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May 2007 Archives

May 1, 2007

Industry News 05.01.07

Enviro-friendly coffins for a biodegradable burial

City of London Cemetery & Crematorium

Pet crematorium plan delayed

Man Admits To Breaking Into Charlotte Homes During Funerals

Rose Hills Memorial Park & Mortuary Hosts Free Workshops

The Dismal Trade

May 2, 2007

Industry News 05.02.07

Coroner releases wrong body for burial

Spaceport launch a success

Law will let you take Fido to the grave

Commissioners authorize funeral homes in Pittsburg County to bury indigent persons.

Undertaker faces criminal charges

Is funeral director's case partly just a paperwork flap?

Stars attend funeral of Valenti

Unbroken line back to 1895, funeral director McKinley dies

Testimony heard in alleged funeral home scam

Niles burial, memorial site gets fence fixed

Little book is making big impact

Rules for Ashes

Restless appearance: Cemetery upkeep causes some concern

KIMBROUGH: What's cooking? Remembrances and recipes from Patroon

Scattering Old Traditions

May 3, 2007

Industry News 05.03.07

Local demand for green burials is low

A Family Undertaking: Do-it-yourself at-home funerals restore dignity and intimacy to life's final chapter

Search for cemetery site outside city

Burial mix up angers family

Volunteers to try to locate slave graves

Who'll keep watch?

Fergerson helps plan family festival

Neal-Tarpley relocates to classy new facility

La Pine to take over its historic cemetery
County to transfer the title; volunteers will keep on helping

After crematorium controversy, OV careful with zoning changes

BBB ethics awards winners an array of area businesses

More trouble for owner of Midsouth funeral home

Police search for cemetery vandals

Police probe cemetery damage

Now, your ashes won't burn a hole in your pocket

War graves in Hong Kong left riddled with spelling errors

Dutch Jews put gravestones texts online

Corpses held for ransoms in Baghdad

Half-burnt body seized, dowry torture alleged

May 4, 2007

Industry News 05.04.07

Some funerals evolving into life celebrations

UP Aerospace Launch: A Giant Candle for Closure

Stealing Lincoln's Body

Thieves leave trail of horror

Gruber's Top 10 sites to see

Children's play area built on burial site

Spiegel nixes parks becoming 'cemeteries'

Cemetery plans for farmland

Group to begin upkeep of Evergreen Memorial Park's historic cemetery

Funeral society boycott on the wane: director

Body lost after state autopsy

Skeletons found in closet of Burns Cemetery

Cremation saves money, space

Bayview principals plead guilty and settle civil tax liability

Senator expediting FEMA relief for Exeter funeral home

Fouts to open new funeral home in Dunlap

Haley is new director at Hill Funeral Home

Druggists and garbage take over 1857 site

The sole asset one takes eternally

666 graves desecrated on Walpurgis Night in Ukraine

May 7, 2007

Industry News 05.07.07

Mt. Hope Cemetery designed to be serene, uplifting

Home sought for burial objects

Burial site mix-up foils last wishes

Russia to Guard Its Military Burial Sites Abroad

Upside Down Casket

Mom: Son's defiled grave will be moved

HERALD POLL: Cremation saves money, space

Age of Old Biloxi Cemetery uncertain

One graveyard closes, another opens

Video, photos: Outagamie County asylum residents 'were forgotten'

A warm touch for the dead

Landmark funeral home in Fort Lauderdale closes

May 8, 2007

Industry News 05.08.07

King Herod's grave uncovered in hilltop fortress

Graveyard shift for Afghan med students

Diocese seeks Hayward's OK after building crematorium

Pet crematory gives owners closure after death of beloved animals

Meeting For Forest Hill Policy Holders

Cemetery owner is seeking a savior

New burial system introduced at Choa Chu Kang Cemetery

Seabrook limits marker size at town cemeteries

Paying lasting tribute

134 years later, murdered warden gets headstone

Volunteers make Clear Creek Cemetery a place of pride

Ex-funeral director stored bodies in hot garage, trial told

Three Democrats want to be Luzerne County coroner

Funeral home's co-owner was industry pioneer

May 9, 2007

Industry News 05.09.07

Grave robbery: Stop identity theft of the dead

Men of mortuaries?

Arrest adds insult to graveyard injury

Health officials do a "what if" for pandemic flu

Future of cemetery is debated

Funeral Director Wants To Bury Misplaced Body

Valenti to be buried today at Arlington

Visalian named top 'cemeterian'

Reward established to stop vandalism of Hills cemeteries

Transfer of Onalaska cemetery looks dead

Future of cemetery is debated

Former Vernon Parish coroner accused of theft

Funeral home owner arraigned on gun, drug charges

New GM at Forest Hill promises a fresh start

Lavish Funerals at Five-Star Hotels

Man jailed in theft of grave markers

Yemen's colored mosques throughout the years

Poland's policy on monuments domestic affair - PM

May 10, 2007

Industry News 05.10.07

Hillenbrand to split into two independent public cos.

Carriage Services Reports First Quarter 2007 Results

Only 4 Coffins, but 265 Victims Are Mourned at Mass in the Bronx

The Forgotten: When People Become Symbols

Not politically expedient for all

Hearse that carried JFK's body fails to sell at classic car auction

Dealing with tragedy: Myths you think you know about funeral homes are just stories, funeral director says.

House Wants To Keep Peace At Funerals

Alumni can stay at Citadel forever

Veterans still serve as national cemetery memorial squad

Once-rural cemetery now mostly enveloped by metro area

Sarasota land purchased for veterans cemetery

Gravesite stabbing remains unsolved

Vandals Deface Cemetery Signs, Markers

Volunteers versus vandals

Arrests Made In Connection With Stolen Grave Markers

Waste may prompt dog ban at cemetery

Cemeteries dispute settled

More People are Opting for Alternative Funerals

School dedicates 132-year-old cemetery

Waterloo cemetery running out of room

Hindus may win right to open air cremations in UK

Two jailed for defacing Muslim graves in France

NDTV impact: Court order on burial site for kids

Estonia's Bronze Soldier comes home to a bed of roses

May 11, 2007

Industry News 05.11.07


Rule No. 1 for epitaphs: Always leave 'em laughing

Four Weddings And A Funeral

Plan your funeral

Funerals...by royal appointment

Costco caskets? Could be quite an undertaking

Don't bleach that tombstone!

Buglers to Salute Armed Forces at Ft. Leavenworth

Grief, cremation services...for pets

Once overgrown, Somerville cemetery sporting clean cut

City to hear plans for burial ground

Vultures pick off human body farm

State seeks oversight of funeral funds

Rattle of chains tells of Forest Hill adviser's fall

Burial refusal draws lawsuit

Judge's ruling clears way for planned crematorium to be built

Cemetery keeps Dayton's history alive

Raymond discusses raising cemetery lot prices

Keller-Ochs-Koch Funeral Home co-owner dies

German man found after 7 years dead in bed

Italian Villagers Object To Muslim Graves

May 14, 2007

Industry News 05.14.07

Where 'everyone is special and interesting' A future for Sumner cemetery

How a Belleville funeral home became a fixture on the 'Sopranos'

Life is not always a PARTY

Take a spirited cemetery stroll

Students helping church clean up

Buried with ... Rover?

Cremains commonly spread on public lands, but is it legal?

Cheshire Cemetery expands

NA looking into historic burial ground plan

Funeral home will pay for toddler's services, burial

Burial is 1 more odd chapter on anarchist

Aberdeen Cemeteries Still Under Water

Gravestones secured in controversial scheme

Man uses hearse to stalk ex-girlfriend

Journey to the roof of the world

Space Shortage Even Affects Death in Hong Kong

China mulls laws to fight death merchants

UK - 'Grave concerns' over cement shortage

May 15, 2007

Industry News 05.15.07

COLUMN: Today's Veteran

More burials, but fewer buglers

Live Green, Die Green

Colleges offer on-campus resting places

Cemeteries are an important means of keeping in touch with past

Eternal Hills is in a growth industry

Tradition still holds sway over funerals

Changes liven up funeral business

Funeral directors aren't always necessary

Will fly-in community take off?

Trial against Bayview Crematory operator underway

Metal thefts a public risk

Vandals attack former convent, cemetery

Guns among the graves

Urns Emptied, Swastika Etched At NW Side Cemetery

Hamilton Says No To Billy The Kid Exhumation

Pollution turns Taj Mahal yellow

Curiosity and a Cat Named Studs

May 16, 2007

Industry News 05.16.07

Buglers sought for global 'Taps'

Swedes urged to freeze-dry their dead

Sotheby's Amsterdam To Sell Garden Statuary

Every plot tells a story

A memorial garden provides a place for reflection

Hope Cemetery attracting tourists in growing number

Remains of another day

Mulch sparks funeral home fire in Libertyville

Family gravesites peeve resident

Grave robbers hit Whitby cemetery

Graveyard thieves steal urns -- with the ashes

Copper thieves stealing from phone lines, graves

Golden Buddha Stolen From Haeju Museum, North Korea

Notre-Dame-des-Neiges cemetery forced to halt activities and proceed with lockout

Family Waits Three Years For Tombstone

State To Investigate Leaky Mausoleum

Bodies found stacked in fridge

Runaway hearse visits radio station

Bill aims to help grieving parents

A suitably stylish send-off for Isabella Blow


House buyer finds mummified corpse on sofa of new home

May 17, 2007

Industry News 05.17.07

Haystack hearse, waters flowing to the sea

Well written.

Protesters skip soldier's funeral for Falwell's

Some believe Patriot Guard Riders out of line at funeral

Help needed to decorate graves

Firms that scatter ashes rush to keep up with cremations

College moneymaker: dorms for the dead

When lost graves and growth collide

155-year-old gravestone to be placed in Carmel cemetery

Most Armstrong County residents pick traditional burials

One funeral home sold, other two in limbo

Silver Lining in Cemetery Incident

Mausoleum Leak Mystery Solved

Son worries that woodchucks are tearing up graves

Taiwan man arrested while shooting drugs in a coffin

Vietnamese relearn living with Christian customs

Estonia hit by 'Moscow cyber war'

Poland to respect Russian cemeteries when removing communist symbols -Polish minister

May 21, 2007

Industry News 05.21.07

New Graves, Fresh Grief

Buglers mark Armed Services Day

Cemetery traditions change, but Memorial Day remains time to honor sacrifice

Memorial Day Concern: National Parks Conservation Association Says National Cemeteries Threatened by Lack of Funding

Cemetery's a great place to live

Restless population puts resting places up for sale

Burial, Cremation, or...Plastination?

Anything goes in funeral business

Colleges Offering Campuses as Final Resting Places

Cemetery cleanup wipes away a century of neglect

Time capsule will mean something

His mission is to help the helpless

Falwell's mortician says it's an honor to serve him

Casket Salesmen Required to Have Embalming Expertise

Unlikely teachers: The enduring role of cadavers in educating future doctors

Malaysian 'stillborn' baby comes alive at funeral

Industry News 05.21.07

New Graves, Fresh Grief

Buglers mark Armed Services Day

Cemetery traditions change, but Memorial Day remains time to honor sacrifice

Memorial Day Concern: National Parks Conservation Association Says National Cemeteries Threatened by Lack of Funding

Cemetery's a great place to live

Restless population puts resting places up for sale

Burial, Cremation, or...Plastination?

Anything goes in funeral business

Colleges Offering Campuses as Final Resting Places

Cemetery cleanup wipes away a century of neglect

Time capsule will mean something

His mission is to help the helpless

Falwell's mortician says it's an honor to serve him

Casket Salesmen Required to Have Embalming Expertise

Unlikely teachers: The enduring role of cadavers in educating future doctors

Malaysian 'stillborn' baby comes alive at funeral

May 22, 2007

Industry News 05.22.07

Residents Gather to Rededicate Freedmen's Cemetery

Cemetery robbed, two urns taken

Tate Cemetery in Westmoreland to be Cleaned on Labour Day

Police seek public's help to find Fayette cemetery vandals

National cemetery bill advances in House

Anything goes in funeral business

Court Papers Detail Body Part Scheme

Angry locked-out cemetery workers disturb Montreal church service

May 29, 2007

Industry News Update, 5-29-07

Efforts to stop cemetery theft and vandalism increasing

Future of Lake View Cemetery undecided

Statue thief sentenced to work at cemetery

Churches revert to graveyard traditions, but with ashes

Alternative to burial

3 to run for county coroner

Historic cemeteries worth touring

Businesses in cemetery scandal will offer prepaid funerals again

May 30, 2007

Industry News 05.30.07

Vandals Hit Washington Cemetery, Burn Flags

Iowa woman creates jewelry from pet ashes

KSAC to put illegal funeral parlours to rest

Funeral home offers new, replacement monuments

Funeral home regains license in pending appeal

Horror Stories About a Harlem Funeral Home

Memorial Day 2007 Celebrated at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia

May 31, 2007

Industry News 5.31.07

Pet crematorium may move forward

New veterans cemetery to open

City Cracks Down on Funeral Homes

Visitors 'appalled' by neglect of graves in cemetery

Service Corporation International to Present at Investor Conferences

Form 8-K for MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORP

Hillenbrand Industries Declares Dividend

Dead Baby Left at Funeral Home

Matthews International Corporation Announces Resolution of Legal Claim