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NEWS ARCHIVE - INDUSTRY AND RELATED NEWS
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VA Approves Grant to Build Northern California Veterans Cemetery 09/30/2004 FTC checks compliance at NY and MA funeral homes 09/30/2004 When Somebody Dies...Set in Stone Accuracy remains the final word in gravestones... 09/30/2004 UK's "Oscars of the Underworld" Better known as the Cemetery of the Year Awards... 09/30/2004 Funeral Home Records and Genealogy Often under used, but fascinating source... 09/30/2004 Butterfly Garden Dedicated To RI Nightclub Fire Victims Saint Ann's Cemetery plans second memorial garden... 09/30/2004 In times of trouble, Shreve is at his best Funeral home director is passionate about his work... 09/30/2004 Upbeat farewells Bereaved families celebrate a life as much as mourn a death... 09/30/2004 OR's Jacksonville Pioneer Cemetery Speaks Of Hardships Of Early Settlers One of the oldest cemeteries in the Pacific Northwest... 09/30/2004 PA veteran continues push for cemetery Wants Pennhurst site chosen as new national vets' cemetery location... 09/30/2004 Decision on FL vets cemetery site postponed Waiting for congressional budget to be in place next year... 09/30/2004 Hillenbrand Appoints Gary L. Larson Vice President, Internal Audit 09/29/2004 Nearly Naked Calendar Benefits NY's Oakwood Cemetery Fundraising calendar quite a hot item... 09/29/2004 When Somebody Dies ... Restorative arts handled with respect... 09/29/2004 Plans for Australian vertical-burial cemetery go before panel 09/29/2004 When Somebody Dies ... State laws vary considerably in the handling and transporting of the deceased... 09/29/2004 IA Cemetery group readies for Pioneer Patriot Day 09/29/2004 Small Funeral Services buys funeral home site in Mansfield, OH 09/29/2004 NJ cemetery awaits action after hosting auction State board investigating... 09/29/2004 Forsyth, GA denies permit to move grave Land owner wants to build home... 09/29/2004 Vandals damage New Milford, CT cemetery 09/29/2004 Legal bid to keep tributes at UK graves Unauthorized memorials are safety hazard... 09/29/2004 CA's Forest Lawn Dedicates Plaza of Mesoamerican Heritage Exhibit 09/28/2004 "How would you like to be remembered after your death?" Larry King posed an unusual question for book... 09/28/2004 MI lettering service spends the days completing headstones 09/28/2004 130 Years of Laying 'Em to Rest in India In the business of making coffins... 09/28/2004 Dig unearths past in Churchville, VA Church expansion reveals headstones... 09/28/2004 Oakland County hoping Bush will help dedicate MI's new vets' cemetery 09/28/2004 Johnston, IA cemeteries suspend plot sales Working with consultants to identify grave plots... 09/28/2004 Stewart Enterprises Relocates Corporate Headquarters Consolidates corporate offices at Jefferson location... 09/27/2004 "Green Burials" A Growing Trend 09/27/2004 MD Memorial honors sniper victims A place of tranquility and meditation... 09/27/2004 The Funeral Rule provides list of federal regulations 09/27/2004 Rest in peace When making pre-need funeral arrangements, common sense is paramount... 09/27/2004 Huntington, WV's Spring Hill Cemetery marks 130 years 09/27/2004 Private estates in San Mateo, CA Cemeteries getting into the marketing act... 09/27/2004 Giving gravestones a new lease on life Restoring cemeteries across VT... 09/27/2004 Malaysian government urged to tax-exempt all cemeteries 09/27/2004 Rains force historic VA cemetery to move vaults to safer ground 09/27/2004 Form 8-K for Stewart Enterprises Inc 09/24/2004 Walker Co. Files $2M Crematory Suit Officials have filed a lawsuit seeking unreimbursed costs against operators of Tri-State Crematory... 09/24/2004 Burial vault firm cannot expand Northwood says no to crematorium plan... 09/24/2004 Cost of illegal immigration seen in graveyards Burden of burying the bodies of those who die while crossing to US falls on local taxpayers... 09/24/2004 Danes shunning Christian burial rites More and more Danes are turning away from denominational Christianity - even after death... 09/24/2004 Cemetery raising fund with graveyard photos in Troy, NY Oakwood Cemetery produces a fund-raising calendar... 09/24/2004 The next Texas State Veterans Cemetery will be in Abilene 09/24/2004 Cemetery Curfew considered in Dumfries, UK A night-time ban on the public at the St Michael's burial ground in a bid to combat anti-social behaviour... 09/24/2004 Historic Buffalo Cemetery Trashed Someone who dumped garbage in the middle of Concordia Cemetery... 09/24/2004 Unauthorized items to be removed at Bessemer City Memorial Cemetery and Vantine Memorial Cemetery Unauthorized items include fencing, ornamental items and markers that are not made of concrete, marble or bronze... 09/24/2004 Stewart Enterprises Names Kenneth Budde CEO 09/23/2004 Group aims for 'green cemetery' in Otsego County 09/23/2004 New Year Attacks Broadgreen Jewish cemetery in Liverpool was desecrated... 09/23/2004 Vets await new cemetery in MI Company offers to store bodies until national shrine in Holly is ready... 09/23/2004 Spring Hill Cemetery, in WV, celebrates 130 years 09/23/2004 Courtesy of Seymour resident Fred Farthing, the Seymour Masonic Cemetery now has new street signs. 09/23/2004 Angel to land in Valley Grieving parents bring bronze statue to Hansen Desert Hills Memorial Mortuary and Memorial Park in Phoenix... 09/23/2004 Fairview Cemetery vandalized in Bowling Green, KY 09/23/2004 Cemetery committee gets an earful in Danville, KY Residents air concerns about cemetery upkeep... 09/23/2004 New firm off at a gallop Funeral directors drove a horse drawn carriage to mark the start of their new business in Leamington... 09/22/2004 Fraud charge dropped in cremation case in Calgary 09/22/2004 A new undertaking for Annapolis Adams Funeral & Memorial Care is first new funeral business to open in the Annapolis area in nearly a decade... 09/22/2004 Judge: Emotion Will Not Factor Into Cemetery Decision A judge promised Tuesday that his morality would guide him in a Florida cemetery desecration case... 09/22/2004 Boys charged in cemetery damage in Margaretville, DE 09/22/2004 Historic Elmwood Cemetery in Kansas City needs help Man's efforts to mantain his family's plot prompted additional volunteers, but more help is welcome... 09/22/2004 Ivan destroys piece of local history in Beulah Cemetery 09/22/2004 Historians believe that Civil War soldiers buried in unusual site Thomasville's cemetery claims to be the only place where Confederate and Union soldiers were buried side by side... 09/22/2004 Stone-Cold IPO StoneMor Partners floated 3.7 million of its common units... 09/21/2004 Form 8-K for Hillenbrand Industries Inc 09/21/2004 Notice of Proposed Settlement of Service Corporation International Class Action Lawsuit 09/21/2004 A funeral director has pledged to fight a court order which has forced him to close the business he has been running in Forres since July. 09/21/2004 Gone, and almost forgotten: Wellsville's Johnson Cemetery is buried in the past The pioneer cemetery for the village of Wellsville is deteriorating... 09/21/2004 Military bugler keeps tradition from fading Live buglers are being replaced at military funerals across the country... 09/21/2004 San Leandro crematorium proposal put to rest Firm withdraws application with Bay Area Air Quality Management District... 09/21/2004 Grave concern over rabbit colony Rising rabbit numbers at a cemetery leads to calls for a cull after burrowing makes graves unstable... 09/21/2004 Even in death, Kubler-Ross gives lessons in a vibrant life 09/20/2004 More families choosing cremation New generation sees death differently... 09/20/2004 Lummi totem poles arrive at Pentagon Artwork meant to help heal Sept. 11 wounds... 09/20/2004 Returning to the earth in FL's Panhandle Green cemetery saves family farm from development... 09/20/2004 When mourning leads to amore Concept of finding funeral love is not so uncommon... 09/20/2004 Life in funeral profession cherished by Ellis family 09/20/2004 Groups restore Jewish cemeteries Custom holds cemeteries in the highest regard... 09/20/2004 A tour of final resting places in Clark County, WA 09/20/2004 Lawsuit over cemeteries delays O'Hare expansion 09/20/2004 'Lost' Helena, MT cemetery holds forgotten poor of the past 09/20/2004 Sgt. Wars Over Cemetery Marker in GA Marker something more to show for his service... 09/20/2004 Hillenbrand Lowers '04 Outlook, Cuts Jobs Casket Maker Hillenbrand Lowers 2004 Outloook, Cuts 230 Jobs... 09/17/2004 Business to fight closure A funeral director has pledged to fight a court order which has forced him to close the business... 09/17/2004 Dispose of properly Sooner or later, we're all going to die. But what happens to us after we die is another story... 09/17/2004 Springdale, IL has plans for a pet cemetery New projects include a pet cemetery and a cremation and scattering garden... 09/17/2004 Construction Begins on Air Force Memorial 09/17/2004 Grave Claims Historians in Thomasville believe that Confederate, Union soldiers' burial situation is unique... 09/17/2004 Gravestone Girls dying for people to learn from cemeteries 09/17/2004 Worland, WY funeral director loses case against competitor The director claimed a competitor used his position as deputy county coroner to solicit business... 09/16/2004 Modern gravestones get new life and give you the final word Now, gravestones reveal much more about the personalities of the people who lie beneath them... 09/16/2004 Cemetery vandalism still haunts a year later Some headstones in Wausau's largest cemetery still lie broken... 09/16/2004 Vandals disturb Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins, CO 09/16/2004 Stepping back into history: Bellingham community group pushes forward with cemetery rehabilitation effort 09/16/2004 Crownsville Cemetery Dedicated as Preserve The forlorn cemetery's tombstones lie flat and bear numbers instead of names... 09/16/2004 City Blamed for Colonial Cemetery Damage Sherman's troops were blamed for some of the altering during the Union occupation of Savannah in 1864... 09/16/2004 StoneMor Begins Trading on Nasdaq Formed by Cornerstone Family Services... 09/15/2004 Cremation becoming offbeat and personalized 09/15/2004 Northwest Kansas veterans cemetery dedicated 09/15/2004 VT's Granite Industries crafts government headstones and markers 09/15/2004 Batesville Casket Co. "Best Plant" Winner 09/15/2004 Chaplain's mission is to restore desecrated British cemetery in Iraq 09/15/2004 Precious Angels makes burial outfits for preemies and stillborns 09/15/2004 Japanese seeking more flexible funeral styles 09/15/2004 SC house allegedly built on cemetery Investigating whether graves exist on property... 09/15/2004 Danville, KY residents demand better cemetery maintenance 09/15/2004 Dead men can't vote, or can they? Even the dead are speaking out in this tense political year... 09/14/2004 Caskets serious business for industry vet Smith enjoys helping others provide a dignified end to life... 09/14/2004 Crematory opponents gain allies Mayor Cary Bozeman and the Bremerton School District join fight against proposed facility... 09/14/2004 Ashes missing from mausoleum in Alamosa, CO 09/14/2004 County morgue runs out of storage space in San Bernardino 09/14/2004 Man accused of three assaults at cemeteries 09/14/2004 Mum's fury as baby's headstone flattened in Glasgow 09/14/2004 Cemetery outfit plots $150 million stock offering Cornerstone Family Services plans to sell 3.7 million shares of its cemetery holding group... 09/13/2004 A different sort of graveyard Nature preserve offers inconspicuous burial emphasizing cycle of life... 09/13/2004 The deceased contribute to relief funds Some obituaries are asking mourners to send memorial donations to hurricane relief funds... 09/13/2004 Jewish Tradition Honoring the Dead Volunteers take seniors to visit, pray at area cemeteries during Kever Avot... 09/13/2004 Crematorium proposal placed on back burner Residents protest plan; San Leandro puts 45-day moratorium on decision... 09/13/2004 City to begin enforcing cemetery ordinances in effort to enhance their appearance 09/13/2004 Schwarzenegger outlaws sex with corpses 09/13/2004 Mokshda: An eco-friendly cremation without compromising Indian rituals 09/13/2004 Germans are crossing the border for cheaper funerals Benefit cuts turn cash-strapped citizens toward the Czech Republic... 09/13/2004 Hillenbrand Industries Announces Fourth Quarter 2004 Dividend 09/10/2004 Hillenbrand Industries Appoints Mark D. Ketchum and Eduardo R. Menasce to its Board of Directors 09/10/2004 New Star Analyst Rankings for Stewart Enterprises Inc 09/10/2004 Louisville based maker of burial vaults planning expansion 09/10/2004 Vandals damage 81 headstones at Fort Collins cemetery 09/10/2004 Mum's grave theft misery in Hunslet Cemetery A Mother is being tortured by thieves who are stealing treasured tributes from her murdered son's grave... 09/10/2004 School for scandal Calvary Cemetery, in New York's Queens County, boasts a roster of interesting tenants... 09/10/2004 Frances trashes the old Brooksville cemetery 09/10/2004 Youths charged with decapitating cemetery angel Boys admitted being responsible for knocking over the pedestal as well as four gravestones at New St. William Cemetery... 09/10/2004 Form 8-K for Stewart Enterprises Inc 09/09/2004 Civil penalties, restitution sought from former funeral director Former funeral director in Victoria was penalized for selling pre-need funeral contracts without a license... 09/09/2004 San Leandro council clears air City adopts 45-day moratorium on proposal to allow crematorium... 09/09/2004 Personalized gravestones take on life of their own Now, gravestones reveal much more about the personalities of the people who lie beneath them... 09/09/2004 Swastikas scratched on headstones in Carlisle 09/09/2004 'We'll Still Leave Toys For Leah' Mother said she would defy any order banning teddies and toys on her daughter's grave... 09/09/2004 History helps inspire renewal of cemetery Hamilton County youth leads charge to refurbish a nearly century-old burial ground... 09/09/2004 Headstones toppled in Mayflower Hill cemetery 09/09/2004 City Sues Over Mausoleum Construction in AR The city of Rogers is suing a company they say is not living up to its promises... 09/09/2004 A New Angel For a Grieving Family Good samaritan replaces stolen angel... 09/09/2004 Form 8-K for Carriage Services Inc 09/08/2004 Stewart Enterprises Reports Increase in Earnings to $.10 Per Share for Third Quarter of Fiscal 2004 09/08/2004 Edwards & George, LLP Announces Filing of Lawsuit Alleging Federal Overtime Violations by Stewart Enterprises, Inc. 09/08/2004 Directors launch funeral venture Harold Rackham, Derrick Leeder & Richard Green team up to open Rosedale Funeral Home in South Norfolk... 09/08/2004 Undertaker who sold the family firm is ordered not to compete An Undertaker was banned by a judge from conducting funerals in the Elgin and Forres areas of Mora... 09/08/2004 PE running out of burial space in South Africa Shortage of burial space has forced the metro to seek ways of providing more cemetery space... 09/08/2004 Service speeds cremains through airport security Passengers can transport a person's remains in a temporary container... 09/08/2004 San Leandro Considers Crematorium's Relocation 09/08/2004 Cemetery group seeking county aid in MI Debate over landlocked cemetery prompted cemetery caretakers to ask Commissioners to intervene... 09/08/2004 Vandals spark review of cemetery security Security is being reviewed at all Edinburgh's cemeteries after vandals went on the rampage at a city graveyard... 09/08/2004 Carriage Services Updates Company & Investment Profile 09/07/2004 Former Sherill-Harden Funeral Home Burns in central Toledo 09/07/2004 Funeral director takes national post Danny Percell becomes the 58th president of the National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association... 09/07/2004 Mortician dispels myths 09/07/2004 Casket rentals available In an attempt to offer a cost-conscious alternative, cremation businesses are offering caskets rentals... 09/07/2004 Statesboro couple buys back funeral home Higgins Funeral Home is once again family-owned and operated... 09/07/2004 City hopes cemetery can improve finances Evergreen Cemetery is becoming more costly each year... 09/07/2004 Funeral tent manufacturer serves a changing industry Steril Manufacturing Co pioneered the modern funeral tents under which most services are held... 09/07/2004 Residents seek to bar crematory from area San Leandro residents are upset over the possibility of a crematorium moving into their neighborhood... 09/07/2004 Funeral escorts win recognition in Fresno County 09/07/2004 Form 8-K for Service Corporation International 09/03/2004 Funeral home mix-up prompts investigation in Las Vegas Two bodies were switched causing the wrong man to be cremated... 09/03/2004 Elwood Funeral Home holds open house in NE 09/03/2004 Bright alternative to drab coffins Woman's colorful cardboard creations allow grieving families to celebrate loved one's life... 09/03/2004 New crematorium opens with dignity Lanarkshire's first-ever crematorium officially opened at a special service of dedication in Holytown... 09/03/2004 Vandals Tear Up Child's Gravestone in the Bear Street Cemetery, Barnstaple 09/03/2004 Court upholds Boca ban on upright grave markers 09/03/2004 Churchill County Commissioners formally dissolve county cemetery district 09/03/2004 Anger over 'wrong graves' sentence The families angered after cemetery escaped a jail sentence... 09/03/2004 Service Corporation Inter Financials 09/02/2004 Hill-Rom Recognized as One of HealthTrust Purchasing Group's Top 10 Outstanding Suppliers 09/02/2004 National Society of Allied and Independent Funeral Directors – has been awarded Investor in People status. 09/02/2004 Concern about Bellevue Cemetery in KY voiced Residents are concerned that the city might let private contractors run the cemeteries... 09/02/2004 Amarillo Funeral home denies claims in lawsuit Funeral home denies infant remains were accidentally cremated with another body... 09/02/2004 In Oregon: Man's ashes crash through roof of home Bag of ashes slipped as family members were circling the cemetery in a small plane... 09/02/2004 Veteran building tribute to dead The temporary memorial will be erected Sept. 9 at Veterans' Memorial Park in Salinas, CA... 09/02/2004 An effort worth joining Volunteers showed their value during a clean-up 2-acre cemetery in Morton Grove, IL... 09/02/2004 Two weekends for 'Grave Yarns: The Cemetery Revealed' in Dover Guided tour of Dover's Pine Hill Cemetery will take place on two weekends... 09/02/2004 Allen's Pet Cemetery in Greensboro has closed forcing Owners to face hard choices 09/02/2004 Stewart Enterprises, Inc. Earnings Conference Call 09/01/2004 Matthews International Files SEC Form 8-K 09/01/2004 Flanner & Buchanan Funeral Centers Take Services to Indianapolis Malls Kiosks showcase Cremation Service options... 09/01/2004 Unusual ME procession fitting tribute to tractor club's founder Casket towed aboard hay wagon followed by antique tractors... 09/01/2004 In memory of 9/11, sites attract visitors To pay their respects and never forget the tragedies... 09/01/2004 PA Funeral Directors Association Assists Consumers to Guard against Fraud 09/01/2004 Memorial Tree program special way to remember a loved one in TX 09/01/2004 Man's cremated ashes strike roof of OR home Bag slipped as plane circled cemetery for scattering... 09/01/2004 Dozens Sue HI's Memorial Mortuary for Denial of Service, Breach of Contract 09/01/2004 UK's Saffron Hill Cemetery Plans to Clear Shared Babies' Graves Strip headstones and toys... 09/01/2004 |
Finding love — at a funeral Connections made at time of grief can spark romance later... 08/31/2004 Putnam County, FL still has a chance to get a national veterans' cemetery. 08/31/2004 Relief near for Gypsies living on cemetery 08/31/2004 One Valley School Found Parking To Be A Grave Situation in Las Vegas The school district paid the cemetery for the right to pave an unused portion... 08/31/2004 Heartless thieves target pet statue St Andrews family has been devastated to find mother's grave targeted by heartless thieves... 08/31/2004 Angry Customers Say Portsmouth Business Not Following Through on Headstones Several customers of a headstone business in Portsmouth say grief compounded by a scam... 08/31/2004 Serbian cemetery being renovated Easing tiff between Jews and Gypsies... 08/31/2004 Matthews International Corporation Acquires The InTouch Group 08/30/2004 Stopping for Death Funeral processions still draw respect... 08/30/2004 Grave situation With everyone eventually requiring mortuary services, it is no wonder the industry remains very profitable... 08/30/2004 Helping families cope with deaths Bill Hurley was planning and conducting events long before event planning became a popular college major... 08/30/2004 La. woman's complaint stirs Pa. legal action Suit filed to prevent Celestial Life Planning Inc from entering into new contracts with customers... 08/30/2004 Family members have mixed feelings about preserving the land where hundreds of bodies were found 08/30/2004 Toll wants $25M for cemetery land The fight to put a veterans cemetery in Dolington, PA just got a little more expensive... 08/30/2004 Paris' City of the Dead The Parisian cemetery is an introduction to history... 08/30/2004 In Najaf, cemetery not safe for burials Little is being done to rid cemetery of explosives left after recent fighting... 08/30/2004 InvoCare set to meet 2004 prospectus forecast 08/27/2004 Arbor Memorial Services Inc. Quarterly Results 08/27/2004 Whistling Past The Graveyard: StoneMor's IPO Outlook 08/27/2004 Will $80 million Marsh settlement stick? Payments hinge on outcome of hearing... 08/27/2004 The Revenge of Kübler-Ross TV bringing death and grieving into our living rooms... 08/27/2004 TX veterans cemetery board to visit Gregg and Smith counties Considering third veterans cemetery... 08/27/2004 Oregon Commission on Historic Cemeteries awards grants 08/27/2004 North Wales pet cemetery in line for "Cemetery of the Year" Award for graveyards for humans and animals... 08/27/2004 Tending tombstones in OR Group earns state grant for Meridian Cemetery upkeep... 08/27/2004 Navy Yard City residents say no to WA crematory 08/27/2004 Coffins exposed in Canadian cemetery Taloyoak, Nunavut making much needed improvements to its cemeteries... 08/27/2004 Advice worth heeding John Llewellyn's book explains how to plan your own funeral... 08/26/2004 More than just 'a container for the remains' Batesville Casket Co. help celebrate a life... 08/26/2004 Stewart Enterprises, Inc. Earnings Conference Call Scheduled to start Wed, Sep 8, 2004... 08/26/2004 Getting a lift from an angel Emotional May sprinkles Mom's ashes on sand after winning gold medal... 08/26/2004 Real-life look at death? Funeral directors' views vary on TV series about their work... 08/26/2004 Former funeral director ordered to pay $18,000 For selling pre-paid funeral services without a license... 08/26/2004 'Buy American,' cradle to casket 08/26/2004 State Will Audit Lawrence, KS Cemetery After Complaints Some Families Complain Upkeep Has Declined... 08/26/2004 Funeral director enjoys helping families Death is something no one wants to deal with, but for a funeral director and embalmer, it is a daily job.... 08/26/2004 Ushers to the great beyond 08/26/2004 Man at center of crematory scandal facing another trial Civil case by families set to begin this week... 08/26/2004 Federal Appeals Court Upholds OK Casket Law Only Licensed Funeral Directors Allowed To Sell Caskets... 08/25/2004 Jury Selection Begins in Tri-State Crematory Suit 08/25/2004 Last Requests: Inspiration from the silver screen Music inspired by films among most popular for funerals... 08/25/2004 St. Paul's unveils recently completed columbarium Columbaria increasing in number in Alabama... 08/25/2004 Restoring roots at Linwood Cemetery Columbus citizens urged to participate in tree-donor program... 08/25/2004 Hughes Cemetery Association formed in Benton, AK Hope to implement perpetual care and restore dignity... 08/25/2004 MA Funeral Director Suspended For Unprofessional Practices 08/25/2004 Fellow board members file suit against KY's Big Spring Cemetery board Disputing sale of land... 08/25/2004 The best places to die Geography determines much about your final days... 08/24/2004 VA to open staff training center in St. Louis Employees who manage and operate its national cemeteries... 08/24/2004 Celebrating Lives Drives Growth of Funeral Celebrants 08/24/2004 NY looks to establish veterans' cemeteries Network of cemeteries to ease federal burden... 08/24/2004 For the grief-stricken of Iraq, burying the dead is a dangerous business 08/24/2004 Lest we forget Staten Island cemeteries Coalition formed to restore historic cemeteries... 08/24/2004 Narcissus can defeat gophers, and it's time to plant Carried on today in graveyards all across America... 08/24/2004 Remains remain long after they turn to ashes Funeral directors say it's a big problem... 08/24/2004 Pull out manners by pulling over for funeral procession 08/24/2004 Families say they've been contacted to relocate graves near O'Hare Received "intimidating calls" from a city contractor... 08/24/2004 Matthews International Financials 08/23/2004 Relatives' lawsuit against Tri-State Crematory operator goes to trial 2 1/2 years after the remains were discovered... 08/23/2004 Rising number of funerals ditch traditional burials 08/23/2004 Inventor lets the dead have final word Video tombstone idea sparking interest worldwide... 08/23/2004 Marin Co., CA cemetery: Ashes to ashes, dust to mulch Turning cemeteries into open space land preserves... 08/23/2004 Only in Hollywood - a cemetery where you can watch movies Historic movies in historic Hollywood Forever Cemetery... 08/23/2004 A useful income source for UK farmers Demand for woodland or natural burial grounds... 08/23/2004 Ossining, NY takes reins of struggling Dale Cemetery Plans enhanced maintenance and marketing... 08/23/2004 Suburbs use cemeteries to try to stop O'Hare Expansion plan would plow under two religious cemeteries... 08/23/2004 Pasco Co., FL indigent burials get cremations Soaring land prices and shrinking cemetery space... 08/23/2004 LA family feud threatening Hall's Mortuary business 08/23/2004 Alderwoods Group announces issuance of $200 million of senior notes and completion of debt refinancing 08/20/2004 Can Costco Grow With Death? How might a big discounter such as Costco affect the funeral home industry?... 08/20/2004 Criminal trial for crematory operator likely to be delayed Defense attorneys plan to appeal a judge's decision not to dismiss hundreds of criminal charges... 08/20/2004 Woman hit by falling gravestone in London Road cemetery Hundreds of unsafe gravestones have been laid flat... 08/20/2004 Romania Jewish cemetery defaced 08/20/2004 A call to re-use graves to tackle a crisis in cemetery space in London. 08/20/2004 Lincolnton looks to limit decoration of grave sites Ordinance aims to ease cemetery upkeep... 08/20/2004 City readies tour of cemetery celebs in Idaho 08/20/2004 Land donated to cemetery in Beaufort already contains graves 08/20/2004 Arrests made in cemetery vandalism in Warren County 08/20/2004 Alderwoods extends tender offer for notes 08/19/2004 Form 8-K for Alderwoods Group Inc 08/19/2004 Thief takes ashes of late father 08/19/2004 Oklahoma police search for headstone's home 08/19/2004 Volunteers start second phase of cemetery project Volunteers are transforming Oak Hill Cemetery, in Bellingham, from a place of neglect to a recognized historic site... 08/19/2004 Vandals burn flags at at St. Joseph's Cemetery in Pittsfield. 08/19/2004 Group formed to keep Hughes 'sacred' in Benton, Arkansas Hughes Cemetery Association has been formed and good things are happening at the once practically inaccessible burial grounds... 08/19/2004 Kind soul replaces stolen wind chimes, family's faith in Southern Alberta 08/19/2004 Cemetery's grant will help Walworth County sheriff to buy equipment 08/19/2004 Harris, GA cemetery will accommodate 36,000 burial sites Upscale commercial cemetery planned... 08/18/2004 Board repeals VA rule on casket ads Removing ban may bring lower prices... 08/18/2004 All of Chip Johnson's life has been a matter of death Fourth-generation embalmer and funeral director... 08/18/2004 Group forms to help with MO cemetery Making new state veterans cemetery even more beautiful... 08/18/2004 White Oak, NC man seeks help to preserve old cemetery Preserving cemeteries where ancestors are buried... 08/18/2004 Singapore's dead make way for the living Land is in huge demand... 08/18/2004 Sea burials the way to go for Aussies For those with an aversion to cremation... 08/18/2004 PA veterans cemetery plans hit a snag First burials postponed until April... 08/18/2004 Vandals strike WV's Parkersburg Memorial Gardens 08/18/2004 UK sculptor's warning after 1/4-ton headstone is stolen Exclusive stone easy to identify... 08/18/2004 Form 8-K for Carriage Services Inc 08/17/2004 Form 10-Q for Carriage Services Inc 08/17/2004 Form 10-Q for Rock of Ages Corp 08/17/2004 Form 10-Q for Service corporation international 08/17/2004 Costco Eyeing Casket Business Started Test Marketing Caskets In Chicago... 08/17/2004 Councillors act over 'dumping ground' Cemetery car park has become a dumping ground for rubbish, forcing councillors to take action... 08/17/2004 'Last Orders' beer mats remind drinkers of mortality Publicans in Scotland don't think much of funeral directors' plans to use beer mats promoting their business in bars... 08/17/2004 San Leandro residents oppose crematorium Neighbors protest facility's proposed site near schools... 08/17/2004 Suspect admits to desecration of Jewish cemetery in France 08/17/2004 Cottonwood grove will be removed for military graves With a shortage of grave sites, officials at Fort Logan National Cemetery will cut down a grove of cottonwood trees... 08/17/2004 Form 8-K for Service Corporation International 08/16/2004 Service Corp. operating earnings fall 08/16/2004 Bloomington, IN cemetery heeds trend, builds crematory 08/16/2004 Preplanned funeral can ease survivors' grief More people are making arrangements in advance... 08/16/2004 Funeral museum lives in Houston 08/16/2004 Funeral directors fight for role in cremation Legal battles brewing over firms that offer services in death without full licensing 08/16/2004 3rd generation keeps family store thriving in Annville, PA Funeral home and a furniture store combination still thrives... 08/16/2004 Valley City natives find funeral careers rewarding The Peterson-Johnson-Schuldt Funeral Home has its roots planted deep in this community... 08/16/2004 Funeral home relieved after 3 lightning strikes Lightning does strike more than once in the same place... 08/16/2004 Rotary learns about pet cemetery The pet industry is the biggest growing industry right now... 08/16/2004 Balltown, KY cemetery petition withdrawn Chad Riggs Construction, Inc. had petitioned the Court to declare the cemetery plot it owned abandoned... 08/16/2004 PA Funeral Directors Association Lawsuit Seeks Injunction Against Several Cremation Societies 08/13/2004 Touring CA's Mendocino Cemetery District reveals glimpse of history 08/13/2004 Wheeling-Charleston, WV Diocese Adjusts Gravesite Policies 08/13/2004 Uncovering the unknown Polk County, NC cemetery at Bright's Creek 08/13/2004 Meeting answers questions on new MI national cemetery 08/13/2004 Work continues on Ridges cemeteries in Athens, OH Adding respect and dignity... 08/13/2004 Scottish war hero's grave site recognized 40 years later 08/13/2004 ME's private Carleton Cemetery returns to Rockport's care State only requires maintenance of veteran's graves... 08/13/2004 Plans for Portland, OR housing face buried history Group wants old graves exhumed before condos are built... 08/13/2004 Carriage Services Earnings Conference Call Today at 10:30 am 08/12/2004 Carriage Services Reports 2nd Qtr Results 08/12/2004 One of largest Muslim cemeteries in world becomes battlefield for U.S. troops 08/12/2004 Judge may rule on motions in Tri-State Crematory criminal case 08/12/2004 Increasingly, the choice of the departed is ashes More Americans are opting for cremation rather than burial... 08/12/2004 Funeral, Burial Set In Buffalo For Funk Singer Rick James Public viewings in CA and NY... 08/12/2004 Mystery of a hero's unmarked Portland, OR grave site gets solved 08/12/2004 Salisbury, NC commission takes another look at historic cemeteries 08/12/2004 UK: From beer to eternity 'Last Orders' beer mats encourage participation in funeral survey... 08/12/2004 UK's Felixstowe gravestones in poor condition All must comply with new health and safety regulations... 08/12/2004 Carriage Services Announces 2nd Qtr Earnings Release and Conference Call 08/11/2004 Matthews International Files Form 10-Q, Quarterly Report 08/11/2004 Web sites vie to offer funerals at bargain price Growing number of Americans plan online... 08/11/2004 Hefty "Cemeteries of Christian County, Kentucky 1797-2003" is quiet best-seller 08/11/2004 The mark one leaves often doesn't match one's marker The way people honor the dead... 08/11/2004 SC's Beaufort National Cemetery expansion uncovers unknown graves 08/11/2004 Bristol County, MA inmates perform maintenance work at historic Mt. Pleasant Cemetery 08/11/2004 Online power added to funeral formalities in New Zealand 08/11/2004 Botswana High Court rules in favour of Kamanakao Association Burial ceremonies have immense socio-cultural significance... 08/11/2004 Grave changes for Australian cemetery safety Compliance with occupational health and safety legislation requirements... 08/11/2004 Outcry in France at smashing of graves Latest desecration is 11th similar attack... 08/11/2004 Daughters vow to resolve PA grave mistake Take legal action against Union Cemetery Association... 08/11/2004 Hill-Rom Introduces New Headwall System for Hospitals 08/10/2004 New AL law guards funeral wishes Funeral homes say it will have little impact on them... 08/10/2004 Funerals, insurance costs soar Pre-arrangement policies best way... 08/10/2004 Preservation of Old Jewish Cemetery in Ukraine One of the few that survived to the present day... 08/10/2004 Despite Billings, MT strike, cemetery work must go on 08/10/2004 FL subdivision to be built around lot where Indian bones were found Conservation easement to ensure site is preserved... 08/10/2004 Idaho funeral home scam nets guilty plea Bilked clients by using nonexistent service packages... 08/10/2004 Vandals Damage Council Bluff, NE Cemeteries Over $100,000 in damage... 08/10/2004 Dozens of Jewish graves desecrated in cemetery in southern France 08/10/2004 Security Beefed Up At New Zealand Cemeteries Patrols at all Wellington cemeteries... 08/10/2004 Wilbert Inc. plans to spend $3 million on upgrades, eyes adding 75 jobs 08/09/2004 Endless possibilities: Technology lets families create unique gravestones Gravestones have become an outlet for families to memorialize their loved one for future generations... 08/09/2004 Ashes to ashes: Rising number choosing cremation over burial 08/09/2004 From birth to burial, region adapts to culture Islamic beliefs enter mainstream... 08/09/2004 Hank's cemetery causes unrest Plot holders voice worries after owner dies, state enters... 08/09/2004 Spending time with funeral director helped healing process 08/09/2004 St. Clair man gets casket after insurance dispute The casket is the product of a policy May took out on his wife not long after their wedding in 1933... 08/09/2004 Resident won't rest until cemetery is built "I'm not leaving," said the woman, whose plot is to get her rural Burlco hometown to act... 08/09/2004 Family tradition hits 45 Taylor Funeral Home provides service to those in need... 08/09/2004 Port St. Lucie gets first cemetery "We've got 30 to 40 people on a list just waiting for permission to buy pre-need plots..." 08/09/2004 Fire damages mortuary's roof The roof and attic of the Horan & McConaty mortuary in Colorado started during a cremation... 08/09/2004 Alderwoods Group announces pricing of tender offer 08/06/2004 Form 8-K for Alderwoods Group Inc 08/06/2004 Coping with grief for 2005 The Bereavement Support Services of the National Assistance Board will be hosting a conference on coping with loss and grief... 08/06/2004 R.J. Babione, founder of Boca funeral home, dies 08/06/2004 Understanding Loss Barbadians do not fully comprehend the varying aspects of loss... 08/06/2004 Revolutionary War graves marked Meredith Cemetery to be listed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places... 08/06/2004 Grave protest Man believes there has been a wrongful burial in the family plot... 08/06/2004 Jewish cemetery in New Zealand vandalized 08/06/2004 Developers try to determine if cemetery located on site If so, they have filed suit to move the bodies to Louisville Cemetery... 08/06/2004 Story changes on cemetery dump site City Manager is backing away from his story that city temporarily stores trash at the rear of Brooksville's cemetery... 08/06/2004 Potter's Field makes comeback Volunteers have been cleaning up the forgotten cemetery this summer... 08/06/2004 Muslim tombs desecrated in France 08/06/2004 B. David Daly, innovative undertaker, dies at 67 08/05/2004 Alderwoods Group announces results of tender offer and consent solicitation 08/05/2004 New rules for transporting urns on commercial airlines affecting passengers 08/05/2004 Law alters burials Insurance policy only worth the face amount of the policy... 08/05/2004 A new cemetery for Redbridge Redbridge is to gain a fifth cemetery and London's first newly built crematorium in more than 40 years... 08/05/2004 KY Cemetery Probed for 1812 War Remains 08/05/2004 Plan OK'd to acquire more land for Rock Run Trailfrom Woodlawn Cemetery in IL Treading along: Park district hopes to link up southern portion with northern... 08/05/2004 City agrees Parks & Rec sign poor match for Oak Hill Cemetery Cemetery district run by Lawrence Parks and Recreation but doesn't mention the cemetery's longtime name... 08/05/2004 American Legion honors Pettit for her work at the cemetery in AZ 08/05/2004 Skating rink plan sparks ire Graveyard deserves respect... 08/05/2004 Volunteers rally to fix cemetery vandalism in Elizabeth Township 08/05/2004 Plan for Japan National Cemetery Stalled 08/05/2004 David Daly, 1937-2004 08/04/2004 More women enter funeral professions 08/04/2004 Crematorium plan falls to odor fears in Carpentersville 08/04/2004 Funerals take on added honor for Guard's select few 08/04/2004 Family hits out at grave robbers in UK 08/04/2004 South Africa 'Recycles' Graves for AIDS Victims 08/04/2004 Tomb Trouble: Nimby Strikes at Woodlawn Leona Helmsley is suing the Woodlawn Cemetery... 08/04/2004 PA Widow aggrieved by sales pitch 08/04/2004 Ashes to ashes - Artist pursues the funerary market Artisan boxes are a natural... 08/03/2004 Funeral director sues Syracuse Memorial Society Claims low prices keep him out... 08/03/2004 Clark County, NV to consider cremation for indigents 08/03/2004 The Danger of the Dead Post 9/11 CDC issued alert... 08/03/2004 Author explores food's role in funeral rituals 08/03/2004 Rest and peace restored to Lima, MS cemetery Clean-up efforts reveal 19th century monuments... 08/03/2004 Carlsbad, NM looks at cemetery scattering garden and columbarium 08/03/2004 Malyasia's IRB to sue Chinese cemetery owners to recover taxes 08/03/2004 Hillenbrand Files SEC Form 10-Q, Quarterly Report 08/02/2004 Pittsburgh's historic Homewood Cemetery dedicates its new mausoleum 08/02/2004 Demand for cremation grows in IN 08/02/2004 In-home funerals PBS documentary "A Family Undertaking" addresses tradition... 08/02/2004 Cemetery owner pleads not guilty The co-owner and operator of a local cemetery was charged with disturbing a marked burial ground... 08/02/2004 New Orleans musicians have final resting place Family grants Friends of New Orleans Cemeteries use of their tomb... 08/02/2004 Preservation work on AL's historic Florence Cemetery nears finish 08/02/2004 Nahant to pre-sell cemetery lots in MA First time in more than 50 years... 08/02/2004 Grave duties in MO 21 years working at Crown Hill Cemetery... 08/02/2004 Poughkeepsie teen's love of history led to cemetery restoration 08/02/2004 Going out with a laugh in Romania Graveyard has become a popular tourist attraction... 08/02/2004 Builders find ancient tomb in Cairo suburb Dating from the Pharaonic period... 08/02/2004 Rock of Ages Reports 2nd Qtr and 1st Half Results 07/30/2004 Woodlawn's buried treasures Book celebrates hidden stories behind gilded NYC cemetery... 07/30/2004 Robinson's Friendly Funeral Home celebrates 35 years in MS 07/30/2004 Chinese funeral service workers to get training Good funeral organizers have become very "hot"... 07/30/2004 Boy Scouts take cemetery cleanup fight to NY Supreme Court 07/30/2004 PA church plans to relocate, taking whole cemetery with it 290 graves must be identified before remains can be moved... 07/30/2004 Teamsters Pack Cemeteries, Anger Grieving Families Striking against burial vault maker... 07/30/2004 Bend tombstone turns up in Yamhill, OR Residents baffled how 200-pound tombstone showed up on their lawn... 07/30/2004 UK children warned over danger of playing in cemeteries 07/30/2004 Cemetery Controversy Continues in Lubbock, TX Families suing because they can not find buried loved ones... 07/30/2004 NM Official: Sunset Gardens Memorial Park Cemetery owners broke state law Long-standing pattern of abuse and unprofessional conduct... 07/30/2004 Underwater Buriels Death is set to get the Hollywood treatment with the construction of the world's first ocean floor cemetery... 07/29/2004 Cremation changing the face of funerals Batesville Casket of Indiana saw its unit sales drop by nearly 10 percent in the past two years... 07/29/2004 Hillenbrand Industries Reports Third Quarter Revenues From Continuing Operations of $461 Million 07/29/2004 Providence con jailed for involvement in Florida cremation fraud Colannino allowed bodies to pile up at a local crematory because he couldn't afford to have them cremated... 07/29/2004 Idaho ends distinction of being only state without veterans cemetery 07/29/2004 City Leaders Meet To Discuss Disintegrating Cemeteries 07/29/2004 Carleton Cemetery controversy continues Charges of mismanagement have been put forth by descendants of the families buried at Carleton Cemetery... 07/29/2004 Galva's boneyard bandit foiled again Families can reclaim stolen items... 07/29/2004 Graves dispute intensifies A mystery over graves relocated from the Costco-Home Depot development in Yonkers goest to court... 07/29/2004 Pickets raise ire at the cemetery gates Brown-Wilbert Teamsters show up at local funerals, getting little sympathy from mourners... 07/29/2004 Families Seek to Bring Cemetery Back to Life The site, now a Ventura park, contains nearly 3,000 bodies... 07/29/2004 Form 8-K for ALDERWOODS GROUP INC 07/28/2004 TributeDirect and EGL, Inc. Form Alliance to Subsidize Funeral Costs Program helps families in strained financial circumstances... 07/28/2004 More parents mark the loss of newborn babies Growing trend of having funeral and memorial services... 07/28/2004 Ground broken for veterans memorial at Keokuk, IA's Oakland Cemetery 07/28/2004 Grief Dog Helps Rocky Mount, NC Funeral Mourners Cope 07/28/2004 Leona Helmsley sues NY's Woodlawn Cemetery for $150m 07/28/2004 Louisville, KY's Western Cemetery preservation targeted 07/28/2004 Grave task preserves history in Portsmouth, NH Restoring North Cemetery grave sites... 07/28/2004 Jacksonville, FL Leaders Meet To Discuss Disintegrating Cemeteries 07/28/2004 Man charged with vandalizing historic Pensacola cemetery 07/28/2004 LaFayette, NY development may disturb Onondaga Nation sites 07/28/2004 TN's Monteagle Funeral Home Before State Board Over Tri-State Crematory Case 07/28/2004 Zimbabweans unable to bury their dead Relatives cannot afford cost of funeral... 07/28/2004 Carriage Services Announces Second Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call Schedule 07/27/2004 Form 8-K for Service Corporation International 07/27/2004 Form 8-K for Stewart Enterprises Inc 07/27/2004 Stewart Enterprises Updates Progress of Group Stock Trading Plan 07/27/2004 Man Accused Of Cremation Mix-Ups Is In Witness Protection Program 07/27/2004 Businessman's bail to remain at $50,000 07/27/2004 Family fights cemetery move Until a "proper and respectful" plan can be developed for the deceased... 07/27/2004 Foundry owner pours his heart into the job Santiam Bronze Works founder forges ahead with fiery resolve... 07/27/2004 Construction project disrupts cemetery, business traffic in Twin Falls, ID 07/27/2004 City Cemetery neglected; officials blame 'old' contract with mortuary in NM 07/27/2004 Family Claims Woman Buried At Wrong Gravesite 07/27/2004 Police Investigating Cemetery Vandalism Headstones, Bodies Disturbed At Rose Hill Cemetery... 07/27/2004 Alderwoods Group reports second quarter results 07/26/2004 Court backs irrevocable funeral home contracts Consumers who sign irrevocable contracts preneed may not withdraw the money and spend it at another facility... 07/26/2004 Cremated remains pose airport problem X-rays can't penetrate some urns, and screeners with the Transportation Security Administration are not allowed to open the urns... 07/26/2004 Funeral home fined for cremation delay 07/26/2004 Obesity is a problem for cremation The problem is that the cremator measures at 28 inches wide and is smaller than average... 07/26/2004 Planned funeral decisions save relatives strife One of the most overlooked aspects of estate planning is the final arrangements... 07/26/2004 Volunteers, others compile online cemetery database 07/26/2004 Amanda man pushes for grave markers 07/26/2004 Making a Case for Going Out in Style As one of 76 million aging baby boomers, I'm not surprised at this interest in unconventional sendoffs... 07/26/2004 State board pulls license of Sapulpa funeral home owner The funeral home owner is accused of taking jewelry from a dead woman... 07/26/2004 Welsh waistlines cause funerals headache A 20 per cent surge in demand for American-style super-size coffins for the Welsh ballooning population... 07/26/2004 150 Gravestones Toppled At Elizabeth Cemetery Some of the graves are more than 100 years old, many of them belonging to Civil War veterans... 07/26/2004 Alderwoods announces tender offer and consent solicitation 07/23/2004 Court backs 'preneed' funeral contracts 07/23/2004 LA's Ole Leesville Cemetery one of three selected nationwide for workshop Will host Cemetery Conservation Workshop... 07/23/2004 Eternal rest, in an underwater world off Key Biscayne City of ashes to be called Atlantis... 07/23/2004 Group works to reclaim PA's Baughman Burying Grounds 07/23/2004 TN Funeral Home Fined For Using Tri-State Crematory 07/23/2004 Graveyard fireworks—nobody does it like cable Showtime cemetery party promotes new season "Dead Like Me"... 07/23/2004 Lots of living in this Cemetery The Cemetery Club is a brave and lively play... 07/23/2004 Cemetery Lies In The Path Of Charlotte's Light Rail Line 07/23/2004 Gravestone found at new Winnipeg dream home Found among onstruction debris in yard... 07/23/2004 VA's Mullins completes 10-year property deal with Alderwoods 07/22/2004 Houston military cemetery is getting an overhaul Part of a nationwide effort to upgrade the country's national cemeteries... 07/22/2004 Urns pose problems for AZ's Sky Harbor screeners Convergence of two major trends: airport security and human cremation... 07/22/2004 Grieving parents look to Angel of Hope at Portland cemetery Statue will give families a place to mourn deceased children... 07/22/2004 Pittsburgh's North Hills Genealogical Society seeking old graves In search of any pioneer-era cemeteries... 07/22/2004 Balinese royal family prepares for grand cremation ceremony 07/22/2004 Tiered graves solution to lack of land in Malaysia 07/22/2004 PA Funeral Director Seeks to Shut Down Harrisburg Cremation Society 07/22/2004 Pilot Town, AL controversy lingers over grave marker Developer threatens trespassing arrest... 07/22/2004 Discovery of bones probed at MA cemetery Found in area where excavated grave dirt is deposited... 07/22/2004 Phase 2 Grave Checks in Staffordshire, England Over 1,000 headstones to undergo safety checks... 07/22/2004 South African grave-robbers go for hi-tech Stealing equipment for resale or their own funeral businesses... 07/22/2004 Matthews International Announces 3rd Qtr Earnings & Declares Quarterly Dividend 07/21/2004 Matthews net up 17% despite metals costs 07/21/2004 Judge in Tri-State case sets pretrial hearing Marsh faces 787 state criminal charges... 07/21/2004 Space programs out, cemeteries in as war-time US budget ax falls 07/21/2004 Amateur sleuths solve case of the bone yard bandit in Galva, IL Woman pilfered thousands of dollars worth of grave decorations... 07/21/2004 Pierre, SD public told to avoid Native American burial sites Falling water levels exposing artifacts, bones... 07/21/2004 Remembering Children: Bereavement Support Organization Plans Hollywood 'Walk to Remember' 07/21/2004 Crush at UK's Dukinfield Crematorium 20 minute services often overlap... 07/21/2004 Ashes to ashes, dust to diamonds With cremations on the rise, unique keepsake... 07/21/2004 Matthews buys the Cloverleaf Group 07/20/2004 Hill-Rom Receives Platinum Vendor Designation 07/20/2004 Approval For New NY Burial Law Assists burial society members in being interred... 07/20/2004 Cemeteries becoming outdoor art galleries 07/20/2004 Some funeral rites get a well-earned rest Funerals shifting from hours of sorrow to celebrations of life... 07/20/2004 Military cemetery in Dixon, CA receives final approval 07/20/2004 Landmark day in the annals of IA burials Cold Spring to build pricey private mausoleum... 07/20/2004 VA's A.D. Price Funeral Establishment sale near? Contract to sell to Baltimore-based Marcorp Ltd... 07/20/2004 OH's Marsh Funeral Homes buys Woodville funeral home 07/20/2004 Spiralling death rate takes South Africa off guard Is providing cemeteries an essential government service... 07/20/2004 American Trends: Environmentally friendly in 'green graveyards' 07/19/2004 Funeral services are adapting to changing times 07/19/2004 Now more women than men are entering mortuary schools 07/19/2004 'Thumbies,' keepsakes help remember loved ones One of many new options being offered to the grieving... 07/19/2004 In Las Vegas, death becomes part of the party Palm Mortuaries' themed sets... 07/19/2004 NJ festival honors dead in Buddhist culture 07/19/2004 Diving deep for burials at sea Businessman plans to build cemetery under the sea... 07/19/2004 Cremation insulting to South African Christians 07/19/2004 In military shape at Golden Gate National Cemetery 07/19/2004 The case for 'dense burial' in Israel 07/19/2004 OH's Wesleyan Cemetery needs all its friends Volunteers hack away at years of neglect... 07/19/2004 Get your grave online in Johannesburg Within an hour after a funeral, determine where exactly someone is buried... 07/16/2004 Death a laughing matter at Romania cemetery Life and death are celebrated equally... 07/16/2004 Digital Companies Making Memories Last Funeral homes and cemeteries market DVDs to play as part of funeral service... 07/16/2004 Something you don't see every day: Lincoln casket replica on display in TX Public demonstration of the importance of the funeral... 07/16/2004 Winchester, KY cemetery board to implement $25,000 grant for Daniel Grove Cemetery 07/16/2004 Cleanup of Taunton, MA cemeteries begins Mayor asks public for patience... 07/16/2004 NJ Vets Cemetery defended at freeholders Special Orthodox Jewish section creates controversy... 07/16/2004 Officials wonder where man's ashes have been for 30 years Ashes left near VT cemetery gates... 07/16/2004 Bid to tackle lack of burial space in KZN Municipalities battling to cope with the demand for burial space... 07/16/2004 SC funeral home on probation; director says rules followed 07/16/2004 |
Dignity Memorial Announces Live Telecast of Memorial Service Commemorates One-Year Anniversary of Death of Celia Cruz... 07/15/2004 Aurora Casket names new president, adds COO position 07/15/2004 Group fighting to protect Comstock cemeteries 07/15/2004 Grave markers get a personal touch The modern tombstone is undergoing a renaissance... 07/15/2004 Chicago cemetery buries Vietnam messages and mementos Mementos left at the traveling Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall... 07/15/2004 Daytona's Ormond Funeral Home plans to open another funeral home 07/15/2004 Chaput hearing hits on possible funeral trust defense Faces multiple grand theft by embezzlement charges... 07/15/2004 Threats Made On Priest's Life Over Discarded Grave Decorations 07/15/2004 Weekend-Long Hmong Funerals Cause Waves in ST. Paul, MN Ceremonies are considered sacred... 07/15/2004 UK graves attack culprits are birds 07/15/2004 Bell Tower Plan Changes Patsy Cline's family opposes use of singer's hits at gravesite... 07/15/2004 Hillenbrand Files SEC Form 8-K Acquisition or Disposition of Assets and Financial Statements... 07/14/2004 Respect for the dead Cincinnati's historic Wesleyan Cemetery... 07/14/2004 Take a walk through Edmonds, WA's history Edmonds Memorial Cemetery actually is a city park... 07/14/2004 UK grieving parents' graves protest Demand decorating ban lifted at Crew Cemetery... 07/14/2004 FL Grave Site Desecrated—Skull Missing Alack County Sheriff's Office checking county cemeteries for damage... 07/14/2004 African conference to discuss impact of AIDS on cemetery space 07/14/2004 Aussie cemetery restrictions cause grave concerns Stricter guidelines for recruiting cemetery trust volunteers... 07/14/2004 MO funeral home is accused of faking death Accused of collecting on the prepaid funeral policies of live customers... 07/14/2004 Hill-Rom Launches Easier-to-Use Online Ordering Process 07/13/2004 Funeral Industry Prepares for Surge in Death Rate 07/13/2004 LA's Sen. Cain to hold series of hearings on funeral policy benefits legislation 07/13/2004 The Secret City: Woodlawn Cemetery and the Buried History of New York 07/13/2004 Families find closure with Boston's 9/11 memorial 07/13/2004 VA Grant to Expand Southern Nevada Veterans Cemetery 07/13/2004 Delaware County, IN zoning law changed to allow mortuaries 07/13/2004 Fremont, NE's Ridge Cemetery keeps history of past lives in the hearts of present minds 07/13/2004 Palmer, MA youths enliven cemetery force Teens working on a summer job program... 07/13/2004 Bosque County, TX Woman's Burial Causing Controversy Plans on filing formal complaint with TX AG's office... 07/13/2004 Cincinnati, Hamilton County can't reach accord on upkeep of troubled Wesleyan cemetery Both named in lawsuit by OH AG... 07/13/2004 Aussie funeral workers call off strike action Deal follows lengthy negotiations... 07/13/2004 AL program targets cemetery upkeep Raising public awareness that cemeteries are at risk of being lost... 07/12/2004 Morticians seek access during Democratic national Convention Committee will find ways to accommodate hearses entering security zone... 07/12/2004 Funeral Consumer's Alliance Survey: Many VA funeral homes show improvement 06/12/2004 Car-free funeral for UK Green leader Procession of bike riders and walkers... 07/12/2004 African war grave site vandalized for 'treasure' Damage to gravestones was severe... 07/12/2004 Public restores vandalized IN cemetery Former employee faces felony charges... 07/12/2004 PA's Montgomery Cemetery is getting a long-overdue facelift Historical Society of Montgomery County implementing restorations... 07/12/2004 Aussie funeral director fined over unauthorized disposal 07/12/2004 Grave Matters: TX man digs resting places for 16 years 07/12/2004 Citizens Outraged over Funeral Law There's growing public outcry about a new law limiting the value of certain burial policies... 07/09/2004 Man Pays Twice For Father's Funeral Funeral Parlor Has No Record Of Pre-Payment... 07/09/2004 West End Cemetery about to get buried under weeds 07/09/2004 7 Arrested For Vandalism Of Historic Cemetery Cemetery Contains Graves Over 200 Years Old... 07/09/2004 Naperville gains land with historic cemetery The Will County Forest Preserve District voted to allow about 25 acres to be annexed... 07/09/2004 Vet cemetery ground set for consecration Saturday's ceremony at the $7.5 million cemetery has been two years in the making... 07/09/2004 Cemetery Policy Protesters Seeking Legal Action Protesters are angry with the lack of communication with diocese officials regarding the new policies... 07/09/2004 Arrests imminent in cemetery case The suspects are facing potential charges of vandalism, desecration, trespassing and other offenses... 07/09/2004 Attack on cemetery leaves town stunned A charity fund was launched yesterday by devastated members of a seaside community... 07/09/2004 High-tech messages from the grave Video-equipped tombstones to let cemetery visitors watch messages from the dead... 07/08/2004 State action may be too late to find graves 07/08/2004 Unexpected deaths can draw families close Many do not make arrangements, leaving the task to family members... 07/08/2004 More unable to foot costs of funeral The demand for funeral assistance has increased dramatically in the past year... 07/08/2004 New business cuts funeral cost "You can draw a great deal of satisfaction from knowing you're helping people in a time of need..." 07/08/2004 Suit asks to move remains if cemetery found 07/08/2004 Burial Policies Worth Less? 07/08/2004 Former cremation service owner arrested, hospitalized All-State Cremation was shut down amid accusations that the owner had given the wrong ashes to families... 07/08/2004 Erosion threatens to wash away cemetery 07/08/2004 Access to historic Liberty Township cemetery blocked Many of the American flags marking the graves of veterans have fallen down... 07/08/2004 Matthews International Corporation Acquires Holjeron Corporation 07/07/2004 Casketmaker buys industrial controls manufacturer in OR 07/07/2004 Plus-size, big-tall customers see inroads in quality, choices Funeral homes can generally accommodate oversized individuals in standard caskets... 07/07/2004 Bodies From Jewish Cemetery Are Unaccounted For Home Depot And Costco Were Built Over Orthodox Jewish Cemetery... 07/07/2004 Woman sues Amarillo mortuary Lawsuit claims botched cremation destroyed funeral plans... 07/07/2004 Mourners Disturbed by Enforcement of Cemetery Rules Management stated that others had complained that the cemetery looked like a junkyard... 07/07/2004 Cemetery trashed Vandals overturned one headstone and damaged two others... 07/07/2004 Decoration policy a grave concern A policy that limits decorations on grave sites at a Wheeling-area cemetery has upset some families... 07/07/2004 Donors ensure go-ahead for West Cemetery mural The town's Historical Commission has enough money to put up the West Cemetery mural next fall... 07/07/2004 Settlement falls through in crematory lawsuit The civil trial of Tri-State Crematory operator Brent Marsh is back on the docket... 07/06/2004 Home funerals bring comfort and intimacy 07/06/2004 New funeral home to open in Hardin County, KY 07/06/2004 Cemetery encourages public to buy plots 07/06/2004 Family sues over missing body in Las Vegas 07/06/2004 Cemetery Fight Could Land In Courtroom Diocesan leaders have said the statues were a liability to cemetery workers... 07/06/2004 Family-owned funeral homes merge Merger of the Brossia Funeral Homes with the Walker Funeral Homes has been announced... 07/06/2004 Fate of a graveyard unknown California investors and put on the market as vacant land... 07/06/2004 Eagle Scout cleans up St. John's Cemetery in Rensselaer County Before clean up gravestones couldn't even be seen from the road... 07/06/2004 Williamston residents debate pet crematory Decision likely next month for vacant building... 07/06/2004 Cemetery board makes financial appeal Fountain Hill Cemetery badly needing money and quickly exhausting its money-raising resources... 07/06/2004 Pioneering women's names grace graveyard's headstones WWII ships were named for two buried at Pioneer Cemetery... 07/06/2004 Enea, Applegate, Day will jointly run funeral homes The Enea, Applegate and Day families have come together to form a funeral home service... 07/06/2004 FFS Holdings, Inc. Acquires Forethought Financial Services, Inc. 07/02/2004 Women Find a Calling in the Funeral Business Wom |