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NEWS ARCHIVE - INDUSTRY AND RELATED NEWS
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Taking the grim out of reaper Baby boomers are putting a new, often merrier, spin on last rites... 09/30/2002 If you prefer: A woman's touch after life too It was CEO and owner Dave Daly who got the women-only idea while visiting Australia with his wife... 09/30/2002 Hillenbrand Industries Intends To Appeal Jury Verdict In Antitrust Case 09/30/2002 Funeral industry maverick goes his own way, cuts cost of dying Bob Davis is offering, to quote his newspaper ad, a 'Free Casket...' 09/30/2002 Death the ‘natural flow of life’ If there’s anything real about life, it’s death... 09/30/2002 The Fool School: Plan funerals before you have to Be smart and plan for your death and the deaths of loved ones now... 09/30/2002 Dying with individuality Burials in Interior Alaska are somewhat freer, a bit more quirky than in the Lower 48... 09/30/2002 Cost of dying Pastor drives down price of burial in the Bush... 09/30/2002 Sunset’s renewed melodies The sweet new sounds of the Singing Tower certainly lightened the hearts of dozens... 09/30/2002 Mortician's wife gets year in jail A judge sentenced the wife of a Hackensack funeral home owner for trying to defraud two insurance companies... 09/30/2002 County gets money for crematory cleanup Walker County will receive an additional $100,000 from the state for expenses incurred... 09/27/2002 Casket Maker Sees Bright Future Regardless of the economy, people will get sick and die... 09/27/2002 Veteran's ashes lost by Neptune Society, family's lawsuit says Where is Louis Albert DeLuca? 09/27/2002 Funeral home company offers free service to fire people, law enforcement 09/27/2002 Funeral home hearing continued until Oct. 30 The Arkansas Burial Association Board continued the Rumph-Owers Funeral Home hearing... 09/27/2002 Dowser looks for unmarked graves Glenn Brewer can find a water line buried 20 feet in the ground or a dead body, your choice... 09/27/2002 Funeral directors defend processions Many funeral directors are noticing a growing lack of respect... 09/27/2002 Possible graves found Pioneer cemetery may be in Xenia... 09/27/2002 Millvale funeral director charged with theft of funds 09/27/2002 Hillenbrand sees growth again after lower quarter 09/26/2002 Service Corporation International Announces Completion of Exchange Offer 09/26/2002 Review board seeking online comments The Legislative Partnership Committee for 2003 is a funeral/cemetery review coalition... 09/26/2002 Parents plan new funeral after mistake by hospital A Buena Vista couple received the body of their infant girl eight days after burying a baby boy... 09/26/2002 Committee supports bid to declare cemetery a landmark Westwood Memorial Park is where many of old Hollywood's elite are buried... 09/26/2002 One man's good deed is another's vandalism Cleanup work done at a Henry County pioneer cemetery has resulted in a vandalism complaint... 09/26/2002 Grandchildren’s Canadian flag snatched from cemetery 09/26/2002 Volunteers work to preserve Calvary Cemetery headstones Calvary Cemetery near White Earth had its first burial in 1869... 09/26/2002 Saying goodbye to family About 50 people visited the cemetery on National Pet Memorial Day... 09/26/2002 Stewart Enterprises Announces the Completion of the Sale of Its French Operations and Further Debt Reduction 09/25/2002 Spirited alums back on campus - forever Rising requests for interment on college grounds raise needed cash... 09/25/2002 Livermore Scouts go through Escape School One-hour presentation sponsored by Dignity Memorial affiliated homes and cemeteries... 09/25/2002 Families get wrong remains The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has discovered two cases in which the wrong remains were returned... 09/25/2002 Hospital's release of wrong body called rare event 09/25/2002 Digging Into Grave Issues Special exhibit entitled Respectful Remembrance: Mourning and Burial in Elmhurst 09/25/2002 Call for 'opt out' donor scheme All adults should be considered potential organ donors... 09/25/2002 Grown-over cemetery all that remains of Peterborough A Civil War veteran's post can be seen poking out of a pile of dead tree branches... 09/25/2002 Dedication of Civil War grave markers Seven Union soldiers, whose remains have been buried somewhere within the confines of Greenshade Cemetery... 09/25/2002 Revolutionary war veteran remembered The war veteran was buried in Harrison's Milam Cemetery in 1851... 09/25/2002 Townsfolk dig up history You can't resurrect the dead... 09/25/2002 Graves tell an Aids story City cemeteries rapidly filling up with young victims of pandemic... 09/25/2002 Funeral, burial service lays pets to rest If all dogs go to heaven, Chester Yeargan can help them get there in style... 09/25/2002 Cemetery begins funeral webcasts People unable to attend funeral services can now see their loved ones farewelled via the internet... 09/24/2002 Funeral director charged in prepaid burial scam A funeral director was arrested on charges that he stole at least $53,000... 09/24/2002 $1.7m award set in bias suit Ex-Fresno funeral home worker cited anti-Armenian slurs... 09/24/2002 POWs/MIAs honored at cemetery Georgia's 892 former prisoners of war and its 592 military service members still unaccounted for were honored... 09/24/2002 How much regulation for roadside memorials? Roadside memorials are popping up in increasing numbers... 09/24/2002 Prepaid funerals alleged cause of fraud 09/24/2002 Canadian vicar under fire for dressing as Elvis Often known as Elvis Priestley, Reverend Baxter was recently banned from the pulpit... 09/24/2002 National cemetery land purchase final Plans have been in the works for more than a year... 09/24/2002 St. Mary's Church dedicates memorial cross There was no cross in the cemetery... 09/24/2002 County plans to cash in when residents cash out Not even death is protection against rising prices... 09/24/2002 'It's always going to be protected' The cemetery is one reason Houghton put a conservation easement on his 110 acres... 09/24/2002 Cemetery falls prey to vandalism Vandals struck at Saint Lawrence Cemetery over the weekend, toppling more than a dozen gravestones... 09/24/2002 Vase stolen from Hank Williams' gravesite 09/24/2002 Ashes to ashes ... dust to diamonds Britons turn to US firms that make cremated remains into gemstones, paintings or coral reefs... 09/23/2002 GBI admits mix-up in identifying bodies The mistake resulted in wrong remains being returned to two families... 09/23/2002 Grave new world could stay on ice A new environmentally-friendly way of disposing of corpses has been invented to replace burial and burial... 09/23/2002 Kincers answer the call Richmond funeral home helps with sending 10 Hondurans home... 09/23/2002 Ex-funeral director charged with stealing from clients Allegheny County detectives and Millvale police Friday arrested a former Millvale funeral director... 09/23/2002 Cemetery Aims To Serve Jewish Community Trinity Memorial Gardens hopes to attract more Jewish customers with the completion of its Beit Olam section... 09/23/2002 Church gives cemetery to town as historic property 09/23/2002 Attica man takes historic cemetery restoration project upon himself 09/23/2002 Family makes Memory Hill Cemetery a personal project The Campbell family's favorite pastime is walking among the graves... 09/23/2002 Pet cemetery plans are buried after vote A radical plan to allow the burial of pets alongside their owners at a cemetery has been shelved... 09/23/2002 Homeless man hurls headstone at traffic 09/23/2002 Stewart Enterprises Chairman Buys 10,000 More Shares 09/21/2002 Russian rights group finds mass-killings site Searchers' motivation "to have a place where they can come and remember their dear ones..." 09/21/2002 Hillenbrand Industries to Provide 2003 Earnings Guidance on September 26, 2002 09/21/2002 Chicago Teamster Funeral Directors, Drivers Ratify Contract 09/20/2002 Tri-State Crematory: Tip ignored for 10 months 66 bodies added after sheriff told... 09/20/2002 Class-action brief filed in Tri-State case Families’ attorneys seek to consolidate cases against Tri-State Crematory, funeral homes... 09/20/2002 'Serenity" Park may Serve as Cemetery City officials are looking at converting the parking lot where the remains of hundreds of 9/11's unidentified victims are kept... 09/20/2002 Burial Threat The British government is considering new death certification procedures... 09/20/2002 Museums share near-death experiences Exhibits spotlight the history of funerals... 09/20/2002 Structure for urns means flexibility For several years cemetery officials have been addressing the lack of cemetery land available... 09/20/2002 Rest easy, buying grave won't put you under Waukesha employees may be able to land cemetery plots using payment plan... 09/20/2002 Hallowed ground - Church restoring forgotten cemetery 09/20/2002 Thieves Show No Respect for the Dead Theives in Bulawayo are stealing tombstones from cemeteries and are re-engraving them for resale... 09/20/2002 Crematorium Plan 'Huge Benefit' to Both Sides of Border 09/20/2002 Lynn University gives up funeral program accreditation 09/19/2002 Body at Menorah exhumed for testing Investigators exhumed the body of a man to determine whether his DNA matches human bones found... 09/19/2002 Family Had Memorial Service, Then Learned Cremains Were Bogus 09/19/2002 Service Corporation International Announces Final Extension of Its Offer To Exchange 7.70% Notes Due 2009 for Existing 6% Notes Due 2005 09/19/2002 Carriage Services Names Joseph Saporito as Chief Financial Officer 09/19/2002 Neptune Society Announces The Amendment Of Its Form 10-K To Remove Going Concern Qualification In Audit Report 09/19/2002 Funeral home operator charged with destroying graves 09/19/2002 TV show features storyline in crematory case A popular TV crime drama will kick off with a storyline similar to that of the Tri-State Crematory investigation... 09/19/2002 Oversight for a Final Passage A group of Maryland legislators has tried to pass crematory legislation... 09/19/2002 Female college students pledge cremation after death A total of 3,000 female college students are scheduled to take part in a ceremony today... 09/19/2002 More pricey resting place Land prices in downtown Orlando neighborhoods have been skyrocketing for years... 09/19/2002 Museums share near-death experiences Bringing burial-preparation customs out of the funeral parlor and into the gallery space... 09/19/2002 Navajo code talker spends lonely eternity at National Cemetery A solitary story about a hero’s grave that no one has been known to visit... 09/19/2002 Marion County OKs Muslim cemetery 09/19/2002 Farmhouse to become funeral home The proprietors plan to offer low-cost funerals... 09/19/2002 Maldwyn's grave effort scoops award A 70-year-old Mid Wales man who has devoted the last 32 years to caring for his community chapel and graveyard... 09/19/2002 Cemetery bans wind chimes after mourners complain 09/19/2002 Boca school closing mortuary program after embalming scandal 09/18/2002 Holly Township selected for VA cemetery Feds buy 544-acre rural site to serve Michigan's veterans... 09/18/2002 Ottawa Funeral Director Receives Award Every year, the Ontario Funeral Service Association honours extraordinary individuals for their contributions to funeral service... 09/18/2002 Sexy pinups sell coffins for funeral home An Italian funeral home is trying to make the afterlife a tad more tempting... 09/18/2002 Menoche gets work release Convicted former Woonsocket funeral director will spend his prison sentence working during the day to pay restitution... 09/18/2002 Cemetery tops graves contest A cemetery at Newtown has won a national competition... 09/18/2002 Committee to consider cemetery's bid for landmark status 09/18/2002 Discovery of cemetery prompts search for family 09/18/2002 Cemetery fined for 'shoddy work' Australia's largest cemetery has been fined $30,000 for unsafe work practices after a grave collapsed... 09/18/2002 Police arrest three for allegedly toppling headstones Three men were arrested and charged with going on a drug- and alcohol-fueled vandalism spree... 09/18/2002 Attorneys Say Tri-State Crematory Abuses Go Back To 1982 09/17/2002 A trend outside the box Perpetua Inc. hopes to eventually go nationwide with its near-theater-quality sets... 09/17/2002 Frozen in Time Preserving bodies for the future - fact or fiction? 09/17/2002 California body takes unexpected detour to Greece Weeping relatives only discovered the mix-up when they opened the casket and found a stranger inside... 09/17/2002 African cemetery may be on Key West beach The graves are those of Africans who died in 1860 after being freed by the U.S. Navy... 09/17/2002 Higher fees for burials at city cemetery all but certain Woodland City Councilmembers on Tuesday will consider raising burial fees at historic Woodland Cemetery... 09/17/2002 County's body disposal costs increase The number of unclaimed dead bodies in Hernando County is increasing... 09/17/2002 Belmont funeral home burns Cause not yet known, but arson is possibility, officials say... 09/17/2002 Theme Funerals: A trend outside the box Themed bereavement services could be the future of the funeral industry... 09/16/2002 Manhattan is the monument 09/16/2002 East Palo Alto man's body flown to Greece instead of Mexico 09/16/2002 Unitas funeral services expected to tie up traffic 09/16/2002 Three plaintiffs face cemetery lawsuit with resolve Managers of the Menorah Gardens face the worst kind of damage control... 09/16/2002 Canadians Unveil Sept. 11 Memorial It bears the names of the 23 Canadians killed in the attacks... 09/16/2002 Corpse scares off burglars trying to ransack funeral parlour 09/16/2002 Death Becomes Them Pet Preservation Is the Latest Thing in the Taxidermy World... 09/16/2002 Group works to fix city cemetery Two governors and five mayors are buried in Manchester’s Valley Cemetery... 09/16/2002 Thomasville City Cemetery Museum hopes to rise from humble beginnings 09/16/2002 Jewish cemetery restored Many viewed the repaired section of the cemetery for the first time since vandals desecrated graves in July... 09/16/2002 Sprindale Cemetery has sights on cannon Activists try to 'shame' Civil War group into giving back artillery... 09/16/2002 Cemetery upkeep worries mother Kling wants to see the infant plots at Blue Springs Cemetery taken care of better... 09/16/2002 Funeral home alive and well Rumors started last weekend when a real estate sign was posted on the property... 09/16/2002 40th Circuit Court Lawsuit Filed In Tri-State Matter 09/13/2002 Class Action Settlement: California Consumers Recover $3.75 Million for Deteriorating Caskets 09/13/2002 Woman questioned in connection with funeral home murders files claim against the city of Hudson 09/13/2002 Funeral industry attracts college graduates Everyone must die one day, and thus the funeral industry is eternal by nature... 09/13/2002 Ex-Wilmington funeral home owner sentenced for $140,000 tax evasion 09/13/2002 A final place of rest Sometimes animals can bring a smile to even the darkest day... 09/13/2002 Veterans cemetery dedicated Hundreds gathered for the groundbreaking of one of the state's four new veterans cemeteries... 09/13/2002 Historic find may put end to cemetery plan A finger bone, which may be from the Iron Age has been uncovered... 09/13/2002 Found tombstone heads to cemetery outside Hillsboro Eddie Owens says there's no mystery about a tombstone turning up at the maintenance building... 09/13/2002 Cemetery fence plan cut back A wrought-iron and stone-pier fence planned will be scaled back to chain link to save money... 09/13/2002 Marker Set for Unidentified Victims A five-sided granite marker will stand over a shared grave at Arlington National Cemetery... 09/12/2002 Dignity ruled at WTC ruin Syracuse funeral director Thomas Shepardson took 500 of his fellow parishioners to ground zero Wednesday night... 09/12/2002 Local Woman Helped Grieving Families Ann Yager Hamlin was in school when the terrorists melted Manhattan on Sept. 11... 09/12/2002 In cemetery visit, all is made right Sarah Tyvand woke up, remembered it was 9/11 and went to talk to her father... 09/12/2002 Cemetery boys too young to face court Two boys who have admitted damaging 150 graves in the baby section of a cemetery cannot be prosecuted... 09/12/2002 Coping with Death Family fighting worsens the pain of losing a loved one... 09/12/2002 National cemetery taking shape in Elgin Aboveground work is now taking place at the Fort Sill National Cemetery... 09/12/2002 Planners OK funeral home relocation plan The owner of an Easton-based funeral home received a favorable recommendation... 09/12/2002 Hillenbrand Industries financials 09/11/2002 Carriage Services financials 09/11/2002 Victims' Names Read at Ground Zero Silence fell on ground zero Wednesday morning... 09/11/2002 Ground Zero is Not Now, Never Will Be 'Empty Place' Disaster. Tremendous courage. Heartbreak. Loss... 09/11/2002 Services recall terror attacks Services in remembrance of those who died are to be held across the region... 09/11/2002 Sept. 11: A year, and a day Grandparents keep fallen hero’s memory alive... 09/11/2002 Wall pays tribute to the victims Gayle Quick placed a yellow flower at the foot of the Sept 11 memorial wall at Webb-Freer Funeral Home... 09/11/2002 Gardner funeral director remembers weeks spent last September at ground zero 09/11/2002 Fighting more than fire He journeyed to Ground Zero, retrieving remains which included his best friend... 09/11/2002 Official Count of Sept. 11 Victims 09/11/2002 HOGS Pay Tribute to Vietnam Wall Replica In Willis Motorcycle riders escort the Vietnam Wall of Experience to the Houston National Cemetery... 09/11/2002 Stewart Enterprises sells Cocheria Parana 09/11/2002 Clinton donates $200 to south Alabama cemetery 09/11/2002 Lawsuit filed over cremated remains found in basement The complaint filed seeks unspecified damages, including punitive damages... 09/11/2002 Man dies at cemetery while visiting wife's grave A 79-year-old man visiting his wife's grave was found dead in the cemetery... 09/11/2002 FTC Files Amicus Brief Opposing Barriers to Internet Casket Sales 09/10/2002 Public mourning cemetery lease Demand for less traditional funeral services has left cemetery owners with extra land... 09/10/2002 Strangers buried in family plot, couple alleges 09/10/2002 Lawsuit filed over cremated remains found in basement 09/10/2002 Marsh charges bound to grand jury All but one of the 398 felony charges against Brent Marsh were bound over to a Walker County grand jury... 09/10/2002 Deliveryman began probe of crematory It is now clear how authorities came to know about Ray Brent Marsh and the staggering count of bodies... 09/10/2002 Chapel at Ground Zero symbol of memory, hope Lovely St. Paul's a spontaneous shrine on 9/11 eve... 09/10/2002 Helping to heal Local mortician makes five trips to Ground Zero to help identify victims, bring closure to families... 09/10/2002 Boys sought over baby graves vandalism Footage of two boys seen in a cemetery shortly before 150 child graves were desecrated was released... 09/10/2002 Clean-up of vandalised child graves begins Grieving parents yesterday began the grim task of repairing more than 150 child graves... 09/10/2002 Crematorium official resigns over 'outburst' The service was thought to have over-run by a few minutes... 09/10/2002 Relic of an era when no body was safe In the wicked old days, body-snatchers did a thriving trade... 09/10/2002 Family Holds On to Past Subdivisions keep closing in on old burial plot... 09/10/2002 Woodland showcases its history Through leisurely tours of the city's cemetery and some of its older, grander streets... 09/10/2002 Legion Asks for Flag Fund Support In excess of 500 flags are cared for by the Legion... 09/10/2002 Masons Put Cemetery's Papers into Database Bill Best didn’t anticipate getting involved with final remains and graveyard plots... 09/10/2002 Cemetery finds ability to extend land by 15 acres Natchez National Cemetery has tried for 20 years to buy more land for expansion... 09/10/2002 Records show crematory owner kept detailed log of property An affidavit filed in a lawsuit against Marsh suggests he kept a detailed log of where the bodies were buried on the property... 09/09/2002 Stewart Enterprises posts loss, to sell Argentine ops 09/09/2002 Stewart Enterprises Reports Third Quarter 2002 Results and Strategy for Future Growth 09/09/2002 At crash site of Flight 93, crowds build a memorial 09/09/2002 Memorial honors 9-11 victims Monument to those who died unveiled at emotional ceremony... 09/09/2002 On hallowed ground Dave Barry recounts how America remembers heroes... 09/09/2002 Sept. 11 memorial events planned locally The American Red Cross, Welch Funeral Home and Mississippi State University will host public memorial services... 09/09/2002 'Dedicate ourselves anew' Governor thanks state heroes at Sept 11 memorial service... 09/09/2002 Just hearsing around Funeral home auction brings out bidders... 09/09/2002 'Death tax' sparks criticism in Purcell Police Chief Alex Oblein is making changes in the department's free funeral escort service... 09/09/2002 'Going out in style' Antique hearse brought out of retirement A horse-drawn hearse owned by the founder of Grove Funeral Home was used in a funeral procession... 09/09/2002 Parents' disgust at grave attacks Grieving parents of babies whose graves have been desecrated at a Bristol cemetery say they are disgusted... 09/09/2002 Proposed racetrack surrounds family cemetery Surely there are some West Virginians who would love to spend eternity at a NASCAR track... 09/09/2002 San Marcos Saves Pioneer Cemetery by a Split Decision 09/09/2002 Dispute over maps slows cemetery suit A hearing to determine whether to expand the Menorah Gardens lawsuit into a class action is stalled... 09/06/2002 Putnam Valley Plans 9/11 Service at Rose Hills 09/06/2002 Replica Statues Honor Firefighters Funeral professionals have paid tribute to several area fire departments with smaller versions of the large bronze cast that salutes fallen firefighters in New York City.... 09/06/2002 When diamonds really are your best friend 09/06/2002 Closing Down the Estate When a loved one dies, somebody must step up to the plate to handle all the resulting tax issues... 09/06/2002 Four die in SC funeral procession wreck 09/06/2002 Tombstones given tender repairs Sometimes, good can result from something bad... 09/06/2002 Survivor remembers fateful day A slow, steady drumbeat echoed through Arlington National Cemetery... 09/06/2002 Grave concern over windmills A new trend in decorating graves - the placing of small windmills on headstones - has led to accusations of heartlessness after one authority ordered them to be removed... 09/06/2002 Cemetery suspect says judge biased, wants new lawyer Man accused of stealing women's pocketbooks at two Valley cemeteries... 09/06/2002 Historic plaques okayed at cemetery The installation of plaques marking the history of the Eureka Springs City Cemetery was approved by the Cemetery Commission... 09/06/2002 Toy Tributes Ease the Pain Kind hearted Stirling folk have stepped in to repair the grave of a five-year-old drowning victim... 09/06/2002 Pyre woman lives on in death Proud legacy as the only Indian woman to have ever cremated bodies... 09/06/2002 One-stop farewell On-site funeral home planned for Warren Cemetery and Mausoleum... 09/05/2002 Hillenbrand Industries Announces Dividend of $0.23 Per Share 09/05/2002 Service Corporation International Modifies Offer to Exchange 7.70% Notes Due 2009 for Existing 6% Notes Due 2005 09/05/2002 Man's Visit to His Future Grave Kills Him 09/05/2002 Southwest Florida city nixes backyard interment 09/05/2002 Four More Bodies Identified At Tri-State Crematory 09/05/2002 Company knew of grave desecration in 1998 A top executive acknowledged that the company knew in March 1998 of grave crowding... 09/05/2002 VA Announces Land Purchase for Future National Cemetery The Department of Veterans Affairs has purchased 313 acres in southern Palm Beach County... 09/05/2002 S. Florida's first veterans cemetery will begin burials within two years South Florida’s first veterans’ cemetery also will be the first in the state to 'fast-track' burials... 09/05/2002 Landslide concerns force Rose Hills to move coffins Officials at Rose Hills Memorial Park are notifying 5,000 residents by mail of the cemetery's plans to dig up and relocate 1,500 coffins and grave sites... 09/05/2002 Honoring the Stars and Stripes Members of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1498 in Halfmoon put a donated postal mailbox out in front of their post... 09/05/2002 Cemetery Mix Up Burial takes place without woman's remains... 09/05/2002 Buried City Bills Surface The city of Brunswick says it needs more money to care for cemeteries... 09/05/2002 Black cemetery in city network Woodlawn Cemetery is slated today to join the city's municipal cemetery system... 09/05/2002 Looking for calm after the storm By 1985, he became a licensed funeral director himself and heir apparent to the thriving business his parents started from scratch.. 09/05/2002 Morticians' mayoral bids go national Bernie Platt and his son, Voorhees Mayor Harry Platt are both hoping to win November elections... 09/05/2002 Menorah Gardens executive testifies that he didn't find remains in woods The man in charge of Menorah Gardens cemeteries found no bones in the same place where state investigators later found human remains... 09/04/2002 Judge grills cemetery supervisor A judge asked a Menorah Gardens supervisor why he didn't do more when he heard allegations that graves had been desecrated... 09/04/2002 Candidates Weigh In on a Memorial Gov. George Pataki said that a World Trade Center memorial 'has to be the centerpiece of whatever we do...' 09/04/2002 Sept. 11 event in Newton, Waltham Waltham and Newton are holding a series of remembrance events to formally mark the first anniversary... 09/04/2002 Funeral home offering free service arrangements for public servants killed in line of duty 09/04/2002 Orange Oks Burial of Ashes The Town Plan and Zoning Commission approved for the Church of the Good Shepherd to continue interring the cremated ashes on the church grounds... 09/04/2002 Cemeteries make room for more Dying to get into the cemetery may be a bad joke... 09/04/2002 Former mortician returns to biker past for artist future Once upon a time in an upper Michigan town he just calls Mayberry... 09/04/2002 He grants perfect strangers their dying wishes Good Samaritan looks out for those who are elderly and alone... 09/04/2002 Community empties pockets to honor teen with headstone A fund-raising effort raised more than $1,500 in less than two months to help pay for the headstone at Shiloh Cemetery... 09/04/2002 Paranormal investigation group offers to help clean up vandalized cemetery A group normally associated with the paranormal is offering very-real, hands-on help in cleaning and repairing the Old Stone Church cemetery... 09/04/2002 Cemetery tour to highlight past Volunteers will point out significant sites and share information on the community's many founders and pioneers buried there... 09/04/2002 Coon dog festival attracts 300 to canine cemetery More than 300 people showed up at a canine cemetery to pay homage to their departed hunting hounds... 09/04/2002 Cemetery is haven for many thoughts You'd expect that everyone Joe Cattarin comes into contact with in his job is in one of two states of mind -- grieving, or recalling fond memories of loved ones... 09/04/2002 9-11 gift in granite Area company engraves memorial... 09/03/2002 Remembering lives of Pentagon's 'lost' Five of the Sept. 11 victims lost more than their lives... 09/03/2002 Roadside Memorials: Centuries-old tradition can stir controversy 09/03/2002 Wayuu burial rite fades Reburying dead, alcohol consumption, fading from Indian culture... 09/03/2002 Long Wait Ends for Vets South Florida's military veterans will soon have a final resting place much closer to home... 09/03/2002 Let Church Bury Ashes 'Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust,' except in Orange at the Church of the Good Shepherd... 09/03/2002 Disciplinary Actions Taken Against Algee The Illinois Department of Professional Regulation has taken disciplinary action against Delmar M. Algee... 09/03/2002 Final journey for ashes The unclaimed remains of 34 people are to be scattered in the River Clyde... 09/03/2002 North of the river: Book on cemetery details life The dead rest peacefully at Gillette Cemetery... 09/03/2002 Family Fights to Preserve Burial Ground It was broken headstones that finally broke the hearts of the Bugg family... 09/03/2002 Editorial: Dead woman should be allowed to rest in peace We’re happy the family of Hattie Bergeler-Moringiello prevailed over her husband in the struggle over her mortal remains... 09/03/2002 Day of the dogs: Only the best rest at cemetery for man’s best friend For most Shoals residents, Monday was a day to honor America's working men and women.. 09/03/2002 New section of city cemetery opens A new section of the Nogales City Cemetery officially has opened and the first funeral was held at the site Friday... 09/03/2002 Greenleaf Cemetery Association Must Replace Stolen Equipment Six weeks after Greenleaf Cemetery was burglarized, the nearly $3,000 worth of tools and lawn-keeping equipment are still missing... 09/03/2002 Swartz Creek: Society works on design for new sign at historical cemetery The Swartz Creek Area Historical Society is working with city officials to create a new decorative sign for the city's historical cemetery... 09/03/2002 Giuliani: Memorial Must Fill Ground Zero Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani says in a published essay that he is still as angry as he was the day terrorist hijackers crashed two jetliners into the Twin Towers... 09/03/2002 Hearing details burial errors A high-ranking cemetery executive testified on Thursday that he visited the Menorah Gardens cemetery in 1999... 08/30/2002 Witness: Bet placed on finding remains The top Florida official won a $10 bet when he correctly predicted a buried body wouldn't be found where it was supposed be... 08/30/2002 Families angry with Marsh protection 08/30/2002 A Pall Over Georgia There is no law in Georgia against degrading a dead body... 08/30/200 Hearing to determine funeral home's future The Arkansas Burial Association Board will hold a formal hearing to determine the future of the Rumph-Owers Funeral Home Burial Association... 08/30/2002 Granite industry questions Chinese trading methods Tombstones manufactured in China and shipped to the United States are beginning to make serious inroads into the American market... 08/30/2002 Uncovering Buried History While his friends are fishing, hunting or playing golf, Earl Colvin is most likely searching for grave sites... 08/30/2002 Construction crews watchful as they work near old cemetery The Arapahoe County coroner won't be surprised if construction crewscall to report they've unearthed a couple of bodies... 08/30/2002 Goodlett Cemetery Reunion Today The Goodlett Cemetery will be recognized in a ceremony to kick off the Goodlett reunion today... 08/30/2002 Board Offering Reward for Help In Catching Vandals Vandals have knocked over, moved and broken gravestones at the Oxford Community Cemetery for the third time since June... 08/30/2002 Progress being marked on new Spooner Veterans Memorial It has been a long undertaking, with a lot of work still ahead... 08/30/2002 Ancient bronze bells unearthed Cambodian deminers have unearthed two bronze bells dated at between 2,200 and 2,400 years old... 08/30/2002 Workers describe exhuming burials at Menorah Gardens A former gravedigger testified he was ordered three times to unearth remains... 08/29/2002 Ex-cemetery worker tells of bones Testified that he 'saw somebody's skeleton breaking off and bones flying over the place'... 08/29/2002 Marsh out of jail, Walker County stays quiet The news out of Walker County Wednesday was that there was none... 08/29/2002 Marsh release riles Niles kin of dead man Remains of Teresa Earl's brother were among the 339 bodies found... 08/29/2002 Funeral Home Says LaShea Marsh Did Not Transport Bodies 08/29/2002 Hillenbrand Industries to Announce Fiscal 2003 Earnings Hillenbrand Industries, Inc. is sponsoring an investors conference... 08/29/2002 First-Ever 'Funeral Service Consumer Day' Set for San Antonio Consumer Day will feature educational stations where consumers can ask NFDA funeral directors questions and obtain literature... 08/29/2002 Pentagon memorial entries come from around world 08/29/2002 Funeral home plans 9-11 services A memorial to the fallen from terrorist attacks will go up in the east yard of Fremont's Beams Funeral Home... 08/29/2002 British Hindus seek to create a symbolic River Ganges 08/29/2002 Family to get victim’s remains Thanks to a little-known law that says a spouse who has been arrested on charges in a domestic violence-related death has no right to the victim’s body... 08/29/2002 Want to be a Millionaire? Open a Flower Shop! Just pop down to the local cemetery, nick a few bunches of daffs off the graves and then leave them at the scene of the crime... 08/29/2002 Sorn Up for Cemetery Award An Ayrshire cemetery has made it to the final of a national graveyard competition two years in a row... 08/29/2002 Lafayette club seeks ghosts, signs of paranormal 08/29/2002 Mt. Pleasant Cemetery Cuts Down Vandalized Trees 08/29/2002 Burial plots in Athens to increase in price The cost of being buried in one of the city's historic cemeteries is increasing... 08/29/2002 Urban plantings prove hardiness rule Visit an old cemetery and see what is growing there.... 08/29/2002 Township, police bury woman found in cellar Mary Albaum’s son is objecting to the funeral, saying his mother wanted to be buried in Chicago.... 08/29/2002 Former Funeral Employee Offers Damaging Testimony on Menorah Gardens 08/28/2002 Marsh's long day brings freedom, fear A crowd began assembling in the jail parking lot... 08/28/2002 697 Bodies Sent To Tri-State Since 1997 Authorities have said they found 33 uncremated bodies at the site... 08/28/2002 Church ordered to halt burials Since 1981, the Church of the Good Shepherd has been interring cremated ashes on the church grounds... 08/28/2002 Alleged Cemetery Victims Seek Class-Action Status Menorah Gardens will head to court this morning for a hearing... 08/28/2002 Menorah Gardens to fight class-action lawsuit Will argue that space problems at two cemeteries affected a limited number of graves... 08/28/2002 A Diamond Is Forver - Transcript with LifeGems CEO 08/28/2002 Pentagon recovering from effects of Sept. 11 attack 08/28/2002 Pentagon nearly ready for 9/11 anniversary 08/28/2002 Sept. 11 liberty garden being built Dedicated to the memories of those who died in terrorist attacks... 08/28/2002 Cemetery to dedicate Sept. 11 plaque A private cemetery in Ottawa will create a memorial amid criticisms that the federal government is doing little to recognize its dead... 08/28/2002 Sponsorship to extend to the afterlife Graves could become advertising spaces in a Sydney cemetery... 08/28/2002 Fourth victim of lightning strike at Missouri funeral dies 08/28/2002 Cherished pets honored in cemetery If a cherished pet is treated much like a member of its family in life, how should it be treated in death? 08/28/2002 Vandals Nearly Destroy Morton County Cemetery 08/28/2002 Haida want to bring their dead home Members of the First Nation are travelling to a New York museum to collect 48 sets of remains... 08/28/2002 Grave Concerns An investigation into what appeared to be an attack on Jewish tombs at Rome's Verano cemetery has unearthed a host of administrative abuses... 08/28/2002 Relatives say city's 'beautiful cemetery' neglected The city of Muskegon Heights' maintenance Mona View Cemetery, once considered the most beautiful cemetery in the state... 08/28/2002 Girl's burial is delayed, Mix-up causes family to wait 2 hours for closure 08/28/2002 Columbiana cemetery may be expanded Parks, Recreation and Cemetery Board voted 5-0 Monday to recommend council approve expanding burial space... 08/28/2002 Relatives Angry at State of Castle Donington Cemetery 08/28/2002 Inmates to clean up abandoned county property The Bibb County Commission on Tuesday took steps to deal with dilapidated properties in the county... 08/28/2002 Marsh plans to post bail today 08/27/2002 Animal Memorials How some families mourn their beloved pet's passing... 08/27/2002 County plans its first green cemetery The dead are buried in biodegradable coffins... 08/27/2002 Live music - from the cemetery! The non-denominational cemetery aims to provide people with an alternative to traditional burial or cremation... 08/27/2002 Cremation Or Burial in Age of HIV/Aids? Municipalities are having to scramble to expand cemeteries... 08/27/2002 Local funeral homes challenge the chains Campaign courting families hoped to fend off big guys... 08/26/2002 Town still searching for a cemetery On the heels of the death of Vail's founder, the Town Council has begun again a quest for a memorial park... 08/26/2002 Local funeral home plans 24-foot tribute wall The wall bears the names of all 3,044 known victims who perished on Sept. 11... 08/26/2002 Victim's family fights for burial in Ala. It will be up to Florida courts to decide if the body of a slaying victim will be returned to Alabama to be buried near family members or if the man charged with murdering her can make funeral arrangements in Florida... 08/26/2002 Flag Display Honors Vets After the horrors of Sept. 11, some found comfort from visiting a local cemetery... 08/26/2002 Funeral home director subject of probe For allegedly swindling about 30 people... 08/26/2002 Challenge to design something different Try converting a historic army barracks into a hotel and lecture hall or designing a funeral home... 08/26/2002 Angels all around us Symbol of faith becomes more popular in trying times... 08/26/2002 Beer fan takes bottles to the grave A 72-year-old who claims to have drunk nothing but beer for 30 years... 08/26/2002 Garden club donates magnolia tree to Arlington Cemetery To memorialize victims killed at the Pentagon in the Sept. 11 attacks... 08/26/2002 Veteran's family realizes his dream of a POW memorial A monument to prisoners of war and Americans missing in action was dedicated Friday, fulfilling the final wish of a veteran who didn't live to see it.... 08/26/2002 Grave issues Hirokazu Hasegawa believes there are no negative points in life... 08/26/2002 Film star's body to be exhumed María Félix, the fiery film star known as 'the boss' and 'the beauty'... 08/26/2002 Scout came up with grave details Northfield Cemetery is a capsule of history that until recently was difficult to open... 08/26/2002 Civil War graveyard forlorn and forgotten High weeds have swallowed the weathered gravestones on the southern edge of Delaware City... 08/26/2002 Cremation sparks blaze in Attleboro Intense heat from a body being cremated is believed to have caused a blaze... 08/23/2002 Funeral Home Operators Say Had No Reason To Suspect Marsh 08/23/2002 Legal fight begins over body Family duels over slain Beach woman... 08/23/2002 French Mayor Bans Residents from Dying The mayor of a French Mediterranean town is faced with a cemetery "full to bursting..." 08/23/2002 Former cemetery manager charged The former manager was charged with stealing more than $200,000 from the cemetery... 08/23/2002 Teen found dead on day her parents picked cemetery plot for her brother 08/22/2002 Civil War vet finally gets headstone Civil War infantryman William L. Abbey has finally received a headstone... 08/22/2002 Heartache For Families as Funerals are Delayed Due to a massive backlog of Legionnaires' Disease tests... 08/22/2002 Grave-Wrecking `Goths' Caged Three teenage 'Goths' who wrecked 90 graves were sentenced to seven months... 08/22/2002 Forgotten garden of remembrance A garden of rest dedicated to the memory of Coventry civilians... 08/22/2002 Funerals go digital Mortuary puts ceremonies on the Internet... 08/21/2002 Pentagon attack victims' families rely upon wide support network In the months just before her daughter Alexandria was born... 08/21/2002 Man dies while working on mausoleum in Lenexa Police found a construction worker dead after earth caved in on him... 08/21/2002 Maxson's sentence includes visit to grave A Blue Springs man must visit the cemetery and note the anniversary of the death of his passenger... 08/21/2002 State's Old Cemeteries Allowed to Languish More than 6,000 gravesites at Hawai'i's four state-owned cemeteries still suffer neglect and vandalism... 08/21/2002 Cemetery, residents share uneasy relations The almost parklike atmosphere of Rose City Cemetery beckons Will Levenson on a warm mid-summer evening... 08/21/2002 Mycenaean cemetery in Vari yields rich finds A cluster of richly furnished ancient graves dating to Mycenaean times has been discovered... 08/21/2002 Police issue alert after lethal embalming fluids stolen Police have issued a general alert after the theft of lethal embalming liquids... 08/21/2002 Asian immigrants bringing ancestors to U.S. for reburial 08/20/2002 Paris in August: Like a Cemetery We're in Pere Lachaise, Paris's exquisite and storied graveyard, final resting place of more than a million souls... 08/20/2002 Other sides of the other side Americans are unique in many ways, and how they are buried is one of them... 08/20/2002 From Cremation to Diamond Creation The world's first purveyor of diamond memorials, today announced the availability of the LifeGem... 08/20/2002 National Guard tackles cemetery clean-up The National Guard is helping restore the 15.5 acre cemetery... 08/20/2002 Family visits grave site, expresses concerns to Sheriff, Deputy Coroner Ezell's family was concerned that another person had possibly been buried atop her remains... 08/20/2002 Probation hearing for grave robber A convicted grave robber surrendered to face a potential life sentence... 08/20/2002 Cemetery pocketbook-theft case moved to Milford court A Superior Court judge on Monday ordered that the state's case against a Windsor man accused of stealing purses... 08/20/2002 The Ben and Jerry's of burial grounds Environment: Inspired by the socially conscious ice cream company, a S. Carolina doctor starts an eco-friendly cemetery... 08/19/2002 Remains May Never Be Identified Georgia's chief medical examiner met Friday with people whose loved ones were taken to Tri-State Crematory... 08/19/2002 Peace lacking in final resting place Tracy Alexander buried his grandmother at Restlawn Memorial Park in Jacksonville nearly four years ago -- or so he thought... 08/19/2002 Ohio Funeral Home Cremates Wrong Body 08/19/2002 Funds sought to return dead man's ashes to Mexico 08/19/2002 Bereavement award gained Kirklees Council's bereavement service has been awarded a Charter for the Bereaved... 08/19/2002 Family visits grave site at Kelly Cemetery, expresses concerns to Sheriff, Deputy Coroner 08/19/2002 |
'Work of mortician is exacting and difficult' Back in Sri Lanka after a three-year extensive course in the USA... 08/19/2002 'Burglar tried to ransom pet's ashes he stole' 08/19/2002 Crematory investigators answer family questions Family members hoping for more answers in the Tri-State Crematory tragedy quizzed investigators... 08/16/2002 Sympathy on the line When there isn't enough time to send a card to relatives of the departed, at least one Medford funeral home provides e-mail option... 08/16/2002 Edgewater board OKs owners's plan for cemetery driveways Entrances to the Edgewater-New Smyrna Cemetery are getting a facelift... 08/16/2002 Veterans cemetery secures $2.6 million federal grant Money will be used to improve irrigation, roads... 08/16/2002 At ground zero, churches do the heavy lifting of spirits Damaged but sturdy, they've counseled, fed, buoyed heroic efforts... 08/16/2002 Hearse Power: Going Out in Style When Gary Totman was in first grade, his teacher asked the kids what they wanted to be when they grew up.... 08/16/2002 "Call for Artists: Ashes to Art - The Second International Juried Exhibition of Urns and Vessels for Funerary Ashes" Artists worldwide working in all media are invited to enter... 08/16/2002 Ashes at funeral home were believed lost 08/16/2002 Separate trials set for couple in funeral home threats case An Appleton couple charged with threatening a funeral home director will have separate trials... 08/16/2002 Saying good bye to a pet Do all dogs go to heaven? 08/16/2002 Animal owners set up trust funds for their pets 08/16/2002 Lakewood cracks down on smoke from crematories The City Council approved an ordinance Monday night... 08/16/2002 Volunteers searching for site of Confederate soldiers' bodies Bodies of 58 Confederate soldiers were dumped after the Battle 140 years ago... 08/16/2002 Downtown Beauty Tended By City Employee's Green Thumb Cares for the flowers at Oakdale Cemetery... 08/16/2002 Memphis cuts costs by dumping pets Veterinarians and pet owners are upset over a Memphis cost-cutting decision to stop incinerating animal carcasses... 08/16/2002 Restoration work under way on Ute Cemetery tombstones Tombstone restoration is under way at Aspen's historic Ute Cemetery... 08/16/2002 Help sought for Friendship Cemetery 08/16/2002 Cemetery a link to Euharlee's early days A vital part of Euharlee's past will be recognized Saturday after hours of hard work from the city's residents... 08/16/2002 Army building special cemetery for dogs killed in service The Israeli military is reportedly building a lush cemetery for army dogs killed in the line of duty... 08/16/2002 Carriage Services Files Management Certifications Officers have certified Quarterly Report... 08/15/2002 Service Corporation International Announces the Submission of Its SEC Certification and the Engagement of a Corporate Governance Expert 08/15/2002 NY Funeral directors association elects officers 08/15/2002 Miami crematorium owner loses license for losing woman's ashes Owner accused of being in the middle of an embalming scandal with Lynn University's mortuary school... 08/15/2002 Former funeral home director pleads no contest Former director of a Woonsocket funeral home pleaded to charges he bilked customers when his business went bust... 08/15/2002 Menoche inches close to plea deal Paul Menoche was formally arraigned in Providence District Court yesterday; expected to admit guilt to embezzlement... 08/15/2002 Mortuary accused of improper care of body A local family is battling a Vallejo mortuary, saying it left a deceased loved one laying around mortuary premises for almost a month... 08/15/2002 Community memorial service to remember 9/11 08/15/2002 Mother's corpse found in basement of son's home 'I had almost forgotten she was down there,' 67-year-old says.... 08/15/2002 Archaeologists to halt cemetery research into poorhouse 08/15/2002 Construction timetable halts cemetery research State archaeologists will cease analysis of 19th century graves at site of new biomedical center... 08/15/2002 Funeral in Jerusalem Cemetery - First Time in Half-Century A Bnei Brak man was buried in first funeral the cemetery has seen in over 50 years... 08/15/2002 State to meet with crematory families Georgia Bureau of Investigation officials will meet Thursday to update family members affected by the discovery of discarded bodies... 08/14/2002 SRV Investor Meeting Scheduled to start Thu, Aug 15, 2002, 9:00 am Eastern... 08/14/2002 Frisbee man's ashes to take a spin His ashes are now to be moulded into limited-edition plastic 'memorial flying discs'... 08/14/2002 Human ashes found in former funeral home Police are investigating whether the cremated remains of more than 20 people found basement of a former funeral home were illegally disposed of... 08/14/2002 Funeral director enjoys 'rewarding' work When people find out Dan Smith is a funeral director, he often is greeted with the same old jokes... 08/14/2002 Veteran cemetery worker found hanging from tree A man who worked in cemeteries for more than 30 years was found dead in Cedar Lawn Cemetery... 08/14/2002 Mother grieves anew after theft of son's cremated remains Alisa Bass just wants her son - literally, what remains of him - back... 08/14/2002 Mortician courted to challenge mayor 08/14/2002 County stuck with rising funeral costs as more indigents die 08/14/2002 Rules are broken so man's last wish, a funeral in Prague, can be fulfilled A Florida businessman has fulfilled the last wish of his late father... 08/14/2002 Local funeral home named in lawsuit A local funeral home was named in a lawsuit filed Friday in Allen (Ind.) Superior Court... 08/14/2002 Moody's revises Service Corp outlook to stable 08/13/2002 Matthews International Quarterly Report (SEC form 10-Q) 08/13/2002 Baby Boomers Take the Lead in Growing Trend - Funeral Planning After watching his father struggle with funeral arrangements when his grandmother died, Jeff White decided he wouldn't let the same thing happen to him... 08/13/2002 Seniors exploring the Internet About a third of Americans aged 55 to 64 jump online every day... 08/13/2002 'He made every minute count' Memorial service for slain ranger... 08/13/2002 Arne Shield gets his final wish -- a viking burial at sea 08/13/2002 Britain Plans Sept. 11 Memorial Garden 08/13/2002 Giving your Body to science It's been 10 years since Chris Garland buried her father... 08/13/2002 Family wants soldier's remains back Nearly 60 years after his death. 08/13/2002 Veterans cemetery plans stay on track Proceed: Proposed Mission site a go with state officials... 08/13/2002 Scout installs 17 flags to honor Confederates buried at Mount Olivet 08/13/2002 RI Pays Respect to those Who Defended It Like No Other State In the Nation 08/13/2002 A walk on the cemetery side Historical society hosts unique event... 08/13/2002 Birch Hill cemetery has its own guardian angel 08/13/2002 Grave's location upsets family Cemetery not set to dig anew... 08/13/2002 Gates to Curb Grave Vandals Gates have been put up to stop car thieves damaging a Huddersfield burial ground... 08/13/2002 Plans to build veterans' burial ground in Mission on hold because of location State law forbids the establishment or operation of a cemetery within two miles of the city limits... 08/12/2002 Veterans cemetery will take Tennesseans A Kentucky veterans cemetery coming near the state line... 08/12/2002 Funeral family moves to Big Pine In the last 10-12 years he's seen some big changes in how families and individuals deal with death... 08/12/2002 DEATH WITH DIGNITY: Express end-of-life wishes to family It is essential that we have conversations about life and death with those who will carry out our last wishes... 08/12/2002 A Chinese Crematory's Work Is a Matter of Life Yishan Crematory, where the burn team ferries as many as 400 bodies a day on mortorized lifts to 24 incinerators... 08/12/2002 Burial costs in NP raise concern The death of a loved one is a very stressful time for family and friends... 08/12/2002 Couple take on monumental task Merrillville couple catalog Lake and Porter county cemeteries.... 08/12/2002 'Residents' of Roselawn Cemetery the final resting place for some of city's biggest names and a few Gypsies, too... 08/12/2002 La Crosse man tries to call in his final marker A World War II veteran's 'dying wish' is to have a government-issued bronze marker on his grave at Oak Grove Cemetery in La Crosse... 08/12/2002 A real death mimics Eleanor Rigby's Eleanor Rigby became real to me today... 08/12/2002 Condition of Pineville cemetery upsets families For two years, Kimberly Woods has watched as the cemetery where her father is buried deteriorated... 08/12/2002 Artist's glass-urn exhibit began with mom's death 08/12/2002 Firefighter finally at rest Nearly a year after his death in the World Trade Center... 08/12/2002 Somerset officials attempt to protect 'hallowed ground' Where a Boeing 757 hurtled toward the ground 11 months ago... 08/12/2002 Plan for Fort Bliss Cemetery is Disgraceful When we think of death, we think of darkness -- a darkness so deep that no light can pierce it... 08/12/2002 Funeral Parlor 'Corpse' Was Alive 08/12/2002 Rest not in peace in local cemeteries Miserable situation in Israeli cemeteries... 08/12/2002 State Denies Protection for Marsh The governor’s office declined to provide state protection hours after lawyer demanded it because of death threats... 8/09/2002 Tri-State cases coming here The suits will return to their home districts once the pretrial portion of the cases is complete... 08/09/2002 SCI upgraded by Raymond James 08/09/2002 Former Carriage Services CFO Livengood Joins Reliant Resources as Controller 08/09/2002 Williams' executor deals blow to cremation hopes Oldest daughter said she won't concede the fight... 08/09/2002 Pearl's Body Returned to Family 08/09/2002 Fox TV Had Cemetery All Wrong Prime source for an investigative report was arrested this week on charges of lying to police... 08/09/2002 Remembering the past and looking to the future Plans for the September 11 memorial day have met widespread approval, but plans to build Ground Zero are proving controversial... 08/09/2002 Veterans cemeteries in Rockland to get $70,000 more 08/09/2002 Council says cemetery location wrong for Kmart 08/09/2002 Cemetery Sexton Finds His Work an Honor Self-described 'country boy' enjoys the beauty of his surroundings... 08/09/2002 Storm Lake Lays Unknown Infant to Rest 08/09/2002 Only a coward would steal angels from child's grave This is to the cowards who think it's okay to steal cherished items from the cemetery plots of loved ones... 08/09/2002 Veterans Cemetery support shaky in Cameron County 08/09/2002 In reburial, Olsons hope to lay saga of father to rest Family has disputed government claims he committed suicide in '53; Ceremony planned for today... 08/09/2002 Residents work hard to beautify Oakley Cemetery What once was a dry barren cemetery is now becoming an oasis... 08/09/2002 Golfing, cemetery fee increases sought Proper maintenance requires more money, managers say... 08/09/2002 Parking lot was former Catholic cemetery The bones found at Superior Essex lot were never moved.... 08/09/2002 Cemeteries alter watering Fears of negative reaction lead to change in scheduling.. 08/09/2002 Service Corp. International has $143 million quarterly loss After charges related to the expected sale of 140 properties and other items.... 08/08/2002 Hillenbrand profit falls on investment losses 08/08/2002 Theaterlike sets changing the funeral scene The cutting edge of a national trend of personalizing funerals and viewings... 08/08/2002 Hearing Set for Crematory Operator To determine whether case could go to a grand jury.... 08/08/2002 Judge to decide on freezing or cremation for Williams 08/08/2002 Political squabbles stalling veterans cemetery In Rio Grande Valley... 08/08/2002 Nevada's veterans prepare for Sept. 11 commemoration ceremony 08/08/2002 Court hearing set in funeral-home probe Investigation into whereabouts of thousands of dollars invested in prepaid funeral plans at defunct Menoche Funeral Home... 08/08/2002 Old tombstone found in Priceville tracked to Lawrence cemetery Straight from the pages of a ghost story, the old tombstone suddenly appeared through an early-morning haze... 08/08/2002 Cemetery linked to famous painter The Lemon Bay Cemetery on State Road 776... 08/08/2002 The Catalogue of Misery at Graveyard Vandalism at Cambusnethan Cemetery and Greenhead Moss has been a problem for years... 08/08/2002 WTC anniversary service planned A moment of silence is to begin the 102-minute ceremony marking the one-year anniversary... 08/07/2002 Need A Lift? Call The Funeral Home When a funeral home limo shows up at your house, it's usually not a happy time... 08/07/2002 Body Misidentified in Car Accident Family members were ready to say their goodbyes at a funeral home... 08/07/2002 Family brings ashes back to Sewickley As the ashes of John Jacob Ernst Weckler were placed in the ground, the joy of the mourners surrounded the burial plot... 08/07/2002 Boy Scout Troop Restores Lindley Hill Cemetery The latest project for Boy Scout Troop 187 is all about respect... 08/07/2002
Rest In Peace? Remains founding resident lie under a crumpled marble slab hidden under thick weeds in the middle of a subdivision under construction... 08/07/2002 Confederate Burial Site Safe from Highway Project 08/07/2002 Cemetery won't be part of Sysco land deal 08/07/2002 Thirty graves at Chattaroy Cemetery damaged by vandals 08/07/2002 No charges to be filed against woman who kept husband's body in trailer 'Face of the devil' prevented her from going through with funeral arrangements... 08/07/2002 Unmarked graves are remnants of 1912 tragedy Ninety years ago, a struggling Salem mother took the lives of her four young children and herself... 08/07/2002 Unearthing of bodies a false tale, D.A. says A Philadelphia man told police he had been 'smoking weed every day' while digging graves at a Main Line cemetery... 08/06/2002 State May Aid Forgotten Cemeteries Clears the way for money to be earmarked for maintaining cemeteries... 08/06/2002 Family asks court to place cemetery in receivership Family members had exhumed the body at Mt. Carmel-Hollywood Cemetery... 08/06/2002 Angel of Hope statue dedicated in Torrington Grieving parents come, place carnations at base... 08/06/2002 This goodbye guy has a flair for funerals Andrew J. McGann has been planting South Side Irish for 53 years... 08/06/2002 Walnut Creek residents seek historical marker for cemetery 08/06/2002 Samaritans can help with grief A funeral director is raising awareness about a charity helpline for those coping with bereavement over Christmas... 08/06/2002 Family tradition ends...Daughter finishes rural mail route her dad started in '39 08/06/2002 Historian tends to grave situation Working toward getting public access to 25 known gravesites nestled deep in the Koreshan State Historic Site... 08/06/2002 Vandals Hit Heroes' Graveyard Including graves of more than 30 who died in the Kursk nuclear-submarine accident... 08/06/2002 Stewart Enterprises Announces the Completion of the Sale of Its Canadian Operations and Adjustment to the Fair Value of Operations in Argentina 08/05/2002 Stewart Enterprises sees charge for Argentina crisis 08/05/2002 Freezing the deceased is a hot religious topic Ted Williams apparently wanted his body to be burned or frozen, a matter of fire or ice... 08/05/2002 Midler and Dion top funeral chart in U.K. 08/05/2002 Horse-drawn funeral coach adds nostalgic touch to final journey 08/05/2002 Funeral director helps with grieving process At the end of every funeral service he puts together, Greg Cannon has one way of knowing if he did his job correctly... 08/05/2002 'Burials' take on new life Dealing with bereaved families was not something Don Brawley and George Frankel were looking forward to when they began their job, but it ended up being one of the unexpected benefits... 08/05/2002 The burden of death: Expenses can be heavy If you're one of those people who'd never really thought about how much it might cost you to die, brace yourself... 08/05/2002 Modesto cremation site plans stir debate Modesto is on the verge of getting its first crematorium -- but not without controversy... 08/05/2002 Artist creates requiem in glass for Sept. 11 victims Glass artist William Morris didn't set out to make a statement when he began creating a series of cremation urns... 08/05/2002 Radar reveals 200 unmarked graves What time, poverty and neglect have threatened to erase, volunteers are recovering bit by bit at the Rose Cemetery... 08/05/2002 Funeral home to unveil memorial to 9/11 victims A memorial wall featuring the names of 3,044 people who died in the Sept. 11 attacks will be dedicated and permanently affixed to the front of Parker Funeral Service and Crematory at Tenth and Walnut streets on Wednesday morning. 08/05/2002 Former Cutler Funeral Home laid to rest From a vantage point across the street in Bayliss Park, Bill Cutler watched the remains of the overhanging front roof of the building come crashing down. 08/05/2002 Grave-diggers 'selling dead wives' A Chinese crime syndicate has allegedly been digging up female corpses and selling them to relatives of dead single men... 08/05/2002 Cemetery receiving renewed attention Each Monday, the Herald takes a look back at a person or issue in the Mid-Columbia's past... 08/05/2002 Willowbrook OKs new funeral home A vacant lot in Willowbrook soon will house a new building and service for the community. 08/05/2002 Council hears of cemetary concerns Concern over damaged grave markers and overall maintenance of the Rosetown Cemetary has been brought to the Town's attention... 08/05/2002 Menoche to plead guilty Former Woonsocket funeral director Paul Menoche plans to plead guilty to embezzling and other charges... 08/05/2002 Body Found After Cemetery Shaft Fall 08/05/2002 Father urged government not to write off his son After 30 years of uncertainty, friends and family were able to honor a pilot whose plane went down during the Vietnam War... 08/05/2002 Girl Scouts preserve cemetery's history 08/05/2002 Ensure crematory owner's safety It has been almost six months since hundreds of bodies were found dumped like garbage at the Tri-State Crematory... 08/02/2002 Family, Funeral Home in Dispute Drove to the University of Maryland to set their late father's ashes adrift over the school's famous M-shaped flower bed... 08/02/2002 Ballot wording OK'd for cemeteries Millage request would provide funds to obtain and maintain cemeteries for the future... 08/02/2002 Ignored cemetery gets cleanup Hamilton County is one step closer to making improvements at a large Northside cemetery... 08/02/2002 People and pets can be buried together A Lancashire cemetery is allowing people to be buried with their pets... 08/02/2002 Offshore Sailing School Gives $10,000 To Twin Towers Fund 08/02/2002 County's cemeteries vulnerable Tipping old tombstones was great fun for an Athens teen a few years back, until he destroyed a lot more than he expected in the old graveyard.... 08/02/2002 Graveyard Bandits Flower arrangements turn up missing at cemetery... 08/02/2002 Perry calls for memorial in Austin for Sept. 11 To commemorate the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and Texans who died... 08/02/2002 All Saints Church Commemorates Victims of WWI 08/02/2002 Removal of bodies planned in widening 08/02/2002 Help In Locating Old Cemeteries Sought From the 1850s various grave sites have been used in Mitchell County.... 08/02/2002
Thieves lift four Civil War grave markers Stolen headstones each weighed about 200 pounds... 08/02/2002 Vandal charged in cemetery mischief Fort White man arrested and charged with grand theft, criminal mischief and six counts of injury/destruction... 08/02/2002 Canvey: Call for burial ground inquiry A leading Tory today demanded an independent investigation into Castle Point Council's handling of plans for a cemetery on Canvey... 08/02/2002 Georgia Crematory Operator Denied Bond Reduction 08/01/2002 First Funeral House Set Up The first of its kind in the country, has been established at Kirinya Namataba zone-Bweyogerere, near Kampala... 08/01/2002 Family-owned feeling to continue at renamed Morrell Funeral Home Although the grand Victorian home has had several owners over the years, it's a building most remember as family-owned funeral home.... 08/01/2002 Society: Social care: Letting go Is caring for a dying relative at home the best option? 08/01/2002 Report of Santa Cruz pet cemetery's death greatly exaggerated 08/01/2002 Crime at synagogue, cemetery vexes Key West 08/01/2002 EA Village Officials Want Cemetery As a Commons Historic Pioneer Cemetery on Oakwood Ave... 08/01/2002 Coffeyville funeral home will hold open house 08/01/2002 Mystery bones found in cemetery Detectives believe groundhog dug up bones from a grave... 08/01/2002 Police hunt grave desecrators Grave was desecrated and a casket containing the cremated remains of a woman unearthed and scattered... 08/01/2002 Gardener Arrested over Grave Attack Italian police arrested disgruntled gardener over desecration of about 50 Jewish graves... 08/01/2002 Town acts on slave cemetery Will be identified as a local site of historic interest by the town of Saint-Armand... 08/01/2002 Corps Study On Hold: Church Still Praying for Solution As River Threatens Its Cemetery Chattaroy Cemetery Vandalized 08/01/2002 Rock of Ages Reports Second Quarter Results 08/01/2002 HB Q3 2002 Financial Release Conference Call Thu, Aug 8, 2002, 9:00 am Eastern 08/01/2002 Florida may regulate funeral industry Speaker Tom Feeney has asked the House committees on banking and business regulation to take part in meetings... 07/31/2002 Concerns for Marsh's safety swirl around imminent release The question isn't whether Ray Brent Marsh will get out on bond.... 07/31/2002 Service Corporation International Invites You to Participate in Its Second Quarter 2002 Conference Call Wednesday, August 7, 2002, after the close of the financial markets... 07/31/2002 Williams' Daughter Seeks Cremation Ted Williams' oldest daughter is fighting her half- siblings over their father's body... 07/31/2002 Cemetery expansion approved over neighbors' objections Planning Commission acknowledged mistrust the neighbors of Westwood Memorial Park have for the owners... 07/31/2002 Bethune-Cookman avoids fines in cemetery settlement 07/31/2002 Dozen jingle-playing vans at ice cream man's funeral An ice cream man's coffin was topped with a floral tribute in the shape of a 99 cornet with raspberry sauce... 07/31/2002 South Korean's remains returned In a ceremony yesterday at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl... 07/31/2002 A baby, a grave, a dispute Eighty-year-old Eldonna Genrich has for decades been visiting the gravesite of the daughter she lost in childbirth... 07/31/2002 Man calls off own funeral A man called his family for a lift home from hospital as they prepared what they thought was his body for burial... 07/31/2002 Vandals Steal Historic Headstones from Bunker Hill Cemetery 07/31/2002 Santa Cruz pet cemetery uprooting on hold 07/31/2002 Dead man calls his own funeral A mobile phone connected a man to his family while they were at his funeral.... 07/31/2002 Court rules against keeping dead mother in freezer France's highest court has refused to allow two teachers to keep their mother's body in a glass freezer at home.... 07/31/2002 Truevine Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery needs upkeep help 07/31/2002 Westminster cemeteries receive $64K gift 07/31/2002 Judge signs bond order for Tri State crematory operator 07/30/2002 Cemetery Ordinance Changes to be Discussed Would restrict the display of personal items on graves at Rose Hill Cemetery... 07/30/2002 Grave digger fails polygraph Had reported that the owner of Merion Memorial Garden Cemetery was ordering old graves dug up to make room for new ones... 07/30/2002 Profile: Tommy Be |