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October 2007 Archives

October 1, 2007

Industry News 10.01.07

Boy charged with £1400 cemetery wrecking spree

Council OKs increase in cemetery fees

Watery grave awaits cemeteries near shorelines as sea level rises

Local men open funeral home in Fishersville

Cremation Provider Operated Illegally

Dignity up on rise in cremations

New funeral home planned for Webster City

Batesville Casket plants are honored

October 2, 2007

Industry News 10.02.07

Arrests Made In Spartanburg Funeral Home Fire

How to Make a Killing in the Death Business

Erosion May Expose Corpses At Zaria Cemetery

Dozens of urns on move at city cemetery

Records from cemeteries help many genealogists

Ex-funeral director pleads guilty to fraud for false insurance claims

Mystery of unclaimed bodies solved

County Leans To Cremation For Indigent

Casket sales tip off Colombian police to murders

Casket Found On Construction Site

October 3, 2007

Industry News 10.03.07

Burned Funeral Home in Foreclosure

Delay denied in Forest Hill funeral home lawsuit

Funerals needn't be so deathly

Wild Boar Wreck One of Europe's Biggest Cemeteries

Chilifest will spice up life at Bothell funeral home

Ashes to ashes: The lowdown on cremation

Burial fund launched for grieving families

October 4, 2007

Industry News 10.04.07

Help Needed To Clear Storm Damage From Cemetery

Private cemetery in Mati City closed for tax evasion

A Debate That Towers Over Those at Rest

Man gets five years for funeral home fire

Local Funeral Home Participates In "Race for the Cure"

SPECIAL SERVICE Dedicated to animals

Judge Thwarts Lawyer's Attempt To Block Forest Hill Inquiry

Historic funeral home to be reborn as a bookstore

October 5, 2007

Industry News 10.05.07

Borders To Open Shop In Old Funeral Home

So far no one has taken Cody White Funeral Home up on its offer for free funeral services.

Funeral directors in US accused of selling body parts

City proposal to curb floods stuns Madison Valley

Repairs to Aberdeen crematorium near completion

Second Caltrans 'Pet Cemetery' Found In Bay Area

Relatives notice wrong coffin at gravesite at Montreal cemetery burial

Judge OKs sale of seized cemeteries

Laid to rest in "green" cloak

October 8, 2007

Industry News 10.08.07

Montreal cemetery expected to table final offer to end bitter labour dispute

Shades of Green: An 'ecoburial' ending

Sin Ming residents upset by plans to build funeral home complex

Batesville Casket Company's New Offerings Respond to Consumer Trend for Customization

Mining the gold of family lore through the story of ol' Sam McGee

Green Memorial Concept Growing in Virginia

Atascosa County cemetery destroyed

Arlington Cemetery To Begin $35M Expansion

Aboriginal and consumer groups have called for greater clarity in the way funeral schemes are sold.

October 9, 2007

Industry News 10.09.07

Whitely’s Funeral Home Completes Expansion

Jewish cemetery desecrated in Siberia

$3,000 raised as reward in search for cemetery vandals

Sin Ming Garden RC proposes another site for funeral parlour building

Funeral predators face scrutiny

Crematory urn prompts hundreds to be evacuated at Indy airport

At Peace, LLC Launches The Infopage - Engineered for the Funeral Industry

Secret cremations hide Burma killings

Eternal Image Launches STAR TREK(TM) Product Line, New MLB(TM) Caskets, First Precious Moments(R) Urn and Much More

October 10, 2007

Industry News 10.10.07

Fortunate fellow crashes own cremation ceremony

Cremation company misidentifies body

Funeral home owner pleads guilty to bilking clients

Funeral Directors Charged in Human Chop Shop Case

Undertaking, Embalming And Picture Framing

Cemetery tables final offer to striking workers

Vallejo Cemetery May Be Sold, Bodies Moved

Group sues to challenge funeral protest law

Funeral Homes Foot Bill for Poor

October 11, 2007

Industry News 10.11.07

Funeral Director Recovering After Tumbling Into Grave

City woman accused of embezzling $50K

Guiding a family through sorrow

The sad story of Ursula's ashes

Coffins of obese too big for city to handle

National organization honors Forest Lawn

Prisoners to patch up old gravestones

Cremains mix up results in lawsuit

Cremation an option for increasing numbers of Cubans today

Rock of Ages Announces Quarry Division COO Transition

October 12, 2007

Industry News 10.12.07

Funeral director rejects plea deal

Dying without killing the Earth

Cemetery workers urged to reject latest proposal

Sorry, body is too big for our crematorium

Funeral Director Headed To Trial

Form 8-K for ROCK OF AGES CORP

Service Corp. Senior Vice President James M. Shelger Exercises Options for 150,000 Shares

Portage County to charge cremation fee in '08

Hortonville Cemetery has county's first columbarium

October 15, 2007

Industry News 10.15.07

Looking at cemeteries as a way to view history

Some burials going green

'Muslim only' cemetery would be illegal for us

Cemetery architecture talk

Pet Cemetery in Watsontown honors our animal companions

Cemetery caught in zoning battle

Funeral Homes Fight Profit Squeeze

Planning ahead for inevitable expenses

Northern Virginia company touts back-to-nature cremations

October 16, 2007

Industry News 10.16.07

Family tradition sits up with the dead

More deaths 'could bring more cash'

Local funeral homes managing well without county funds

'Crisis' over city burial space

Blumenthal sues manager of Danbury cemeteries

Cemeteries nearly bulldozed during Pine Swamp construction

StoneMor Partners L.P. declares quarterly cash distribution and announces that it will hold investors' conference call for third quarter 2007 financial results

Cremation company misidentifies body

October 17, 2007

Industry News 10.17.07

Site selected for new veterans' cemetery

Cremations gain on traditional burials in WNC

Greensburg casket company owner gets 6 years for fraud

War Graves Dignitary to Visit NZ Cemeteries

Century-old graves to be reused

Casket salesman heads to prison

World War II Vet Returns Home

Funeral Director's License Pulled After Family Given 2 Sets Of Remains

October 18, 2007

Industry News 10.18.07

Crematory owner admits tax evasion; Deal includes $240,000 payment, up to 3 years in prison

Judge opens door to funeral industry

Can't make it to funeral? Just log on

Commission seeks photos of cemeteries

GRAVE ERROR LED TO DELAY AT FUNERAL

2 charged with stealing grave site vases for scrap

Cremation with pets 'popular'

Bury me with my mobile phone

October 19, 2007

Industry News 10.19.07

Death special: The funeral director

The Body as Plant Food

Funeral Home Ownership Law Found Unconstitutional

Australia cemetery trains lifeguard gravediggers

How to plan an affordable funeral

Funeral Director's License Pulled After Family Given 2 Sets Of Remains

Technologically Advanced Funeral Industry

Cemetery Allows Owners To Be Buried With Pets

October 22, 2007

Industry News 10.22.07

Funeral directors warned of fraudulent embalmer

Obese Scots Face Coffins Crisis

More people choosing cremation over burial in western N.C.

Shop around before agreeing to cremation

Embalmer comes back from dead

Unclaimed bodies go to several programs

Death special: The funeral director

Body-Parts Scandal: Anapol Schwartz Files Philadelphia Civil Complaint for Son of Local Woman Whose Corpse was Allegedly Illegally Harvested for Bone/Tissue Transplantation

October 23, 2007

Industry News 10.23.07

Fixit: Statute explains who gets cemetery lots

Dead man applies for embalming job

Prairie Home Cemetery will study insurance program to cover plot, burial

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

Tooting traffic warden tickets funeral cortege

Neptune Society Opens Kissimmee, Florida Office

Neptune Society Opens Tucson, Arizona Office

Young friendships are alive after death in Internet postings

October 24, 2007

Industry News 10.24.07

Veterans cemetery on way

Funeral director is concerned about Christmas

After Katrina: Identifying the Dead with Biometric ID

Terrible Tillie, Where the Departed Rest Not Quite in Peace

Wisconsin necrophilia bill stalls

More Hispanics choose cremation

The New Funeral Movement: Modern Funerals Celebrate Life

October 25, 2007

Industry News 10.25.07

Veterans cautious, hopeful on cemetery

After complaint in Riverside, flag-folding recitation banned at veterans cemeteries nationwide

PBS Frontline features Milford in 'The Undertaking'

Co-defendant sparring likely at body-parts trial

Cremation rates increase in N.H.

Cremation business up in Alabama

Rise in Cremations a Sign of Changing Times Says Neptune Society

Tombstone Derby Saturday in Elmore

October 26, 2007

ICCFA News 10.26.07

Land deal is near for national veterans cemetery

Man gives up after explosives threat in Berlin cemetery

Mortician puts 'fun' in funeral

PBS Documentary “The Undertaking” Explores How Funeral Directors Care for the Living and the Dead

Going out like a skimper

Advent International Acquires Gayosso£¬ Mexico''s Largest Funeral Services Company

October 29, 2007

Industry News 10.29.07

Fillings drive up cremation costs

Jewish cemeteries violated in Brest, Babruisk, Mahilou, Shklou and Barysau

Saving those who cannot speak

Israel's only crematorium to re-open

Green funerals gaining acceptance in the U.S.

Business of bereavement thriving

Breach of common courtesy - Motorists ignore law and respect for cortege

Local Vets Fought To Transform A Cornfield Into A National Cemetery

“Echo”: “Cemetery Issue” Discussed at the Parliament

Cemeteries aren't all gloom and doom -- some couples even find love among the tombstones

October 30, 2007

Industry News 10.30.07

FRONTLINE's The Undertaking

Body-parts charges leave kin wondering

Former mortician set for court

Human ashes found in storage

Crematory boom raising wrath

NEW LOCAL: Cemetery worker shares memories

200 more cops to secure southern Metro on All Saints’ Day

October 31, 2007

Industry News 10.31.07

Ashes to ashes: Will cremation put burials six feet under?

Ex-Funeral Director Offered Plea Agreement In Theft Case

Pre-planning begs question: casket or urn?

Some Identified In Stolen Body Parts Case

Jump In Costs Of Dying

The dead have tales to tell: Rapid City's cemeteries contain abundant clues to our rich, shared past