August 7, 2008

Industry News 08.07.08

Cemetery thefts in Kalamazoo County (U.S.)

Nine forgotten veterans laid to rest at Riverside National Cemetery (U.S.)

Chili’s oldest cemetery gets its due (U.S.)

A sad duty grows in demand as veterans deaths tax honor guard (U.S.)

Veterans deserve military honors at their burials (U.S.)

Lawyer: Pa. funeral director did not kill his wife (U.S.)

Funeral association calls for industry legislation (New Zealand)

August 6, 2008

Industry News 08.06.08

Cemetery workers raise concerns over pesticide use (Canada)

Suburban funeral homes see increase in cremations (U.S.)

Woman sues funeral home (U.S.)

Suspect Charged in Funeral Home Stabbing (U.S.)

Funeral homes offering webcasts (U.S.)

Fundamentalist U.S. church could picket McLean funeral (Canada)

Funeral director charged in killing (U.S.)

Funeral Home Innovates With After-Service Catering (U.S.)

August 5, 2008

Industry News 08.05.08

Judge denies second change of venue for Charles City cemetery fraud trial (U.S.)

State board inspects funeral homes annually (U.S.)

Authorities remove more bodies from Columbia funeral home (U.S.)

Funeral director was about to reveal affair, D.A. says (U.S.)

Next Steps: FTC rules require funeral cost disclosure (U.S.)

Mourner stabbed at Donna funeral home (U.S.)

Media access to funerals allegedly discouraged (U.S.)

Ford's funeral license restored (U.S.)

August 4, 2008

Industry News 08.04.08

Landfill final resting place (U.S.)

Restoring Serock Jewish Cemetery in Poland (Poland)

Northlake retiree travels to cemeteries to photograph tombstones for grave database (U.S.)

Saving their sacred space (U.S.)

Aid to Run-Down Cemeteries Forthcoming (U.S.)

Six more bodies recovered at funeral home (U.S.)

Funeral director arrested, held on charges in wife's killing in Reinholds (U.S.)

Funerals are a dying industry! (UK)

August 1, 2008

Industry News 08.01.08

Arlington Cemetery at Center of Controversy Over Media Coverage of Military Funerals (U.S)

Colonie cemetery to pay another $75,000 (U.S.)

Honours for 400 in mass grave (UK)

"The American Resting Place": A lively look at burials (U.S.)

Crematory opponents all smoke (U.S.)

Mortuary doors shut for 15 days (U.S.)

Corpse suspect worked at funeral home (U.S.)

‘Obscene’ Euro plan to tax funerals (UK)

July 31, 2008

Industry News 07.31.08

Allegations at funeral home stun Columbia (U.S.)

Anahuac’s first cemetery receives historic cemetery designation (U.S.)

Blacks seek upkeep of historic cemetery (U.S.)

C.P. historic cemetery will bury pets (U.S.)

Nazi's funeral called tribute to anti-Semitism (Croatia)

Cemeteries going green (U.S.)

July 30, 2008

Industry News 07.30.08

Families want answers in funeral home case (U.S.)

Body of alleged mob enforcer removed before funeral (U.S.)

Cemetery strike over (Canada)

Grave problem at Forest Town cemetery (U.S.)

Director donate VND 500 million to upgrade martyrs' cemetery (Vietnam)

Retired funeral director admits to receiving drug money (U.S.)

Environmental Impact Study of Snellville Crematory Gets Go Ahead (U.S.)

July 29, 2008

Industry News 07.29.08

Cemetery workers back on job (Canada)

Discovery underscores grim condition of historic Portsmouth cemeteries (U.S.)

Widow dies after freak accident at cemetery (Scotland)

State seeks to shutter mortuary (U.S.)

Crematory's opening delayed (U.S.)

Funeral director seeks final home for containers of unclaimed ashes (U.S.)

July 28, 2008

Industry News 07.28.08

Early African-American Cemetery Confirmed in Richmond (U.S.)

Eco-friendly cemetery owners offer green death care (U.S.)

Local funeral home 'mishandling' bodies, AG's office says (U.S.)

Nation’s most advanced cremation chamber launched (Malaysia)

Battle over crematory heats up (U.S.)

Burial errors cost $270,000 (U.S.)

July 25, 2008

Industry News 07.25.08

Bay Area Family Endures Funeral Home Nightmare (U.S.)

With reburial, cemetery saga nearly laid to rest (U.S.)

Pet cemetery approved (U.S.)

Tel Aviv cemetery warns no plots left within year (Israel)

Cemetery workers on strike (Canada)

Headstones Vandalized At Collingdale Cemetery (U.S.)