

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Vandalism upsets Hyde Park, NY's Union Cemetery board
Those responsible remain a mystery...
04/15/2004

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AK woman seeks help with cemeteries
County says it can't care for them all...
04/15/2004

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20,000 expected at Hunley burial in Charleston, SC
Entombed in the lost Civil War sub for 137 years, crew will be buried in Magnolia Cemetery...
04/15/2004

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Human remains found in New Zealand subdivision—won't stop development
Discovery of Maori historical site could be the most significant in a decade...
04/15/2004

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Body lost; family wants answers in TN
Mix up leads to mother being buried with another family...
04/15/2004

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Cornish War Hero's Ashes Brought Home After Year-Long Quest
04/15/2004

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SCI Announces Expiration of Early Participation Period of Tender Offer
04/14/2004

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Tribute to Veterans of U.S. Armed Forces Tours California
Dignity Memorial Vietnam Wall Experience...
04/14/2004

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Carriage Services Updates Company & Investment Profile
04/14/2004

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Hillenbrand Industries Announces Fiscal 2004 2nd Qtr Results
04/14/2004

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Funeral giant gets over hurdles
Stewart's chief says belt-tightening pays...
04/14/2004

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The Benefits Of Preplanning A Funeral
04/14/2004

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Cemeteries change to support diverse populations
In CA's Bay Area, diversity is redefining communities for the dead...
04/14/2004

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TN green lights low-cost funerals
Alternative funeral home in Nashville meet with approval from the Tennessee Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers...
04/14/2004

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Check Veterans' Burial Records Online
Records posted for over three million people in national cemeteries...
04/14/2004

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Trial date set in funeral home case
Mike Owen was arrested in November 2002 and charged with possession of jewelry stolen from a dead woman...
04/13/2004

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Records of deceased veterans now available on the Internet
04/13/2004

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Two American chestnut trees that adorn the Olympic Memorial Garden in Tumwater have gained national attention
04/13/2004

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Bones discovered on edge of Pond Mills Cemetery
04/13/2004

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Veterans learn about burials at Barrancas
National cemetery recently expanded...
04/13/2004

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$10,000 offered for information in cemetery vandalism case
04/13/2004

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Vandals commit grave injustice
Vandals damaged more than 20 headstones at Woodland Cemetery in Cambridge, N.Y. Thursday night...
04/13/2004

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Boise funeral home owners plead not guilty to fraud
Accused of taking $186,000 from pre-paid funeral purchases...
04/12/2004

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Dying to meet you
Are American funeral homes a casket case? Far from it, writes Gary Laderman...
04/12/2004

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Making that final decision
Funerals change, but planning still pays off...
04/12/2004

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Mini-hearses cut funeral costs
04/12/2004

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Cemeteries increasingly accommodate different cultures
04/12/2004

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Ashes to icy ashes
Dead bodies could be reduced to powder through freezing in a bid to combat pollution produced by cremation...
04/12/2004

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Union soldiers finally get burial
04/12/2004

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Starrville Cemetery Vandalized
04/12/2004

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Pet crematorium
Couple operates service in province...
04/12/2004

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Funeral home may be razed
Bank may build on downtown site...
04/12/2004

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AG deputy meets with cemetery plot owners
Plot owners and people with loved ones buried at Good Shepherd Memorial Gardens still have questions, but feel a meeting Wednesday with the state deputy attorney general was promising...
04/09/2004

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Funeral Home Fraud
04/09/2004

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Ibbs admitted to British Institute of Embalmers
04/09/2004

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Cemetery operator StoneMor files public offering
04/09/2004

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Jewish cemetery alert false alarm
Package contained 'voodoo' message...

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Vandals Hit Cemetery
04/09/2004

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Cemetery mystery is solved by relatives
04/09/2004

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Family of the Late Sen. Hutch Sues SCI's Florida Memorial Gardens Over Grave Mix-Up
04/08/2004

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Cemeteries among the best in Britain
Cemeteries and a crematorium managed by Stafford Borough Council...
04/08/2004

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Passing Fancies in Los Gatos, CA
New exhibit traces subject of preparing for the great beyond...
04/08/2004

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A place of rest both beautiful and unique in Wales
First privately owned green burial site opens...
04/08/2004

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CA's Bay Area cemeteries bowing to cultural needs
Sensitivity to diversity also good business...
04/08/2004

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Cash Boost for UK's Hyde Park Cemetery
Receives Heritage Lottery Fund restoration grant...
04/08/2004

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Historic roots: A dying tree raises questions about a Stamford, CT cemetery with no owner
04/08/2004

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Row erupts as UK graveyards bar dead
Clergy padlock graveyards and insist they have no vacancies...
04/08/2004

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Imes-Miller and Churchill-Imes Funeral Homes Fraud
KY State Police expect more charges as other victims come forward...
04/08/2004

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NY men charged with defiling Marion Cemetery
Charged with burglary and cemetery desecration, both felonies...
04/08/2004

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BREAKING NEWS: Rep. Foley Introduces Funeral Service Bill in House
04/07/2004

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Matthews International Announces Second Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call Schedule
04/07/2004

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Hillenbrand Industries Invites You to Join Its Fiscal 2004 Second Quarter Earnings Conference Call
04/07/2004

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Menorah Gardens' owner wants to move ahead
But attorneys for grieving families say what firm did should not be forgotten...
04/07/2004

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Gainesville, GA cemetery growth OK'd
Also will build first mausoleum...
04/07/2004

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Families cherish history, serenity of National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
04/07/2004

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Stewart Family's Plan to Open New Funeral Home outside Tyler, TX, on Track
04/07/2004

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What Lies Beneath
Those who bulldoze across VA must consider possibility of uncovering coffins...
04/07/2004

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UK funeral directors go eggs-static
Collecting Easter eggs for childrens' homes, hospitals and charities...
04/07/2004

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Shasta County, CA supervisors sign off on veterans cemetery
Pact will save cemetery project threatened by state budget cuts...
04/07/2004

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Volunteers crucial to Poughkeepsie's Highland cemetery
Cremation garden planned...
04/07/2004

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CO woman sues to be buried with husband
His family won't allow her to be buried next to him...
04/07/2004

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History lies beneath aging cemetery
Established in 1856, cemetery is tour stop for Mare Island Historic Park Foundation...
04/07/2004

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UK council hoping to resolve grave repairs problem
An end to the long running issue of who should re-erect gravestones...
04/07/2004

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Jacksonville, FL Burial Sites Are Not Being Cared For
Owners for over three dozen cemeteries all over town cannot be found...
04/07/2004

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Vandals damage tombstones at Williamson Chapel Cemetery in Greenback, TN
04/07/2004

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Alzheimer's cuts life expectancy in half
Median survival rate between 4 and 6 years, study finds...
04/06/2004

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Of death and taxes, take death
Funeral sector looks like better investment prospect...
04/06/2004

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For cemeteries, it's all about the land
Creating new ones has become a slow, costly process...
04/06/2004

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CA Vets' cemetery heads for vote
Construction could begin in late summer...
04/06/2004

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NCCU Students Take Pride In Restoring Franklin County Cemetery
Students Remove Debris, Plant Flowers At Neglected Burial Ground...
04/06/2004

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Plaque honors CA Chinese cemetery
Historical markers and other efforts under way to preserve history....
04/06/2004

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UK mothers united in grief, divided by child organ scandal
Organs taken from their dead children's bodies without consent...
04/06/2004

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Vandals strike PA Quaker cemetery
30 tombstones were either broken or knocked off of bases...
04/06/2004

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Move to scale the branches of Aussie family trees
Society has released series of indexed undertakers' records...
04/06/2004

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ICFA introduces new member benefit
"The Network" is growing each day - are you in?
04/02/2004

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Chinese tradition lives on in Honolulu
Ritual of Ching Ming performed in traditional costume at Manoa Cemetery...
04/05/2004

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Gaining the skills to go on
IA funeral home offers classes which focus on car repairs, cooking and home maintenance...
04/05/2004

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Keeping the past from being buried in SC
Rock Hill man on a mission to preserve endangered gravestones around the state...
04/05/2004

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Scottsdale cryonics firm won't face state oversight
04/05/2004

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Shanghai graves hit premium prices due to lack of space
04/05/2004

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Record numbers of tomb sweepers on Qingming Festival in Beijing
Tomb sweepers exceeded 400,000 in 73 cemeteries...
04/05/2004

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A most somber calling
Funeral Director Brings Compassion to Work...
04/05/2004

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Roanoke, VA historic church, cemetery on path to perpetuity
04/05/2004

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Tribe, firm at odds over bones
Native Americans want burial ground left alone by CA developer...
04/05/2004

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Business is dying on the stock market
Same UK funeral businesses are endlessly reshuffled...
04/05/2004

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Mourners say Boulder, CO has little parking sensitivity
Cars parked at funeral receive tickets...
04/05/2004

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Syracuse siblings fight over mom's remains
judge to determine what happens to the cremated remains...
04/05/2004

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Investors in Dignity create millionaires
Conditional dealings begin today, with full trading expected April 8...
04/02/2004

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Batesville's Living Memorial Program eases grief, rebuilds ecosystem
Planting trees helps to immortalize memory of lost loved ones...
04/02/2004

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Criminal charges dropped against SCI in Menorah Gardens case
Must pay $4 million to help FL deal with the company's mistakes and expand regulatory capacity...
04/02/2004

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Philly's Greenmount Cemetery Eases Burden on Child's Kin
Cemetery provided free burial and will forgive remainder owed on headstone...
04/02/2004

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Chinese mourners send dead cash, cars, condoms
Shanghai residents stocking up on sacrificial gifts for "tomb sweeping day..."
04/02/2004

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Spring blooms at Charlotte's Memorial Garden
Signature tulips and 200 years of history set Concord site apart...
04/02/2004

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Group fighting uphill battle to fund Macon, GA's Rose Hill improvements
164-year-old cemetery is on the National Register of Historic Places...
04/02/2004

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National Anatomical Service of Eltingville and Tulane University sued by Louisiana family
Family believed donated body would be used for medical research...
04/02/2004

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The UK's biggest single provider of funeral services, Dignity, set for flotation
Britain's stable death rate gives Dignity steady, secure source of revenue...
04/01/2004

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Tennessee attorney doesn't want expansion of class action in Marsh case
04/01/2004

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Judge denies gag order sought by Dykes Funeral Home of Valparaiso in ashes lawsuit
Case has been pending over four years...
04/01/2004

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A nice little chat about dying
Anchorage museum brown-bag lunch program "How To Plan a Funeral..."
04/01/2004

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PA funeral home buys historic Hahn Homein York
Perfect for expanding range of funeral services...
04/01/2004

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MS state board probing delay in cremating Columbus body
04/01/2004

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Ventura's Valley Oaks Memorial Park enforcing limits on decorations
What some find pleasant and decorative can be offensive to others...
04/01/2004

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Preserving the Union and a legacy in CT
Passage of time has given Union Cemetery its character—for better and for worse...
04/01/2004

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Death Gives South African Neighborhood Life
AIDS pandemic delivering windfall profits to grief-related businesses...
04/01/2004

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Use of land for homes may impact NJ's Greenwood Cemetery
If developer gets land, only wetlands would be available for future burials...
04/01/2004

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PJC to host seminar on death and dying in Paris, TX
How to support and care for dying and grieving patients and clients...
04/01/2004

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Lysol wipes, not ashes, found in funeral urn
04/01/2004

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