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June 2007 Archives

June 1, 2007

Industry News 6.01.07

Human and animal remains cremated together

Form 8-K for HILLENBRAND INDUSTRIES INC

Flint funeral home to close

Funeral home settles lawsuit over racial bias

Woman Claims Cemetery Owner Scammed Her

Town considers livestock cremation amendment

Riemanns buy back family funeral homes

Mortuary improvements to be implemented

Fantauzzi Funeral Home to hold open house

Unique cremains requests unique here

June 4, 2007

Industry News 6.04.07

Cremation slowly gains favor in Utah

Cemetery road gets approval

Funeral price lists required by law

Why families should shop for funeral services

Funeral plans awash in controversy

Want to go in style?

List of Cited Funeral Homes

Sinking cemetery ground raises concerns of Cornplanter descendants, other families

Cemetery officials facing a grave situation over lots

June 5, 2007

Industry News 6.05.07

City considers appeal of provincial Registrar of Cemeteries ruling blocking Wall of Honour at Confederation Square

Soldiers deserve better

Great Lakes National Cemetery Officially Dedicated

Labour dispute continues by maintenance workers at Montreal cemetery

Allnutt consolidating funeral homes

Do-it-yourself funeral is one available option

Cemetery Financial Troubles

Stewart Enterprises, Inc. Second Quarter 2007 Earnings Conference Call Invitation

Memorial Park Sold For $24 Million

June 6, 2007

Industry News 6.06.07

Piling on may solve UK's grave problem

Bill sped to limit funeral protest in Norwich

Ash-scattering companies feed rising demand

Final resting places cost a premium in any location

Cemetery 'not the place to walk your dog,' official says

Board may close down pet cemetery

Caskets can be expensive, but shopping around can cut cost

BAY WATERS A FAVORITE FINAL RESTING PLACE

June 7, 2007

Industry News 6.07.07

Gurley's Collier Cemetery added to historic register

Cemetery upgrade carries cost to taxpayers

Cemetery Surprised by Identity of Flag Bandits

200 go unburied as cemetery stalemate continues

Burial and cremation boom for four-legged friends

Planning is good, but not paying up front

Louisville Funeral Director Charged with Improperly Storing Body

Meyer Brothers consolidates funeral homes

June 8, 2007

Industry News 6.08.07

Funeral worker selling JFK's death certificate

Cemeteries struggle with passage from decoration to debris

Anger at £1-a-month funeral pay-off

UACCH funeral services student recognized with Silver Award

New body-parts lawsuit could be wide-ranging

Corrigan appoints cemeteries committee

Aylesbury cemetery transfers over to new owners

Cemetery group fights proposal to let hospitals dissolve, flush human remains

Bodies stacking up amid Montreal cemetery strike

June 11, 2007

Industry News 6.11.07

Archaeologists uncover 500 graves downtown

Oakwood Board OKs Cemetery Expansion

Cemetery Becomes New Place For Thieves

Severn trucker rides his rig to cemetery

New Web site helps Sheboygan Monument Co. serve customers

Police probe church, funeral home break ins

Boomers refuse to be buried like everyone else

Fee hikes could cost Tennessee consumers

Lively 84-year-old throws herself a wake

June 13, 2007

Industry News 6.13.07

Battle to save historic White Plains cemetery is aided by an 1828 deed

Second exhumation in care-home case

Warren pet cemetery open for animal relocation

Crematorium axe claim attacked

Cremation catching on among Catholics

Feds boost inspections of human tissue harvesters after scandal

Talking about funeral spares grieving families stressful second-guessing

Not an average funeral director

Pre-paid funeral bill set to pass

Form 8-K for STEWART ENTERPRISES INC

June 14, 2007

Industry News 6.14.07

Doctor seeks new trial again in crematory case

FDA calls for body-parts rules

Ashes to ashes: cremation catches on with Catholics

More environmentally friendly cremation process urged

Cemetery rules make maintenance easier

US sees boom in funeral planning

Undertakers had baby cremated in OAP's coffin to cover up blunder

Form 8-K for CARRIAGE SERVICES INC

June 15, 2007

Industry News 6.15.07

Pets banned from Amesbury cemeteries

Cemetery to offer 'green' burial

Heavy hearts, heavy bills

Roscoe Jenkins buys Jones Funeral Home

Cemetery tour brings history to life

Dignity Memorial(R) Celebrates Father's Day With Things My Father Taught Me, a Special Online Tribute Opportunity

Second Exhumation Of Teens’s Remains Delayed

June 18, 2007

Industry News 6.18.07

Wildwood Cemetery rules on hold

Peruvian agency sues Mexican phone company for allegedly damaging pre-Inca cemetery

Hilltop cemetery near Montevallo gets historic registry designation

Cremation on rise as graveyard capacity runs out

Funeral services going high-tech

Funeral Home Sued for Cremating Prosthetic Leg

Cremation advances should be taken seriously

'Green' coffins to give Dundee's jute industry new lease of life

Second Exhumation Delayed In New Investigation Into 1989 Death

Gravestone sculpture a dying art

June 19, 2007

Industry News 6.19.07

Historic Juniper Hill Cemetery in Bristol may sell land for house lots

Vance to relocate remains of Civil War cemetery

Stockbridge Funeral Home sues town over flooding issues

End for crematorium after latest closure?

Family Says Medical Examiner's Office Lost Body

A final resting place for pets

Legislature passes bills to protect cemeteries

Burning bodies better

Body of drowned Salisbury man found in Badin Lake

Police uncover human bone smuggling racket

June 20, 2007

Industry News 6.20.07

Missing body found at Cook County morgue

Two local funeral homes fined by state

Coffin blunder families pose six key questions to funeral company

Neighbors upset over plans for pet crematorium

The plot thickens for us all

Pet Burial Law

Death Decisions

Man asks for crematory convictions to be nixed

June 21, 2007

Industry News 6.21.07

Chinese funeral traditions offer link to ancestors

Historic cemetery discovered; another has new monument

Apartments Denied, Cemetery Approved

A pet cemetery fit for a pet person

Refrigerated truck ready to store coffins at cemetery where workers locked out

No place to cremate?

Stewart to Offer $250M in Senior Notes

Stockbridge Funeral Home sues town over flooding issues

Form 8-K for SERVICE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL

Form 8-K for STEWART ENTERPRISES INC

June 22, 2007

Industry News 6.22.07

Funeral director indicted for stiffing customers

Oltz funeral home closing after 61 years

Pet Heaven Memorial Park Turns to Automation to Better Serve Pet Owners

Schaffer, Schiichter to unveil legislation to better protect consumers making pre-need funeral arrangements

Cemetery will serve many cultures

Gravedigger 'stole body parts'

Funeral director responds to new cemetery fees for city

Carriage Services Updates Company & Investment Profile

June 25, 2007

Industry News 6.25.07

Stewart Enterprises, Inc. Declares Quarterly Dividend

Indonesian cemetery mixes fun and funerals

Funeral directors had buried empty coffin before

New crematorium plans

Local pair buys funeral homes

Historical Society and cemetery make history lessons very real

Bill passes Assembly to deter cemetery vandals

Cemetery for sale

Funeral home first with in-house cafe

Human Body Freezers Open Doors for a Day

June 26, 2007

Industry News 6.26.07

Hemet funeral director wins statewide honor

Former funeral director pleads guilty in fetus case

Funeral Home Owner Charged in Shooting

Group washes cars for cemetery rehabilitation

German Morticians Plan TV Channel Dedicated to Death

Historic anniversary in Hepworth

Neighbors prevent pet crematory from opening

Man displays embalmer's art

Pet care doesn't end at death for U.S. consumers

June 27, 2007

Industry News 6.27.07

Benefit barbecue to help cemetery

Montreal cemetery in lockout considers trailer to preserve bodies

Not in my backyard, Porter Creek residents say about crematorium

Doctor Once Again Seeks New Trial In Crematory Case

130 Headstones Vandalized At St. Louis Cemetery

Ex-Funeral Director Pleads Guilty To Corpse Theft

New Kentucky Laws Go On The Books Today

Mortuary board throws out ethics complaint, issues warning

Learning From the Great Investors

June 28, 2007

Industry News 6.28.07

Liberia: Gov't Indebted To Funeral Home

Church, funeral home share space

Funeral home owner gives up his state license

State Funeral Trade Shows Highlight Eternal Image Urns

Funeral homes announce merger

No Privatization Of Municipal Cemeteries Planned In Tbilisi

Why Thousands Won't Get The Funeral They Want

Form 8-K for STEWART ENTERPRISES INC

June 29, 2007

Industry News 6.29.07

Plant Material Donations Sought for Arlington Cemetery Project

Burial space running out at Fort Riley cemetery

Parts of cemeteries to be reused due to shortage of burial space

Guilty Plea From Ex-Funeral Director

Funeral industry calls for code of conduct

Scam fails to stiff undertaker

Court Restricts Cremation of Terror Suspects

No funeral code despite scandals

Public comment sought on cemetery regulations

Watch for casket scams