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November 2007 Archives

November 1, 2007

Industry News 11.01.07

Group helps lay vets' troubles to rest

Funeral Home Chain Uses Ashes to Grow Living Memorial Plant

VA Clarifies Policy on Flag-Folding Ceremonies

Panel says no to horse crematory

Judge approves cemeteries' sale

An exit that'll turn heads

November 2, 2007

Industry News 11.02.07

Funeral planning now can ease burden later

Keep icons in national cemeteries

Funeral board considers fund for consumers

Cremation is latest battlefield in Israel's perennial religious divide

Fees for burials to increase (Britain)

First-of-its-Kind Neptune Memorial Reef is the Ultimate Destination for the Living ... and the Deceased

Man with beer takes hearse to go fishing

November 5, 2007

Industry News 11.05.07

Cremation more popular, more acceptable in some areas

Cremation, rather than burial, is becoming preferred way of dealing with the dead

Pet funerals get a personal touch

Man in Kennewick fashions his own do-it-yourself casket

Man accused of attacking body at funeral

Crafted with care

Graveyard shift

November 6, 2007

Industry News 11.06.07

Perpetual care gets legislative review, at last

'The last thing we'll ever do for soldiers'

Cremations rise in Western N.C.

Pa. Senate bill would regulate body parts

Camden freelancer a solemn hire: Solo funeral director helps out where he can

Hillenbrand Industries Announces Form 10 Filing for Batesville Casket Company Spin-Off

Fly could halt plan to expand old cemetery

November 7, 2007

Industry News 11.07.07

Eco funerals are on the up in Dorset with a rising number of residents opting for bamboo coffins and woodland burials.

Funeral home sued for using pictures of biker sendoff

Grief program marks two decades

Pet cemetery wins top award again

Beautification of St. Stephen’s historic cemetery continues

Suhor Industries Inc. grows and diversifies

For Chester French Stewart, the mortuary business is a calling

November 8, 2007

Industry News 11.08.07

Memories In Stone: Couple Turns Ashes Into Benches

Funeral Negotiator Helps Grieving Families

3 accused of stealing veterans' cemetery plaques

Allotments to make way for cemetery space

Funeral home sued for negligence

Couple devastated by heartless crematorium

Vets volunteer for unit to honor fallen soldiers

Brooklyn Cemetery work day scheduled

November 9, 2007

Industry News 11.09.07

Families remember military funeral honors long after the service

EFI's 'Club EI' Exhibit Wins Best Booth at NFDA 2007

Former director's license revoked

FUNERAL DIRECTOR 'ROBBED CLIENT'

Cracking down on cemetery vandalism

Media Advisory: Remembrance Day Ceremony at the National Military Cemetery

More charges in body-parts case

Town of Stratham creates first cremation garden

November 12, 2007

Industry News 11.12.07

A chance to say 'thanks'

StoneMor Partners L.P. Announces Operating Results for the 2007 Third Quarter

Family angry at cremation mix-up

Vets cemetery poised to add 41,000 graves

Compelling program about funeral services

What you need to know about national veterans' cemeteries

Death at home requires certain handling

Planning a funeral ahead of time

November 13, 2007

Industry News 11.13.07

Funeral director to pay for Marine's reburial after mixup

Ground broken for veteran's cemetery in Missoula

Vandals Target Stanley Cemeteries

Cemetery workers accept agreement, ending 6-month dispute

Iowa Veterans Cemetery to open Memorial Day

Prosecutors seek competency check in cremation case

Love this place, love this casket

November 15, 2007

Industry News 11.15.07

Next week marks the one-year anniversary of the massive fire that destroyed the Aurora Casket Co.

Former Preble Co. Funeral Home Director Under Investigation

Former Funeral Director Admits Guilt In Corpse Abuse Case

What's available for vets?

East Stroudsburg funeral home offers free burial for fire victim

From ashes to ashes, at Disneyland

Service Corporation International Increases Share Repurchase Authorization by $250 Million and Declares an Increase in Quarterly Cash Dividend to Four Cents Per Common Share

Funeral home helping area residents create gift packages for the troops

November 16, 2007

Industry News 11.16.07

Maine Looks To Create Licenses For Crematories

Cemeteries: Austrian Jewish leader deplores government ‘laxity’

Drunks on graveyard rampage

Archeologists discover 1,700-year-old Roman-era cemetery in northeast Syria

Remembering veterans in Highland Cemetery

Historian publishes book on grave topic

Alternative funeral services include cremation and green or natural burial
'UNDERTAKER GHOUL' RING UP FOR TRIAL

Funeral director Phillips appointed to commission

November 19, 2007

Industry News 11.19.07

Funeral trust not best way to invest

Death and the indigent

Man wants people to adopt old cemeteries

Keeping an eye on the funeral industry

Funeral home for seaside

Hearing to focus on mercury from crematorium

Faking death 'final blow'

Loners left in funeral limbo

Pet Funeral Homes Comfort Grieving Owners

November 20, 2007

Industry News 11.20.07

Funeral parlour blocked

More cemetery vandalism in Polish area

Cemetery owners welcome crackdown

Legal action in grave mix-up

Board to walk proposed crematory site

Humor can be found in New England cemeteries

Dying could cost $30 more in N.J.

November 21, 2007

Industry News 11.21.07

Neighbors fight plan for crematorium

More than 230 Jewish cemeteries desecrated in 5 years in Germany

Campaigners win battle to reopen cemetery gate

Waukesha puts off cemetery proposal

Thieves snatch funeral flowers

Russian Project Promotes Jewish Burial Traditions

November 26, 2007

Industry News 11.26.07

Cemetery safety crackdown in Stockton

Planning your funeral with some expert help

Springs' case cited in call to license funeral homes

For growing ranks in U.S., preference to go out green

Wreath Company Filling Orders To Honor Vets

Dealer of electronic tombstone scrapbook awaits first sale

Tough times for funeral business

Elbow Creek Cemetery gets plowed; neighbors say it's desecration

November 27, 2007

Industry News 11.27.07

Funeral director seeks hearing

City's plan to relocate cemeteries near KCI draws opposition

Cemeteries in Dorset look set to become safer as memorial masons undertake extra training to prevent headstones becoming unstable

Funeral director seeks hearing on immoral conduct charges

Green in life, green afterlife

Rabbis protest cemeteries’ surcharge

My Goal Is to Get You Excited about Cemeteries

November 28, 2007

Industry News 11.28.07

Headstones are declared unsafe

Illegal funeral homes to be regulated

Trimble offers annual holiday help program

War Memorial providing final tributes to veterans

Coffin recycling: police investigate German undertaker

Court orders former mortician to make restitution for thefts

Casket in a classroom

November 29, 2007

Industry News 11.29.07

Ancient cemetery unearthed in C China

Patricia Cemetery brought back to life after 60 years

160 Tombstones Overturned At Jewish Cemetery

Georgia Dedicates Its Newest Veterans Cemetery

Dera follower cremated in the open

From earth to earth by way of the 'Resomator'

No More a Taboo: More families in Western N.C. choosing cremation over burial

The funeral industry increasingly goes digital

November 30, 2007

Industry News 11.30.07

Business seeks pet cremation approval

Vilnius cemetery challenge

ADL Condemns Baltimore Cemetery Desecration

New cemetery plans take shape

Bond Set for Forest Hill Cemetery Owner

Death "Takes" A Holiday But Still Manages To Go Green!

The cost of dying is set to rise

Weird News — The opposite of cremation