October 10, 2008

Industry News 10.10.08

Caskets accidentally switched at Wis. cemetery (U.S.)

Stewart Enterprises Falls Most Since 1999 as Bid Dies (U.S.)

Family's two-month funeral delay (UK)

Unused burial plots are almost as hard to sell as single-family homes (U.S.)

Air quality ordinance targets crematory (U.S.)

Detroit couple won't face murder charge in son's BBQ cremation (U.S.)

October 8, 2008

Industry News 10.08.08

Service Corporation International Withdraws Proposal For Stewart Enterprises (U.S.)

Congress Must Act to Save Wasted Organs (U.S.)

Woman says an Augusta funeral home destroyed father's body (U.S.)

Terrell Mayor Memorializes Wildwood Cemetery (U.S.)

Work Underway On New Veterans Cemetery (U.S.)

Norwalk cemetery invaded by body tamperers (U.S.)

Cremation conundrum (UK)

October 7, 2008

Industry News 10.07.08

Stewart Enterprises: Alive and Well (U.S.)

$40,000 Dollars of Copper Stolen from Baby Cemetery (U.S.)

Veterans cemetery awarded $5 million (U.S.)

Cheb begins construction of German war cemetery (Prague)

Woman's casket placed in wrong grave (U.S.)

October 6, 2008

Industry News 10.06.08

Judge sides with city in crematory issue (U.S.)

Grave insult (Barbados)

Judge sentences adult in cemetery vandalism (U.S.)

Cemetery vandalism may cost taxpayers (U.S.)

Hindu Cremation Angers US Muslims (Egypt)

October 3, 2008

Industry News 10.03.08

WWI diggers to get new French cemetery (Australia)

Excavators Ruin Historical Cemetery (Russia)

Four area funeral directors help with Hurricane Ike relief (U.S.)

Funeral director's license revoked (U.S.)

Biker's present check for Confederate Cemetery upkeep (U.S.)

October 2, 2008

Industry News 10.02.08

House passes cemetery measure (U.S.)

Worker crushed by elevator at Linden funeral home (U.S.)

Mystery surrounds storm-damaged cemetery (U.S.)

Cemetery Debris (U.S.)

4 accused in NY of stealing vets cemetery markers (U.S.)

October 1, 2008

Industry News 10.01.08

First body parts trial set for Nov. 3 (U.S.)

Greece rebuffs Church over cremations (Greece)

Former cemetery operator gets 10 year sentence (U.S.)

VA Awards $7.5 Million for Missouri State Veterans Cemetery (U.S.)

Program for the poor needs a new cemetery (U.S.)

Governor vetoes bill aimed at helping Evergreen cemetery (U.S.)

Puglia to create its first Muslim cemetery (Italy)

Cemetery Owner Billing Families for Cemetery Clean-up (U.S.)

September 30, 2008

Industry News 09.30.08

Funeral director pleads guilty (U.S.)

New WWI diggers cemetery to be announced (Australia)

Board accepts settlement for missing cemetery funds (U.S.)

Undertaker fined over burial-cremation mix-up (Australia)

As popularity of cremation increases, so do options (U.S.)

September 29, 2008

Industry News 09.29.08

Funeral Director to Stand Trial for Wife's Murder (U.S.)

O'Hare expansion foes still fighting to save St. Johannes Cemetery (U.S.)

Greece: Ruling Allows Cremation (Greece)

Cemetery workers back at work (U.S.)

Former Cemetery Owner Gets Probation (U.S.)

September 26, 2008

Industry News 09.26.08

Burial plots for UGA lettermen available near stadium (U.S.)

County offers burial help for low-income families (U.S.)

Expenses can top $10,000: How to prepare your family (U.S.)

Suit filed against funeral home (U.S.)

Pet cremation firm dumped dead animals (Australia)

Concrete burial vaults divide traditionalists, environmentalists (Canada)

Testimony to continue in Bowling murder trial (U.S.)