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August 2007 Archives

August 1, 2007

Industry News 8.01.07

Anger at eco-friendly cremation delays

Court notice to officials on Besant Nagar crematorium

Medical Examiner's Office gives up wrong bodies for cremation

Service Corporation International Appoints Greg Sangalis as Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Man dies after apparent explosion at cemetery

Hot Springs cemetery board overturns decoration rule after outcry

Book helps mourners pay respects properly

Undertaker accused of illegal burial in Motherwell cemetery

Military Funeral Honors Program provides services to deceased personnel, veterans

State seeks town's help in mausoleum case

August 2, 2007

Industry News 8.02.07


Bunker enlivens marketing for funerals

'Informal settlers in cemeteries have to go'

Actions Taken by the Board of Cemeterians at its July 31 Meeting

City to open five more acres of graves

Customers can prepare for afterlife at Costco Wholesale store sells coffins

Mourners' pencils infused with loved one's ashes

Sorensen Brothers Mortuary sells business to Catholic diocese

Funds to bury the indigent are hard to come by

Despite family in area, woman buried in pauper's grave

Local funeral director appointed to regional post

August 3, 2007

Industry News 8.03.07

A new way to be buried

Cemetery expands with double-depth vaults

Confederate Cemetery to be spruced up

Families locked out of Montreal cemetery ready to take action

Pay up or you don't get buried

Zimbabwe crisis turns hearses into buses

Business of death changes as cremation on rise

Dixon funeral home director known for his caring demeanor

August 6, 2007

Industry News 8.06.07

Land Donation Solves Cemetery Problem

Wendell Cemetery disputes allegations of reselling flowers

Graves unearthed under Sydney Town Hall

Boomers, technology change funeral rites

Portland cemeteries seeking to develop unused land

Bodies to be boiled instead of cremated

Hispanic funerals often present challenge

Funeral director's job more unpleasant than dirty

Cardinal prodded to intervene in cemetery labor dispute

August 7, 2007

Industry News 8.07.07

Average cost of a funeral comes in at $6,500

Super size corpses might be causing problems for Australian undertakers

Extreme funeral home makeover

Funeral home plan challenged in Shively

Vandals spray Nazi symbols on dozens of gravestones at Jewish cemetery in Poland

Cardinal orders cemetery strike to end

9,000-year-old cemetery uncovered in north Syria

Pets, owners alike enjoy visiting park together

Resomation: more eco-friendly than cremation, with similar results

Form 10-Q for MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORP

August 8, 2007

Industry News 8.08.07

Funeral cortege crashes after policewoman orders hearse to halt

Radar to look for unmarked graves in Richville Cemetery

Tradition...with a twist

Ulster boosts burial reimbursement

It’s no miracle, but mausoleum has a crucifix again

Muslim cemetery gains early approval

Waskom couple sues funeral home over burial

Changes restrict crematories

Cremation service through decades

Carriage Services Announces Second Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call Schedule

August 9, 2007

Industry News 8.09.07

Woman accused of stealing $300,000 from cemetery

Second arrest made in trust fund embezzlement probe

Cemetery conciliation: 'It's slow'

StoneMor Partners L.P. Announces Significant Increases in Both Revenues and Profits for the 2007 Second Quarter

Toledo cemetery vandal gets wish: Year in prison

Air quality permit is issued for Big Stone Gap funeral home to build controversial crematorium

High Court Overrules Class Action In Crematory Lawsuits

Rules should reduce crematory controversy

Investors Pull Plug On Service Corporation Int.

Die Smart

August 10, 2007

Industry News 8.10.07

Ex-funeral director gets 10 years for stealing burial money

Court overturns ruling on lawsuit against Bayview Crematory

Cemetery branded ‘a shambles’ as coffins exposed at new grave

Cemetery workers refuse to end strike

More Security Asked At local Cemetery

State plans to move 1800s cemetery for I-69 project

Moscow cemetery plots – too much money for resting in peace

Suspension for Janesville funeral home director

Form 8-K for CARRIAGE SERVICES INC

Hill-Rom Announces Appointment of Sheri Edison as Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer

August 13, 2007

Industry News 8.13.07

Burial crisis for poor is resolved

Arson suspected in a.m. blaze at downtown funeral home

New hope for Maori families with funeral debts

Funeral directors fixed prices to get more from families

Ex-Ohio funeral director gets 10 years

Daughter says funeral home lied

Investigators: Smart bought funeral homes with trust funds

Montana business challenges rules limiting scattering of remains

Huge casket built for large body0

August 14, 2007

Industry News 8.14.07

Pet cremation

Funeral director accused of embezzling burial accounts

Relocation of pioneer cemetery starts today

Talks resume in Montreal cemetery lockout

Tenn. appeals court says judge erred in crematory lawsuit

Keystone North America Inc. reports second quarter 2007 results

Plans to build new crematorium

Funeral homes combine services; make drastic changes

Form 10-Q for ROCK OF AGES CORP

August 15, 2007

Industry News 8.15.07

Call for action as sewage leak hits cemetery

No breakthrough yet in cemetery talks

Blood could lead to suspect in fire at funeral home

Burial is halted in row over fees

Unethical Funeral Homes are Dying to Rip You Off

Undertaker accused of faking deaths to reap benefits

Grave concern for cemeteries over move to shift power

August 16, 2007

Industry News 8.16.07

Cemetery association to offer reward

Exposed bones found at cemetery

Cemetery union response due today

Funeral home to be seized

Court told of funeral fraud

Green funerals get green light

Town increases burial fees

BLM should take a second look at ashes request

Funeral Homes Cope With Changing Times

Teeth behind rise in cremation costs

August 17, 2007

Industry News 8.17.07

Funeral home director charged with embezzlement sentenced

Burial business breathes life into pet industry

Heavy machinery moves into cemetery

Cemetery Owner, Gravedigger Charged After Human Remains Found

Local pet cemetery is under investigation for exposed carcasses

Cemetery workers set to consider counter-offer

Possible cemetery site ends cell tower proposal

Tombs in old Plovdag cemetery investigated

Delayed cremations plan 'lacks respect'

Funeral pros say arrest stresses oversight need

August 20, 2007

Industry News 8.20.07

Five years for $2m cemetery scam

Pet cemetery on shortlist

Ex-cemetery official arrested on theft charges

Cemetery owner lost funeral license

Cemetery operator charged after exposed bones found scattered

Montreal cemetery lockout upsets relatives

Lehighton cemeteries offer reward to catch vandals of 193 headstones

Slave cemeteries still lie unmarked

Dead people's teeth hike cremation costs

Resomation: Your New High-Tech Option For Eco-Friendly Burial

August 21, 2007

Industry News 8.21.07

Arrests in desecration of German Jewish cemetery

Funeral home paid with fake P1000 bills

Guangdong to build more green cemeteries

Eternal Image Hires Exhibit Fair International to Design a State of the Art Trade Show Booth for NFDA Expo

Plymouth plans crematory: Town officials to spend $1 million, say it will compete with the one in Duxbury

Pet crematorium competitor defends business

COC's Bradshaw to be eulogized in word and song

Unused burial plots hard to sell

Council slugs grieving families

August 22, 2007

Industry News 8.22.07

Gravediggers, management look for common burial ground

Police finally secure pet cemetery

Village fights Muslim cemetery bid

Dayton cemetery restored by descendants

Avoiding Funeral Home Scams

History enthusiasts hoping slave cemeteries get respect

Down to the bare bones

Council to ban personal memorials in public spaces

Red-tape may delay cremation

Form 8-K for STONEMOR PARTNERS LP

August 23, 2007

Industry News 8.23.07

New cemetery rules cause grief

Expansion for burial ground

Israel's only crematorium torched

Oakridge Cemetery walking tour to be held in Marshall

Jews protest to Lithuania over ancient cemetery

33 graves in Scott cemetery to be moved for widening of U.S. 25

Keystone North America Inc. and Keystone Newport ULC announce August cash distribution

Grieving parents not told of baby's cremation

Carriage Services Updates Company & Investment Profile

August 24, 2007

Industry News 8.24.07

Arson suspected at crematory

Dead bodies being dumped in the cemetery

Cemetery used as site for fibreglass factory.

Lithuanian government considering building over ancient Jewish cemetery

New Policy Adds Fuel to Growing Movement Against Savannah Cemetery Group

Purcell funeral home seized

Body of 5-month-old left at funeral home, father charged

America's funeral homes Profiting from loss

State revokes license of Ore. funeral home director

Proposed bill bans cremation in Israel, makes it punishable

Industry News 8.24.07

Arson suspected at crematory

Dead bodies being dumped in the cemetery

Cemetery used as site for fibreglass factory.

Lithuanian government considering building over ancient Jewish cemetery

New Policy Adds Fuel to Growing Movement Against Savannah Cemetery Group

Purcell funeral home seized

Body of 5-month-old left at funeral home, father charged

America's funeral homes Profiting from loss

State revokes license of Ore. funeral home director

Proposed bill bans cremation in Israel, makes it punishable

Industry News 8.24.07

Arson suspected at crematory

Dead bodies being dumped in the cemetery

Cemetery used as site for fibreglass factory.

Lithuanian government considering building over ancient Jewish cemetery

New Policy Adds Fuel to Growing Movement Against Savannah Cemetery Group

Purcell funeral home seized

Body of 5-month-old left at funeral home, father charged

America's funeral homes Profiting from loss

State revokes license of Ore. funeral home director

Proposed bill bans cremation in Israel, makes it punishable

Industry News 8.24.07

Arson suspected at crematory

Dead bodies being dumped in the cemetery

Cemetery used as site for fibreglass factory.

Lithuanian government considering building over ancient Jewish cemetery

New Policy Adds Fuel to Growing Movement Against Savannah Cemetery Group

Purcell funeral home seized

Body of 5-month-old left at funeral home, father charged

America's funeral homes Profiting from loss

State revokes license of Ore. funeral home director

Proposed bill bans cremation in Israel, makes it punishable

Industry News 8.24.07

Arson suspected at crematory

Dead bodies being dumped in the cemetery

Cemetery used as site for fibreglass factory.

Lithuanian government considering building over ancient Jewish cemetery

New Policy Adds Fuel to Growing Movement Against Savannah Cemetery Group

Purcell funeral home seized

Body of 5-month-old left at funeral home, father charged

America's funeral homes Profiting from loss

State revokes license of Ore. funeral home director

Proposed bill bans cremation in Israel, makes it punishable

Industry News 8.24.07

Arson suspected at crematory

Dead bodies being dumped in the cemetery

Cemetery used as site for fibreglass factory.

Lithuanian government considering building over ancient Jewish cemetery

New Policy Adds Fuel to Growing Movement Against Savannah Cemetery Group

Purcell funeral home seized

Body of 5-month-old left at funeral home, father charged

America's funeral homes Profiting from loss

State revokes license of Ore. funeral home director

Proposed bill bans cremation in Israel, makes it punishable

August 27, 2007

Industry News 8.27.07

Sri Lankan military desecrates war cemeteries in Batticaloa

Funeral director reaches out to Hmong, other cultures

The community steps up to help the family of a man killed in an Arkansas car wreck.

Where homes will rise, bones now rest

First pet cemetery opens in Moscow

National group in Savannah to hear cemetery complaints

Cemetery tour entertaining look at local history

Business proposes alternative to cremation

Bits of Business: Mountaintop gets first funeral home in 5 years

Dealing with tragedies part of job for funeral directors

August 28, 2007

Industry News 8.28.07

Grounded in history: Tiny cemeteries reveal family tales

Honoring the dead

First mummy museum in Arabia to open in Yemen

Sunset Funeral Co-operative a step closer to reality

Neighbors not pleased with pet crematory

Man accused of abusing corpse at Monessen funeral home

Bodies wait as talks continue

Israeli Crematoria Cremated

August 29, 2007

Indutry News 8.29.07

Health and safety checks at cemetery

Montreal cemetery has a week to settle dispute

Mass Burial Cemetery in Azerbaijan to be Turned to Museum

Pet cemetery resurrects fond memories

St. Michael's Cemetery Holds 9/11 Memorial on Sept. 8

State starts action against Savannah cemeteries

County funeral director loses license

Funeral director avoids jail over corpses in garage

Funeral home set to open in DeWitt

August 30, 2007

Industry News 8.30.07

Newport funeral-home owner accused of plot to kill mayor

Former funeral home director pleads guilty to fraud

Man Accused of Robbing Graves Pleads

Woodlawn Cemetery gets $17,500 in grants

Buried in fines, cemetery owner not operational Claimant says legal standoff is over, surrenders shares to Wallace.

Funeral director spared jail

Casket Switch Causes Suspension

Edmeston Funeral Director Gordon R. Terry Elected President-Elect Of The NYS Funeral Directors Association

Funeral director accused of misdeeds

August 31, 2007

Industry News 8.31.07

Savannah Cemetery Group Responds to Criticism and Punishments

Remains discovered in Spanish 14th century cemetery returned to Jewish community

It shouldn't come to digging up the dead

Cemetery theft a problem around Middle Georgia

Cemetery to die for

Cemetery for US "Flying Tigers" found in China

State to receive $7.6 million for veterans cemetery

Cemetery fee increases are temporarily put to rest

Crematorium forced to close

Form 8-K for CARRIAGE SERVICES INC

Stewart Enterprises Names Larry Merington Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing