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NEWS ARCHIVE - INDUSTRY AND RELATED NEWS
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Final expenses Casket is not the most costly part of a funeral anymore... 05/31/2005 The cost of dying 05/31/2005 It's a duty to honor 05/31/2005 Face to Face With Death 05/31/2005 Even as attitudes toward death change, cemeteries comfort 05/31/2005 It's never too early to discuss death 05/31/2005 Resting in peace takes a different form 05/31/2005 Mobile crematoriums to hit Kerala roads soon 05/31/2005 Alderwoods Group Launches Memorial Day Campaign To Support Illinois Veterans 05/27/2005 Volunteers place flags at National Cemetery 05/27/2005 Funeral Home Shut Down 05/27/2005 Steed-Todd Funeral Home changes hands 05/27/2005 Alderwoods Group Launches Memorial Day Campaign To Support Illinois Veterans 05/27/2005 South Dakota funeral insurer facing Kentucky lawsuit 05/27/2005 Lid lifted on funeral director's work 05/27/2005 Service Corporation International Commences Cash Tender Offers for 7.2% Notes Due 2006 and 6.875% Notes Due 2007 05/26/2005 Death wins grudging acceptance in Vail The new Vail Memorial Park is as close to a cemetery as Vail is ever going to get... 05/26/2005 Are Our Cemeteries Effective? Public cemeteries were largely used for unclaimed bodies... 05/26/2005 News 3 Uncovers Funeral Home That May Have Switched Bodies 05/26/2005 Funerals: One of life's big purchases 05/26/2005 County to start cremating crossers People who die crossing the border illegally... 05/26/2005 Panel kills bill to bar mercury emissions during cremations 05/26/2005 Panel kills mercury bill aimed at crematoriums 05/25/2005 Boy rebuffed by cemetery panel in national spotlight 05/25/2005 Drinking, driving, & student bodies 05/25/2005 Crematorium Employee Allegedly Confesses To Forging Paperwork 05/25/2005 School official forgery alleged His license as an embalmer and funeral director was suspended for five years... 05/25/2005 Second lawsuit filed against area crematory 05/25/2005 $80M lawsuit victor working crematory case 05/25/2005 Ashes, ashes, we all are going to fall down 05/24/2005 Ranjana, the woman who has cremated 10,000 05/24/2005 Cemetery juggles rising demands 05/24/2005 Medical licensure actions taken 05/24/2005 Small cemeteries struggle to make ends meet 05/24/2005 Funeral Home Tries To Solve Mystery Two Cremated Remains Still Unidentified... 05/24/2005 $80M lawsuit victor working crematory case 05/24/2005 Remains of 25 found in Mass Crematory probe seeks identities... 05/23/2005 Behind the scenes of the funeral business 05/23/2005 Pioneer cemetery likely to stay put despite development plans 05/23/2005 Bereavement group reunites to share smiles, memories 05/23/2005 Police Investigate Body Dumped In Cemetery 05/23/2005 Historic cemetery survey help sought 05/23/2005 Be Patient As Flags Are Distributed This Holiday 05/23/2005 Lawsuit targets funeral scheme 05/23/2005 Oversize casket company builds its biggest ever 05/20/2005 Man breaks into funeral home to say goodbye to pal 05/20/2005 Cemetery walk brings stories alive 05/20/2005 DPW to enforce cemetery's planting, shrubbery rules 05/20/2005 Town council considers changing Wise Cemetery layout 05/20/2005 Ghosts give history lesson on Sunday's cemetery walk at old, 'forgotten' burial site 05/20/2005 Keystone North America Inc. and Keystone Newport ULC announce May cash distribution 05/20/2005 Lawyer From Georgia Case Pursues Lawsuits Against Bayview 05/20/2005 Quincy funeral home sued over treatment of two bodies 05/20/2005 You die, they fly Airlines struggling for business, any kind of business, apparently have found the ideal customer: human bodies. But not the live variety... 05/19/2005 Not a Pretty Picture he government has prevented the press from taking pictures of the caskets that arrive day after day at the Dover Air Force Base military mortuary in Delaware... 05/19/2005 Showered with flowers Pretty petals from student are appreciated until teacher discoveres from whence they came... 05/19/2005 Funeral services bill narrowly approved by Senate panel 05/19/2005 Vault company holds meeting in cemetery 05/19/2005 As inmates age, a prison carpenter builds more coffins 05/19/2005 Among Those At Rest, A Tour Through Forest Hills Cemetery 05/19/2005 Schoor provides tour of proposed pet cemetery site 05/19/2005 Shipping news: How funeral directors earn free flights 05/19/2005 Former NEMO funeral director sentenced Pleading guilty to five counts of mail fraud and wire fraud... 05/18/2005 Crematory investigations continue Exactly who owns and has profited from the now-closed Bayview Crematory in Seabrook? 05/18/2005 Mercury danger not worth pulling teeth over It's a ghoulish scenario: funeral home directors statewide prying teeth from the mouths of the dead... 05/18/2005 New Eco Friendly Burial Casket Honors Deceased's Concern for Environment Now there is an environmental choice for those who prefer burial over cremation... 05/18/2005 Suit claims conspiracy on caskets A consumer advocacy group has filed a class-action antitrust lawsuit against two Greater Cincinnati funeral-services companies and two other companies... 05/18/2005 Cemetery chores just part of taking care of business 05/18/2005 New Star Analyst Rankings for Service Corporation International 05/17/2005 Vehicle hits funeral home An elderly Monessen woman crashed her car into three other vehicles Monday before hers rammed into the side of L.M. Frye Funeral Home Inc... 05/17/2005 Preplanning Brings Comfort to Families More Americans are Choosing to Plan Funerals in Advance... 05/17/2005 Mass. residents sue N.H. crematory More than 30 Massachusetts residents are suing an unlicensed crematory in Seabrook, N.H., alleging that its practices were so careless they can't be sure they got the right ashes back... 05/17/2005 Authorities raid funeral homes in Bayview Crematory probe in Seabrook 05/17/2005 Criminal Investigation Launched Over Defiled Moscow Jewish Cemetery 05/17/2005 Cemetery land could become city park The City of Chicago wants to buy 30 acres at the entrance of a North Side cemetery and turn the land into a nature preserve and park... 05/17/2005 Plan may help revive Latino cemetery site The affordable housing group is proposing to build homes around a cemetery that south Phoenix community leaders have rallied to preserve... 05/17/2005 Service Corporation International Reports First Quarter 2005 Loss Of $.49 Per Diluted Share 05/16/2005 Community rallies to oppose new crematory 05/16/2005 Ex-owner, cemetery group's tax dispute over 05/16/2005 At least 800 will play taps Saturday 05/16/2005 Good jobs, good wages, goodbye Batesville Casket Co. fills an imposing red brick building... 05/16/2005 Products get super-sized as waists expand 05/16/2005 Form 8-K for Alderwoods Group Inc 05/13/2005 Form 8-K for Hillenbrand Industries Inc 05/13/2005 Form 8-K for Service Corporation International 05/13/2005 Form 10-K/A for Service Corporation International 05/13/2005 When a person dies and is taken to a funeral home, what is done to the body? Where is it held? in-service education program with hospice staff... 05/13/2005 Charity box taken at funeral 05/13/2005 Indian firm develops mobile crematorium which will help people cremate their dead at the site of their choice 05/13/2005 Hillenbrand Industries Announces Third Quarter 2005 Dividend 05/12/2005 Hillenbrand CEO Frederick Rockwood Retires 05/12/2005 Form 8-K for Hillenbrand Industries Inc 05/12/2005 Service Corporation International Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend 05/12/2005 Service Corporation International Announces Schedule for First Quarter 2005 Earnings Release and Conference Call 05/12/2005 Case of high-priced funeral laid to rest A settlement has been reached in the case of the high-priced funeral for a Bedford woman... 05/12/2005 Taylor Funeral Home adds award Family members say they're honored with chamber recognition... 05/12/2005 Todd County attorney to look into funeral director's questions of coroner 05/12/2005 Solution sought for graveyard menace new team of officials to target vandals responsible for wrecking wreaths and floral tributes at a cemetery... 05/12/2005 Police are on a manhunt for the suspect who has vandalized over 100 headstones in graveyards in the Willimantic area. 05/12/2005 Form 10-Q for Hillenbrand Industries Inc 05/11/2005 Form 10-Q for Matthews International Corp 05/11/2005 Form 8-K for Rock of Ages Corp 05/11/2005 Somerville funeral home listed in sheriff's sale 05/11/2005 US company builds 2,1m wide coffin 05/11/2005 Wyoming Valley Rescue Ministries proposed to turn the old Recupero Funeral Home into a shelter for homeless men with substance abuse problems. 05/11/2005 The Costello-Runyon Funeral Home to offer free bereavement support 05/11/2005 Anger as woman buried in wrong plot 05/11/2005 Cozine installed as officer of Kansas Funeral Directors and Embalmers Association 05/11/2005 Vandals show no respect for dead 05/11/2005 Hillenbrand Industries missed estimates and lowered its earnings outlook. 05/10/2005 Rock of Ages Reports First Quarter Results 05/10/2005 Mercury bill riles crematory operator Legislation intended to prevent mercury from escaping into the environment during cremations could leave crematory operators with a difficult choice... 05/10/2005 The Dillon cemetery board will consider proposed regulation changes at its meeting The regulations address markers, decoration times and other changes... 05/10/2005 Son Finds Exposed Coffins At Chicago Cemetery 05/10/2005 Orange OKs Derby cemetery expansion Zoning Commission approved a special use permit for the Archdiocese of Hartford to expand the Derby burial grounds into Orange... 05/10/2005 Tokens Left Behind Trouble Gravegoer Eternal Valley's policy is to collect personal items from grave sites once a week... 05/10/2005 Hillenbrand Posts Profit, Cuts '05 View 05/09/2005 Incurably Alive: Woman Faces Death with a Sense of Humor A cancer patient has turned her own impending death into a business that deals in the subject of death... 05/09/2005 Funeral home has proposed cutting fee on $64,000 funeral 05/09/2005 Vandals damage Glenwood graves 05/09/2005 Grave concern Cemetery's owner has lowered several of the headstones to ground level at Old Redmond Cemetery... 05/09/2005 About 50 people paying Mother's Day visits to a Forest Park cemetery spent 3-1/2 hours more there than planned when a cemetery worker locked them in 05/09/2005 Form 8-K for Stewart Enterprises Inc 05/06/2005 How To Create A Meaningful Service With Cremation A licensed funeral home director can answer puzzling questions... 05/06/2005 Woman responds to need by creating layettes made to fit the tiniest of babies 05/06/2005 Baby boomers fuel funeral shifts Cremation rates rise; families personalize urns, caskets, services... 05/06/2005 County accused of burying plan for crematorium Bradfield Monuments frustrated in effort to build facility in norfolk... 05/06/2005 Cemetery near Pangbourne Hill is 'desecrated by travellers' 05/06/2005 Bill on Confederate flag, cemeteries sparks debate It proposed special Missouri parks board... 05/06/2005 Form 8-K for Rock of Ages Corp 05/05/2005 Buying a casket 05/05/2005 Lawsuit contends price fixing in casket sales 05/05/2005 Cemetery trust on the nose 05/05/2005 Mortuary acquires 2 rival businesses Hodges Family Funeral Home has taken over the operation of two former competitive homes and closed two others... 05/05/2005 Voters OK levy for cemeteries in Richland and Huron counties in OH 05/05/2005 Public cemetery gets upgrades; may expand Work continues on the Churchill County Cemetery, with additional amenities and land possible in the future... 05/05/2005 Form 8-K for Alderwoods Group Inc 05/04/2005 Rock of Ages to Release First Quarter Results 05/04/2005 Form 8-K for Service Corporation International 05/04/2005 Funeral homes sued for shutting out cheap caskets 05/04/2005 Costco offers funeral urns for sale "ideal for ... scattering" 05/04/2005 More women undertake the funeral business 05/04/2005 Funeral directors warned Manawatu funeral directors who submitted a joint tender to the police warned they could be price fixing... 05/04/2005 UPDATE: Owner of controversial crematory facing charges in Virginia 05/04/2005 The Rockingham County Board of Commissioners on Monday unanimously allowed Little Salem Christian Church to oversee the relocation of the gravesite. 05/03/2005 Brother inspired invention Comfort Light a memorial to his deceased sibling... 05/03/2005 Grieving in cyberspace Funeral home offers new interactive Web site... 05/03/2005 Fears over burial as cemeteries run out of space in Edinburgh 05/03/2005 Urning a Living Business experts say you have to find a niche to succeed... 05/03/2005 Crematory Building Demolished At Tri-State Crematory 05/03/2005 Alternative medicine centre set to open ... in a Glasgow graveyard 05/03/2005 Italian grave desecrated for jewels 05/03/2005 New Law Seeks Compromise on Dogs in Bowling Green's city-owned Cemeteries 05/03/2005 Caskets growing as waists do, too 05/02/2005 Giving Hollywood Funerals That Brooklyn Touch Helping make television funerals look and feel more like the real thing... 05/02/2005 Sensitivity draws Brazilians to Fitzgerald & Collins Funeral Home 05/02/2005 Today's funeral is the story of a life Burial costs vary depending on how loved ones choose to remember the dead... 05/02/2005 Grieving in cyberspace Funeral home offers new interactive Web site... 05/02/2005 Where Death Comes in Winter, and Burial in the Spring 05/02/2005 Vets' final resting space Long Island National Cemetery makes room for cremated remains, but in doing so causes issue for some visitors... 05/02/2005 Pet Cemetery Offers Final Peace For Animals More Than 600 Active Pet Cemeteries In U.S... 05/02/2005 Let's Not Talk About Alderwoods The death-care turnaround continued its impressive progress for the first quarter of 2005... 04/29/2005 Form 8-K for Carriage Services Inc 04/29/2005 Complaint Filed Against Funeral Home That Wrongfully Cremated Body; Investigation Sought into Swanson's Practices 04/29/2005 Homeless veterans to get proper burial The inauguration of the Dignity Memorial Homeless Veterans Burial Program at South Lawn Mortuary... 04/29/2005 Cemetery records updated Area residents seeking to place two Poinsett County cemeteries on either the state or federal historical registers... 04/29/2005 Headstones Damaged In Brattleboro Cemetery 04/29/2005 Replacement soothes pain stolen during grave visit 04/29/2005 Hundreds of graves fail safety tests in Ipswich Cemetery 04/29/2005 Form 8-K for Alderwoods Group Inc 04/28/2005 Form 10-Q for Alderwoods Group Inc 04/28/2005 Carriage Services Reports First Quarter Results 04/28/2005 Service Corp International Income Statement 04/28/2005 Cemetery to Begin Vertical Burials An Australian company has been given approval to begin work on a cemetery where bodies will be buried vertically to save space and minimize impact on the environment... 04/28/2005 'Pre-planning' for the inevitable Waynesville acts on popularity of cremations... 04/28/2005 Funeral homes win federal lawsuit Funeral homes in Jefferson Hills and York won a federal lawsuit allowing employees other than funeral directors to discuss pre-paid arrangements with prospective customers... 04/28/2005 Residents fuming over proposed crematorium in Millstone 04/28/2005 Pet crematory owner fails to appear in court 04/28/2005 Mother's Day service planned in cemetery The Mount Calvary Cemetery Group will hold a service to honor mothers, living and deceased, at 10 a.m. May 8, Mother's Day... 04/28/2005 StoneMor Partners L.P. Declares Cash Distribution and Announces That It Will Hold Investors' Conference Call for First Quarter 2005 Financial Results 04/27/2005 State regulators to audit about 100 funeral homes in MA Focus is handling of prepaid funds... 04/27/2005 Funeral home to offer free bereavement support 04/27/2005 Grave concern over cemetery space in Barrington Could leave the town without any open plots in less than 10 years... 04/27/2005 Vandalism, trash mar area cemeteries 04/27/2005 Sisters discover discarded mementos Highland Cemetery undergoes spring cleanup... 04/27/2005 Funeral Director Accused Of Improperly Touching Corpses In OR 04/27/2005 Form 8-K for Alderwoods Group Inc 04/26/2005 Funeral Fraud? A Valley family says a funeral home pressured them into signing a new contract after the death of their father... 04/26/2005 Necropolis of the future A Roanoke firm leads the way as Arlington National Cemetery enters the digital age... 04/26/2005 For some, a casket just isn't natural In 'green burials,' a cloth, soil will do... 04/26/2005 Funeral homes adapt in video age DVD tributes are a sign of a changing industry... 04/26/2005 Dog carcasses lead to probe of pet crematory in TN 04/26/2005 Scumbag ghouls Steal from mother as she's visiting son's grave at Glen Lawn Memorial Gardens... 04/26/2005 Vandals cut swath through graveyard Disturbed more than 170 graves at St. Michael's Cemetery... 04/26/2005 Funeral homes adapt in video age DVD tributes are a sign of a changing industry... 04/25/2005 Land intended for vet cemetery grabbed A company that caused an uproar by buying veterans cemetery property at tax auction appears to have turned a tidy profit in recent years on other tax... 04/25/2005 For some, a casket just isn't natural In 'green burials,' a cloth, soil will do... 04/25/2005 Shots fired at funeral home 04/25/2005 Brattleboro funeral home loses license, will be sold 04/25/2005 McCandless chapel groundbreaking For the first time in Western Pennsylvania, an Orthodox Christian Cemetery Chapel is being built... 04/25/2005 Cemetery rests in shadows of Towson redevelopment project Tiny gravesite of pioneers won't affect proposal... 04/25/2005 No bones about it Wooden prosthetics for cadavers boost tissue donations and ease family pain... 04/25/2005 Rockdale County, Georgia, worries about funeral plots for the poor 04/25/2005 Many Families Are Turning To Cremation Services For Help 04/25/2005 Cemetery to remember long-time volunteer 04/25/2005 As suburbs grow and cremation gets more popular, sites become harder to find. 04/22/2005 Embalming Fluid Stolen From Texas Funeral Home 04/22/2005 Author of 'Being Dead is No Excuse' to speak at library in May Nobody quite throws a funeral like Southerners.That's the premise behind Gayden Metcalfe and Charlotte Hays' new book... 04/22/2005 Australian Funeral coach provides 'wake on wheels' 04/22/2005 Musicians pay tribute at rocking wake 04/22/2005 Man: Ashes might be my wife Man believes crematorium gave him the wrong ashes... 04/22/2005 Memorial service held for abandoned baby 04/22/2005 Team caskets offered to diehard soccer fans 04/22/2005 Funeral-home chain hires J.D. Power to take customer survey 04/22/2005 Form 8-K for Rock of Ages Corp 04/21/2005 Mortician or magician? Patrick Hubble looks every inch the dignified funeral home director. Until he takes out the brightly colored balls, cups and scarves that make up his magic act 04/21/2005 Many cultural traditions surround death and dying 04/21/2005 "Dare's Reef" to Become First Sea Turtle Memorial Reef in United States 04/21/2005 Funeral coach provides 'wake on wheels' 04/21/2005 North Ninth Street rezoning for crematory favored by APC in Lafayette, IN 04/21/2005 Australian undertaker to offer beer-as-you-bury service 04/21/2005 More grief over cemetery 'safety' Contractors toppling gravestones in a Harpenden cemetery again... 04/21/2005 Mysterious grave baffles cemetery caretakers in Mount Tabor Cemetery in FL 04/21/2005 Matthews 2Q Profit Rises 12 Percent 04/20/2005 Building site has 6 more graves 04/20/2005 Neighbors decry funeral home plan Jackson Ward group says cadaver business not good use for site... 04/20/2005 Obesity creates need for oversized caskets 04/20/2005 Board of Advanced Cremation Practice Meets With New Hampshire Governor's Crematorium Task Force 04/20/2005 Driver cited after accident that let loose full casket 04/20/2005 VT Court: Man Stole Human Head For Pot Pipe 04/20/2005 A Decade Later: Funeral Home Debacle Fueled Tighter Regs 04/20/2005 Officials can't ID crematory ashes 04/20/2005 Texas Bill May Require Cremations to Utilize Funeral Directors 04/20/2005 Scientist seen as latest 'victim' of Iceman Since being found 14 years ago, five of the people who came in close contact with the mummy have died... 04/20/2005 |
Alderwoods Group Announces Annual Meeting and First Quarter Conference Call 04/19/2005 Carriage Services Raises First Quarter Estimates 04/19/2005 Federal Court Reiterates That Only Licensed Funeral Directors Can Sell Funeral Services on a Pre-Need Basis in Walker, Heffner, et. al vs. State Board of Funeral Directors 04/19/2005 Court eases funeral home restrictions Heffner: 'There's way too much protectionism in the industry...' 04/19/2005 Undertaking simple funeral required undertaker's help 04/19/2005 A conversation with the president of Denver's Fairmount Cemetery and Mortuary 04/19/2005 Delaying Their Final Goodbyes At Arlington Cemetery, Officials' and Families' Scheduling Needs Jam Calendar.... 04/19/2005 Share the gift of life 04/19/2005 Oklahoma City Marks Bombing Anniversary 04/19/2005 The Quest for Water Leads to Forest Lawn 04/19/2005 At funeral convention, news is grim Interest in cremations up, costly burials down... 04/19/2005 Record of '06 Quake Lies in Bay Area Cemeteries 04/19/2005 Memories are still raw for Woodlands couple 04/19/2005 Turkey: Stone Monuments Brought Back to Life in Seljuk Cemetery 04/19/2005 Funerals have come a long way, baby High technology and demographics are changing the market and making funerals less predictable... 04/18/2005 Funeral homes seek laws about unclaimed remains Connecticut funeral directors ask for legal guidance on what to do with unclaimed ashes... 04/18/2005 City faces 'grave' situation Costs for cemetery services could increase this year... 04/18/2005 Authorities search for former Ohio orphanage cemetery Bones uncovered at construction site... 04/18/2005 Funeral home to display replica of Lincoln's coffin 04/18/2005 Woman finds history in funerals and cemeteries Woman collects funeral memorabilia and information on American funeral customs... 04/18/2005 Vandals desecrate cemetery 04/15/2005 Jail work crews to clean up cemeteries and parks in Taunton 04/15/2005 TechSol incident provides lessons learned for symposium In the event of some major disaster, local funeral homes would be called upon to transport bodies and assist in the identification process... 04/15/2005 Sumpter to take over cemeteries Care of historic cemeteries within the Badger Army Ammunition Plant grounds will eventually become the responsibility of the town of Sumpter... 04/15/2005 First Catholic Cemetery to open in 50 years The burgeoning Catholic population in the Southwest Suburbs of Illinois has spurred the first cemetery opening in nearly 50 years... 04/15/2005 Family Buried Amidst Cemetery Confusion The funeral for a family of five killed in a weekend fire ended with confusion at the burial site... 04/15/2005 Man found shot to death at cemetery 04/14/2005 Funding for cemetery restored 04/14/2005 House passes bill to transfer land of two Nevada cemeteries 04/14/2005 Cremation provider sentenced for fraud 04/14/2005 Dallas and Fort Worth Dignity Memorial(R) Providers First in Industry to Partner With J.D. Power and Associates 04/14/2005 Stewart Enterprises Announces Appearance at Merrill Lynch Deathcare Conference on April 21 04/13/2005 Rock of Ages To Present At The Merrill Lynch Deathcare Investor Conference Thursday, April 21, 2005 at 9:45 a.m. EDT 04/13/2005 Funeral director's life focused on family 04/13/2005 Man who killed federal judge's husband and mother is buried 04/13/2005 Lost WWII Crewman's Remains Buried 04/13/2005 Teen Accused of Stealing Head From Tomb 04/12/2005 The Other Lesson from the Schiavo Case - The Value of Funeral Planning 04/12/2005 Funeral home, mementos, all gone in a flash Funeral director's home and business are destroyed by fire... 04/12/2005 Milwaukee Funeral Home Will Bury Confessed Killer 04/12/2005 Leave policy for funerals varies by firm 04/12/2005 Funeral industry changing with society 04/11/2005 Pending crematory legislation draws criticism for expense 04/11/2005 Chamber celebrates Fine Mortuary College 04/11/2005 A way of death that leaves someone out 04/11/2005 A dignified burial Arranging burials for the unknown and unclaimed... 04/11/2005 You could be a diamond in the rough Human remains can be processed into man-made diamonds thanks to a company based in Chicago... 04/11/2005 Man in stolen hearse leads funeral home owner on chase 04/08/2005 Proposal would require offering winter burial 04/08/2005 Defendant missing from cemetery vandalism case 04/08/2005 Carl Rogers suggests changes to funeral home regulations 04/08/2005 Benefactors question cost of funeral 04/08/2005 Ancient and new in funeral rites The three-hour ceremony for the funeral of Pope John Paul II closely followed the 1998 instructions left by the pontiff. 04/08/2005 Pleas filed in crematorium case 04/08/2005 Scott K. Sorensen, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Joins Wabash National Board of Directors 04/07/2005 140-year-old Shealey cemetery sits on possible student housing site near Towson circle, shops 04/07/2005 Iowan's costly funeral ushers in controversy 04/07/2005 Lawsuit Alleges Funeral Home Misplaced Stillborn's Remains 04/07/2005 Ex-funeral director seeks plea bargain 04/07/2005 33-Year Industry Veteran Larry C. Davis Selected To Manage Forest Lawn-Cathedral City Operations 04/06/2005 Cemetery to use recycled water Riverside Cemetery in WY has pledged to use "state-of-the-art processes to conserve our natural resources"... 04/06/2005 Cremation gaining acceptance among Roman Catholics 04/06/2005 Burns Hill Cemetery in PA faces financial woes 04/06/2005 Grave safety worry Danger gravestones in council-owned cemetries are to be made safe... 04/06/2005 Area funeral home director fined, on probation in IA 04/06/2005 From undertakers to funeral directors 04/06/2005 Groups warn of mercury from fillings in cremations 04/06/2005 Wrong Person Buried In Family's Cemetery Plot Plot Next To Man's Wife Taken By Someone Else... 04/06/2005 Carriage Services Inc: Income Statement 04/05/2005 Rock of Ages Corp: Income Statement 04/05/2005 Form 8-K for Service Corporation International 04/05/2005 Owner of funeral home moonlights on City Council in Hernando, MS 04/05/2005 Bartley Funeral Home of Plainview, TX adds pre-need staff 04/05/2005 City provides for burials for indigents 04/05/2005 Funeral director gave parents left-over ashes for son's ceremony He was sentenced to 160 hours community service... 04/05/2005 'It's not about dying' 04/05/2005 Stricter regulations hurt smaller cemeteries? 04/05/2005 Sturm Funeral Home supports children's grief camp 04/05/2005 N.Y. cemeteries, funeral homes in dispute 04/05/2005 China opens internet cemeteries 04/05/2005 Clarke Funeral Home changes hands The Clarke Funeral Home is once again in the hands of Don and Cheryl Clarke... 04/05/2005 StoneMor Partners L.P. Announces 2004 Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results 03/28/2005 Photojournalist works to preserve cemeteries Photographer Marilyn Newton was shocked and saddened by what she saw as she explored 400 Nevada cemeteries while doing research for her book... 03/28/2005 Cemetery, hospital cited over burial of body parts A state investigation has resulted in numerous citations against Resurrection Cemetery and Provena United Samaritans Medical Center... 03/28/2005 Cardboard coffin is cutting the cost of cremation A Yorkshire funeral firm has developed a revolutionary "coffin cover" that is becoming increasingly popular with a more cost-conscious modern generation... 03/28/2005 Field is final resting place for the poor Today, the term potter's field is used colloquially to refer to any place where indigents — people whose family doesn't have the means to purchase cemetery plots — are buried... 03/28/2005 Cemetery owner indicted in fraud Son of controversial developer charged... 03/25/2005 County restores cemetery Those buried in a Livingston County cemetery for paupers were nearly forgotten, but not anymore... 03/25/2005 Mourning blends beliefs They chose a plot overlooking the entire cemetery... 03/25/2005 Graveside flags taken away at vets' cemetery Veterans who volunteer at Riverside National Cemetery decry a policy that requires maintenance workers to pull up and burn flags planted by graves... 03/25/2005 Art exhibit honors fallen US troops The 1,327 portraits stare back at the people filing into Arlington National Cemetery's ceremonial entrance... 03/25/2005 New Look For Funeral Directors Woking Funeral Service in Goldsworth Road has launched a new uniform for its staff... 03/24/2005 DIY the RIP: how to beat rising funeral bills Do-it-yourself wills are already widely available, so why not bury-your-own funerals?... 03/24/2005 Mourning blends beliefs Traditional Indian religious beliefs and the Christian practices came together as people grieved and prayed and mourned together... 03/24/2005 Man Accused Of Skimming From Cemetery The treasurer for the Mount Muncie Cemetery Association is accused... 03/24/2005 New Sign Point Way to Cemetery Signs, signs, everywhere signs, and some of them finally point the way to the William J. Ward Memorial Cemetery in Brookings... 03/24/2005 Faces Of The Fallen That's where a new art exhibition at Arlington National Cemetery... 03/23/2005 Legislator wants better oversight of crematories A bill has been proposed that would regulate crematories in Wisconsin... 03/23/2005 New Orleans funeral home forced to shut down Accused of mishandling bodies and cited for unsanitary conditions... 03/23/2005 Supreme court nixes review of state casket regulation The Supreme Court on Monday chose not to grant review of a 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision to uphold Oklahoma's Funeral Services Act... 03/23/2005 Keystone North America Inc. and Keystone Newport ULC announce March cash distribution 03/22/2005 Funeral homes say county shorts vets Wartime or disabled veterans who die broke and without family and friends in Maricopa County often are dealt a final indignity... 03/22/2005 Report says NH crematoriums well run A preliminary report on New Hampshire's crematoriums says they are well run, responsible and safe... 03/22/2005 Phone towers should not be built on cemeteries Cell phone companies want to place these towers in cemeteries because they feel it will be less intrusive than in a residential zone... 03/22/2005 Cemetery changes Hickory is considering the institution of fees and restriction of gravesite decorations as part of a range of policy changes regarding city-owned cemeteries... 03/21/2005 Headstone Carvers Proud of Their Work Vermont Factory Workers Carve Stones for Victims of Iraq War and Past U.S. Conflicts... 03/21/2005 Medical examiner defends policies New Hampshire's chief medical examiner says there's little he could have done to stop the criminal activity investigators claim was going on in his department... 03/21/2005 Popularity of cremation increasing in N.H. The inside of the Cremation Society of New Hampshire is a sterile and empty space. High ceilings, white walls and surgical steel give it the feel of an operating room... 03/21/2005 Let us not perpetuate a dangerous tradition Several of you responded to last week's rant against funeral processions. My premise was that funeral processions are an outdated tradition... 03/21/2005 Cemetery trek They crawl through poison ivy and prickly bushes, wade through creeks and even dodge the occasional gunshot, all in the name of history. ... 03/21/2005 Planning funeral now can save money later Taking time to plan your funeral in advance will certainly save your loved ones a great deal of emotional stress and possibly save your estate a significant amount of money... 03/21/2005 10 Things Your Funeral Director Won't Tell You Americans haven't been kind to the funeral industry of late. The reason? 03/18/2005 Tokyo residents unsettled by boom in cemetery plots Tokyo and its vicinity would seem an odd place for a construction boom in cemetery plots... 03/18/2005 Historic cemetery tour set Saturday The Belmont Mansion Association is sponsoring a tour from 1-4 p.m. Saturday at Mt. Olivet Cemetery to raise money for repairs and restoration at the Acklen mausoleum... 03/18/2005 Tough times prompt change in procedures This is the second article in a two-part series exploring the operation and maintenance of non-profit cemeteries... 03/18/2005 Funeral director sees too many Bellos It doesn't matter to Danner how they get there. It matters how they go out... 03/17/2005 New rules for cemetery lots With the hope of stopping a "plant first, ask questions later" mentality they believe has been adopted...br> 03/17/2005 He doesn't want his cemetery to feel morbid He has founded a cemetery in Boca Raton that doesn't look gloomy... 03/17/2005 Kuntz? moving out of Morris cemetery This is the first article in a two-part series exploring the operation and maintenance of non-profit cemeteries... 03/17/2005 Cemeteries have already been turned into multi-purpose venues Chief of parks and recreation in Durban, says introducing lights in cemeteries is part of a broader project to make burial grounds "multi-purpose venues." 03/16/2005 Alderwoods delays quarter, annual reports Cincinnati-based funeral home operator Alderwoods Group Inc. has delayed filing its 2004 fourth-quarter results and its 10K annual report because of unresolved accounting issues... 03/16/2005 Group plots cemetery restoration The cemetery on land donated by town founder Otho Holland Williams back in 1787 soon will get a facelift, thanks to the efforts of a group known as the Riverview Cemetery Association... 03/16/2005 Selected Independent Funeral Homes Leads the Way in Consumer Education, Best in Class Funeral Homes Recent incidents in the funeral and crematory services industry have led consumers to question who they can trust when it comes to dealing with the loss of a loved one... 03/15/2005 Elk eat cemetery flowers 03/15/2005 Plaintiffs, defendants ordered to split costs in crematory case Court costs totaling $7,000 in a class action lawsuit against a Georgia crematory operator and funeral homes that did business with him will be split by defendants and plaintiffs, a judge ruled... 03/15/2005 Therapy Dog Helps Grieving Families at Funeral Home A little comfort can go a long way when faced with such a loss... 03/15/2005 Third suit filed over harvesting of brains A lawsuit against the Maryland research lab at the center of the controversy has been filed... 03/15/2005 Wally Ordeman: Fisher Funeral Home vice president continues family tradition of community involvement He toyed with the idea of teaching and coaching, but five generations of family history at the funeral home called to him.... 03/15/2005 Always look on the bright side Robbie's Angels, Sinatra's My Way and Queen's Who Wants to Live Forever are among the top choices of songs played at funerals... 03/15/2005 Sale thwarts plans to restore cemetery Plans by Hispanic activists to buy and renovate a century-old cemetery have been thwarted after the property was sold by its out-of-town owners.... 03/15/2005 Fulfilling a somber role--'Funeral planners' buck stereotypes Mason and Wilburn are stereotype-busters - funeral home workers who are anything but the gaunt, morose archetype seen so often in movies and on television... 03/14/2005 Cell-phone companies want towers in cemeteries New sites needed to match demand... 03/14/2005 Cell tower planned at Livonia cemetery part of trend T-Mobile has secured all the necessary approvals to mark its presence at Beth-El Memorial Park in Livonia... 03/14/2005 You have to be alert Robbery spurs warning signs in area cemeteries... 03/14/2005 Region may get national cemetery Riegelsville site in running for 1 of 5 new veterans graveyards... 03/14/2005 Selling a good buy on good-bye Funeral homes in area join ad trend... 03/14/2005 Cemetery oversight debated 03/14/2005 Form 10-Q for Stewart Enterprises Inc 03/11/2005 Internet survey compiles favourite funeral songs 03/11/2005 Former hotel to be final resting place in Verplanck First floor of the former Orchard Hotel has been approved for a funeral home... 03/11/2005 'I'm looking forward to being humiliated' Don Clarke, general manager of Clarke Funeral Home, will be the first "victim&quopt; roasted for fund-raising event... 03/11/2005 Crematorium in Berlin, NH cited, faces inspection 03/11/2005 Rocket farewell for those who don't want to just fizzle out A new company from Essex is offering a post-cremation ceremony - packing the ashes into rockets and firing them into the sky... 03/11/2005 Don't be late for your own funeral! A plan to make funeral directors fork out £100 for every 15 minutes burial staff are left waiting... 03/11/2005 Charges filed in Mitchell Cemetery vandalism 03/11/2005 Guttenberg pushes for veterans' cemetery in Fairbanks 03/11/2005 Prime property up for grabs - in the cemetery The DistrictMail classifieds have carried many strange and interesting items for sale, but never a cemetery plot... 03/10/2005 Donation to restore veterans' grave markers World War II veterans' markers were broken off from vandalism... 03/10/2005 Deceased do it their way with music to die for ITALIANS demand Mozart, Germans want heavy metal and Brits must have Robbie Williams... 03/10/2005 Rocket farewell for those who don't want to just fizzle out A new company from Essex is offering a post-cremation ceremony - packing the ashes into rockets and firing them into the sky... 03/10/2005 Medical examiner cost similar to a coroner Rock County Public Safety and Justice Committee believes the county could operate a medical examiner system at or near the cost of its coroner system... 03/10/2005 Don't be late for your own funeral! People in Huddersfield are to be fined - if they're late for their own funeral... 03/09/2005 Milton acquires 3 cemeteries A Northumberland County judge approved a plan Tuesday for Milton Borough Council to acquire three cemeteries in the community... 03/09/2005 Threat silenced funeral homes, official says... Two state medical examiner's office employees allegedly were shaking down southern New Hampshire funeral homes for years... 03/09/2005 Parents' fury as snow is dumped on grave Parents have been left incensed after piles of snow and rubbish were dumped on their babies' graves by workmen in a city cemetery... 03/09/2005 Stewart Enterprises earnings decline on fewer deaths Funeral service provider Stewart Enterprises Inc. reported lower earnings and revenue in the latest quarter due to the mild flu season... 03/09/2005 Stewart Enterprises Reports Results for First Fiscal Quarter of 2005 Stewart Enterprises, Inc. reported today its results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2005... 03/08/2005 2 indicted in corpses scandal Two former state officials whose jobs involved examining corpses have been indicted on fraud charges... 03/08/2005 Resurrecting Milwaukee About 15 years ago, construction crews working made a surprising discovery: some 1,600 human remains... 03/08/2005 Gravesite 'mess' upsets daughter during visit A Hobart woman who wanted to visit her parents' grave found a mud hole in its place Monday... 03/08/2005 Consumers urged to ask questions about cremation Despite the grisly discovery at Bayview Crematory in Seabrook, few people have changed their attitudes toward cremation... 03/07/2005 Bowling Green seeks to cemeteries from becoming pet potty Administrative manager at Fairview Cemetery in Bowling Green, is hoping the city will ban pets from the graveyards... 03/07/2005 Funeral homes responding to more personalized trends in saying goodbye to loved ones... A bulldozer operator loved his big machine. Even after his death, he had it by his side... 03/07/2005 Crematorium inspections on fast track Gov. John Lynch has promised that a team of state officials will inspect every crematorium operating in New Hampshire within 30 days... 03/07/2005 Inspectors to blitz Granite State crematories Whatever the actual practices at Bayview, when it comes to safeguarding the public in its dealings with crematoriums, New Hampshire in 2005 is no better than Georgia was in 2002... 03/07/2005 West Enders Oppose Funeral Home Project Residents of West End strongly oppose the building of a funeral home in their community... 03/07/2005 Inspectors to blitz Granite State crematories New Hampshire inspectors today will start picking through every crematory in the state... 03/04/2005 Cemetery's traditional role is dying It turns out cemeteries have a shelf life... 03/04/2005 Leader pays for business mistakes State fines councilman over indigent burial by funeral home... 03/04/2005 Ex-funeral director accused of thefts State police on Thursday arrested former funeral home director William Lightner for allegedly stealing money set aside for pre-paid funerals... 03/04/2005 Hallowed ground: Loss of funding has volunteers struggling to maintain cemeteries For many devoted volunteers who help run small cemeteries, keeping their cemetery clean and welcoming for visiting family members is a labor of love... 03/04/2005 Funeral home accused of substituting bodies When Travis Glenn's four daugthers bid their final farewell at Officer Funeral Home in East St. Louis they didn't know the man was not their dad... 03/03/2005 Cremation crackdown The discovery of a decomposing body at Bayview Crematory in Seabrook last week has prompted various lawmakers to take action... 03/03/2005 Funeral directors didn't do business with Seabrook crematory Many families were upset at the thought of their loved ones being sent there... 03/03/2005 Company sends ashes to heavens A business was born when a man told his family to just put his ashes in a balloon and send him up... 03/03/2005 In time of need, funeral directors offer comfort When a loved one passes away, the last thing family members need is to be burdened with the details of making funeral arrangements... 03/03/2005 Funeral Home Builds on Relationships 03/03/2005 County right to address cemetery issue Commissioners voted Monday for the cremation of future indigents buried at Fairview Cemetery... 03/03/2005 N.H. police allege cremations were OK'd by phone In New Hampshire, the woman allegedly authorized the incineration of corpses over the phone and later filled out paperwork... 03/02/2005 The Generation That Gave Us Fast Food and ATMs Now Rethinks Last Rites If a funeral had to be a sad affair, the word wouldn't begin with F-U-N... 03/02/2005 Memorial or protest? Relatives of local Iraq war dead turn backs on display of boots... 03/02/2005 Funeral remains offered for sale (UK) Merseyside and Cheshire councils are to start selling hip replacements and other metal body parts from people who are cremated, the Daily Post can reveal... 03/02/2005 A Commissioners vote to cremate indigents of Fairview Cemetery Midland County Commissioners voted Monday for the cremation of future indigents buried at Fairview Cemetery... 03/02/2005 A century of ashes looking for a home At Oregon State Hospital, thousands of dented copper canisters containing human remains are stacked along the walls like cans of soup in a grocery store... 03/02/2005 Ageless ritual continues with dove release The lone dove which represents the deceased's soul taking flight... 03/01/2005 More supervision a must for crematoriums in states Rockingham County Attorney James Reams is right in calling for more oversight of crematories in the state... 03/01/2005 Probe snares 2nd examiner The investigation into allegations against Assistant Deputy Medical Emaminer Gino Nigro has been expanded to include his boss... 03/01/2005 Papers shed light on former examiner Court papers provide new information on the state's chief forensic investigator... 03/01/2005 German Funeral Discounter Buries Dead Abroad Death in Germany is expensive and many people have trouble paying it, especially during tough economic times... 03/01/2005 |
Employee defends crematory Bayview Crematory employee James Fuller has released his version of what happened at the unlicensed Seabrook business... 02/28/2005 Disposal of bodies stirs action Rockingham County Attorney James Reams is calling for more oversight of crematories in the state... 2/28/2005 Club works on 'Healing Field' project A local club is trying to raise money for the purchase of 500 flags to be displayed at a "Healing Field"... 02/28/2005 Funeral Directors Report People Want Personalized Funerals for Loved Ones Family and friends want a personalized service that pays tribute to the qualities that made the person special to them... 02/28/2005 Monumental Crime: 146-year-old tombstone dumped in recreation area A 146-year-old tombstone was vandalized and removed from a cemetery in Waterloo... 02/28/2005 Better protections for prepaid funerals New laws to protect people who wish to pay for a funeral in advance will come into effect from next week... 02/28/2005 When Runways Meet Religion Chicago wants to move two historic cemeteries to make way for O'Hare Airport expansion... 02/25/2005 Pioneer graves will be preserved Bulldozer hit stones from 1869 02/25/2005 Authorities say crematorium may have been mingled remains 2/25/2005 Behold…the 'Wall,' Traveling exhibit coming to Denison The national traveling exhibit "Dignity Memorial Vietnam Wall Experience" will arrive in Denison July 22 for a three day-stay... 02/25/2005 Man crusades to fly Stars and Bars Throughout the South and in cemeteries in Isle of Wight, Confederate heritage groups often mark veterans' graves with small Naval Jack flags... 02/25/2005 NY Funeral Home Faces Suit in Corpse Switch A funeral home that subcontracted with a second parlor to prepare and deliver two corpses — which were subsequently switched accidentally — may be held liable... 02/25/2005 Rock of Ages Reports Fourth Quarter and 2004 Results 02/24/2005 Carriage Services Announces Fourth Quarter and Year End Earnings Release and Conference Call Schedule 02/24/2005 Suit alleges improper burial of body parts Illinois officials are looking into allegations medical waste — including body parts — was illegally buried at a Roman Catholic cemetery... 2/24/2005 9/11 Families Grieve Anew as Remains Go Unnamed Many people had difficulty confronting that reality, displaying a visceral range of responses.... 02/24/2005 Sept. 11 remains can't be identified The city medical examiner's office says it has exhausted all efforts to identify the remains of those killed at the World Trade Center... 02/24/2005 Some funeral directors had concerns about Seabrook crematorium The Seabrook crematorium where a decomposing body was found prompted concerns among funeral directors... 02/24/2005 Form 8-K for Stewart Enterprises Inc 02/23/2005 Family Says Funeral Took Place Without Remains A local family is planning to file a complaint with the state Board of Embalmers and Funeral Home Directors against Tilly's Funeral Home... 02/23/2005 Cremation bill fails in South Dakota South Dakota House on Tuesday refused to give counties the authority to cremate poor people instead of bury them... 02/23/2005 Funeral Directors Could be Excused From Jury Duty in MO 02/23/2005 THREE teenagers who rampaged through Charlton cemetery smashing 34 Muslim graves have been warned they face a jail sentence 02/23/2005 Airlines cutting out bereavement fares 02/22/2005 Mowell breaks ground for new funeral home in Fayetteville 02/22/2005 Hmong hold fast to burial rites Four-day vigils pose cultural, logistical challenges... 02/22/2005 Plans for small-town crematorium opposed in Colchester 02/22/2005 The loss of a cemetery is the loss of history Notes from Indian Country... 02/22/2005 Teen pleads guilty to damaging gravestones at Glasnevin Cemetery 02/22/2005 Cemetery set for tower An Optus mobile phone tower looks set to be installed at the Ballarat Cemetery... 02/22/2005 Cemetery property sale hits snag 02/22/2005 Tuolumne grave found desecrated at Carter Cemetery 02/22/2005 For those left behind: Funeral director Truax is a minister to grieving people 02/21/2005 Death is a lonely business Searching for lost relatives has become a tedious task for funeral directors because people isolate themselves and don't plan ahead... 02/21/2005 He's not dead; he's on the couch Funeral home had right body, wrong name... 02/21/2005 Businessman looks to put 'green' cemetery in Saratoga \ 02/21/2005 Cemetery loses plot: standing room only Tony Dupleix is pushing ahead with a controversial plan to bury dead people vertically in unmarked graves... 02/21/2005 Pet crematorium on wheels is hot-to-trot A Japanese entrepreneur in the domestic darling business has given an entirely new meaning to the concept of a hot dog stand... 02/21/2005 After the Cremation, a Universe of Choices 02/21/2005 'Simple Life' episode upsets viewers "If I thought it would hurt Kohler Funeral Home's reputation, I wouldn't have done it" 02/21/2005 Buglers Struggle to Meet Demand: All tapped out With an average of 1,800 U.S. veterans dying every day live renditions of taps at military funerals have become a relative rarity... 02/21/2005 Linwood Cemetery, in Macon, gets hand from volunteers 02/21/2005 Rock of Ages Acquires Quarry in North Carolina 02/18/2005 Concerns raised over planned cemetery move: Concerns raised over planned cemetery move in NJ 02/18/2005 Family Says Cemetery Lost Loved One's Remains Officials Still Trying To Locate Ashes... 02/18/2005 Father Mark's grave vandalised at St Marry's School in India body found elsewhere... 02/18/2005 Summit meeting for Summit Hill Anyone interested in helping to preserve the Summit Hill Cemetery of Saratoga Township is invited to attend a meeting... 02/18/2005 ICFA Comment on NFDA Music License Announcement 02/17/2005 Burial delay prompts lawsuit 02/17/2005 A 'respectful' option for pets New Visalia crematorium allows SPCA to offer semiprivate services... 02/17/2005 Muslim shrine graces U.S. airbase in Iraq 02/17/2005 Council wants public to monitor Somerset West Cemetery 02/17/2005 Cemetery Attacker Sentenced in Britain Judge sent out the clearest message yet that anti-Semitic attacks will not be tolerated... 02/17/2005 Graveyard tire tracks bring charges Rehoboth man who ran over gravestones in a Rehoboth graveyard was arraigned in Taunton District Court... 02/17/2005 Suncrest Cemetery, in Monroe City, shuts most of its entrances to curb traffic 02/17/2005 Form 8-K for Service Corporation International 02/16/2005 Botched burial led to lawsuit in Portage Township 02/16/2005 City may turn funeral home into court The city is looking for a new home for the Missoula Municipal Court... 02/16/2005 Funeral Home Price Wars There's new competition in the Dane County funeral home market... 02/16/2005 Counties seek burial relief in SD South Dakota counties could have another option when it comes to honoring their obligations to pay for funerals of the poor... 02/16/2005 New Book Pulls Shroud of Secrecy Off of the Funeral Industry; Empowers Consumers 02/16/2005 Funeral home company with North Olympic Peninsula properties merges with national chain 02/16/2005 Money sought for cemetery monument Williamstown Cemetery still lacks funds for a stone marking the final resting place of slaves buried... 02/16/2005 Rocks shore up cemetery banks to prevent graves from crumbling into the water. 02/16/2005 Officials in Delaware County are searching for those responsible for overturning dozens of gravestones inside the Montrose Cemetery. 02/16/2005 Form 8-K for Carriage Services Inc 02/15/2005 Form 10-Q for Hillenbrand Industries Inc 02/15/2005 Matthews International Names David H. Hewitt President of Bronze Division 02/15/2005 Stewart Enterprises, Inc. Completes Debt Refinancing 02/15/2005 Form 8-K for Stewart Enterprises Inc 02/15/2005 The combination has deep roots in the Midwest The furniture store and funeral home venture has deep roots in small Midwest communities... 02/15/2005 Vandalism at Upper Darby cemetery leaves monuments toppled 02/15/2005 Vandals topple, damage 84 grave markers at Bakers Chapel Missionary Baptist Church 02/15/2005 Historic cemetery vandalized again 02/15/2005 Funerals find home online Traditional providers fight back by stressing services over price... 02/14/2005 Funeral director finds ways to help the community 02/14/2005 Group hopes to reclaim cemetery 02/14/2005 Hmong funerals in spotlight Demand for services is great, but some observers question whether more providers can be economically viable... 02/14/2005 Cremation business on Waugh Lane surprises UFD 02/14/2005 Fitting farewell Tyngsboro man creates caskets for pets so bereaved owners can give their beloved animals a dignified end... 02/14/2005 Lawyers say plenty of blame for mistaken cremation A family who says their relative was mistakenly cremated is suing... 02/14/2005 Hillenbrand Industries Invites You to Listen to Its Presentation at the Smith Barney Citigroup 2005 Small & Mid-Cap Conference 02/11/2005 Hillenbrand Industries Announces Second Quarter 2005 Dividend 02/11/2005 Form 8-K for Service Corporation International 02/11/2005 Research and Markets: Cemeteries and Crematories in the US 02/11/2005 Family of Deere-ly departed tractor-enthusiast prepare a John Deere funeral 02/11/2005 TDOT to move cemetery on 79 Graves lie in path of widening... 02/11/2005 Cambridge cemetery idea may be DOA 02/11/2005 Program buries homeless vets A partnership between the Department of Veterans Affairs and funeral homes enables homeless veterans to have burials with honor... 02/11/2005 SCI ups share buyback plan 02/11/2005 SCI picks new chief Thomas Ryan was named chief executive officer of SCI... 02/10/2005 Service Corporation International Initiates Quarterly Cash Dividend and Announces Increase in Share Repurchase Program 02/10/2005 Hillenbrand to Ask SEC for Five-Day Filing Extension for First-Quarter Report 02/10/2005 Carriage Services to Present at the UBS Global Healthcare Services Conference 02/10/2005 Form 8-K for Carriage Services Inc 02/10/2005 Washington residents among the most likely to choose cremation 02/10/2005 Miller Huebl named one of top 100 Dignity Memorial Group awards for high standards of quality and service... 02/10/2005 Funeral home has no plans to close doors "Boyd's Funeral Home is not closing." That is the message Shelia Cook wants everyone to understand... 02/10/2005 Putnam County funeral homes merge avoid corporate ownership by a large conglomerate 02/10/2005 Monuments to special pets 02/10/2005 Crypt At Frederick Cemetery Targeted Again 02/10/2005 Guarding the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery "I can't think of anything else in my life that has taken such commitment,"... 02/10/2005 Hillenbrand Industries First-Quarter Profit Falls on Soft Markets, Sees Higher 2005 Profit 02/09/2005 Form 8-K for Matthews International Corp 02/09/2005 Be prepared for the death of your loved ones 02/09/2005 Funeral industry at odds over proposed changes in state law in TN 02/09/2005 National Preplanning, Inc. and Motivano to Commence Marketing National Preplanning's Voluntary Benefit Prearrangement Products to It's 2,000,000 Employee Population 02/09/2005 Slave cemetery vs. waterfront access Nearby landowners ask judge permission to build road over old Wilsonia Neck burial site... 02/09/2005 Grave problems afflict Athens 02/09/2005 Slovak cemetery looks to expand Some residents protest request... 02/09/2005 15 headstones toppled at Woodlawn in Lodi 02/09/2005 Panel OKs cell towers in Hillside Memorial Park 02/09/2005 Quad-City embalmer finds rewards in doing best for grieving families 02/08/2005 Cardiff's cemeteries are running out of space and old graves may have to be re-used to cope with the crisis. 02/08/2005 Losing the plot: city runs out of room for its loved ones But now high-density city living is crowding out even the dead and Rookwood Cemetery... 02/08/2005 Crematory gets green light in Goodview After failing twice to start a crematory in the city of Winona, Hoff Funeral Homes received the go-ahead Monday... 02/08/2005 Fetterangus cemetery in UK to be extended Cemetery is to almost double in size over the next few years... 02/08/2005 Lincoln Street Cemetery expansion moving ahead 02/08/2005 President Bush's proposed budget includes $7 million to pay for a new national cemetery in South Carolina 02/08/2005 Zongo chiefs in Kumasi worried about encroachment of cemetery 02/08/2005 Grave Robber A graveyard manager invented a company to con church bosses out of more than £100,000... 02/08/2005 Funeral home sued A MO funeral home is being sued for allegedly unfair advertising practices... 02/08/2005 Council acts on backyard burial laws The Gatton Shire Council in southern Queensland is banning burials on private properties... 02/07/2005 New Distributor for the Southeast announced by Goria Corporation, manufacturer of Eonian Burial Vault Products 02/07/2005 Online casket retailer provides funeral planning at no extra cost TributeDirect free service to help families to select funeral homes and cemeteries in what sets it apart... 02/07/2005 Goodbye Tails: Bereaved pet owners find comfort in fond farewells 02/07/2005 A Cremation technician hid lids to caskets in his backyard in Saskatchewan 02/07/2005 Sea burials intriguing alternative Treasures of the Sea scatters ashes from ship... 02/07/2005 Lucas Funeral Home buys 3 funeral homes from Service Corporation International 02/07/2005 Frederick, MD Woman Arrested Breaking Into Site of Grave Robbery at Mount Olivet Cemetery 02/07/2005 Town endorses cemetery projects at Fairview Cemetery in Culpeper, VA 02/07/2005 Form 8-K for Stewart Enterprises Inc 02/04/2005 State asking questions of three area funeral homes Dovin Funeral Home, along with two other local funeral homes, faces a complaint accusing them of not cooperating in a state investigation into their own practices... 02/04/2005 County cemeteries eyeing expansion plans Fort Rosecrans rapidly running out, the national cemetery is planning to develop a 323-acre annex at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar... 02/04/2005 Tynedale's picturesque church yards and cemeteries are being plagued by a creeping new disease. Bureaucracy is stealing silently through the gravestones and knocking down any that fail to conform to stringent new standards... 02/04/2005 Whistleblower files suit over firing from cemeteries Lawsuit after being fired by Diocese of Tucson Catholic Cemeteries for disclosing alleged illegal and unethical practices... 02/04/2005 Form 8-K for Carriage Services Inc 02/03/2005 Stewart Enterprises Prices $200 Million of Senior Notes 02/03/2005 Clovis funeral home full of life Muffley Funeral Home brings people face to face with death. Just a few feet away, through the rear entrance, is a room full of life... 02/03/2005 Coroner tries to link ashes, family The Jefferson County coroner's office is trying to notify families of cremated remains that were found Tuesday... 02/03/2005 Hands off our graves Plans to shift ornaments off graves have been met with a wave of anger and disbelief... 02/03/2005 Bucksport to repair The Old Buck Burying Ground cemetery fence 02/03/2005 Major Funeral Services Provider Extends Contract with The Project Group 02/03/2005 Pet cemetery lodges complaint ini AZ The owner of a Midtown pet cemetery says a housing development has cut into her property... 02/03/2005 District to remove objects from Santa Maria Cemetery to keep cemetery safe, tidy and to allow lawn care 02/03/2005 Human Remains Removed From 19th Century Crypt in Mt. Olivet Cemetery Skulls Found Outside Crypt... 02/03/2005 Virgina Funeral Directors Partner with Comfort Zone Camp 02/02/2005 Change Sought for Alaska Embalming Law 02/02/2005 Cemetery on historical list The graveyard in southern Nevada holds the dead of a generation flooded out by rising waters of Lake Mead... 02/02/2005 Developers should leave cemeteries alone 02/02/2005 Pioneer graves vandalized at the Washougal Cemetery 02/02/2005 Cemetery vandalism shocks community Vandals damaged 20 upright monuments in Cranberry Cemetery recently, breaking some beyond repair... 02/02/2005 Mount Olivet crypt desecrated in Frederick County, MD 02/02/2005 Knoxville boy cleans cemetery to earn Eagle Scout status 02/02/2005 Rock of Ages Mourns the Passing of Director Douglas M. Schair 02/01/2005 Form 8-K for Stewart Enterprises Inc 02/01/2005 Evansville funeral home owner dies at 81 02/01/2005 Mourning glory! Funeral directors were out and about in Birmingham doing their bit for the tsunami appeal... 02/01/2005 Japan: The Death Biz Isn't What It Used To Be It's growing fast in Japan, but discount parlors are putting pressure on prices... 02/01/2005 Marsh Apologizes, Gets 12 Years Former crematory operator Ray Brent Marsh was sentenced to 12 years in prison and 75 years of probation... 02/01/2005 New multi-faith cemetery opening The first new crematorium and cemetery to be built in London for 40 years has been opened... 02/01/2005 Sprucing up the cemetery for the City of Fort Morgan 02/01/2005 |