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March 3, 2008

Industry News 03.03.08

Parties continue quarrel over cemetery (U.S.)

Public may comment on plan to regulate cemeteries (U.S.)

Plan your funeral now; no time later (U.S.)

Virtual memorials help people grieve (U.S.)

Sentencing Tuesday in cemetery embezzlement (U.S.)

More owners choosing pet cremation (U.S.)

Your Funeral Guy Reveals Desperately Needed Information in Funeral Cost Book (U.S.)

Closing the conveyance on Union Cemetery (U.S.)

FBI Digs Up Body From Kirksville Cemetery (U.S.)

Toddler who fell into cemetery pond declared brain dead (U.S.)

Posted by Bryan Spry on March 3, 2008 8:52 AM |

March 4, 2008

Industry News 03.04.08

Cemetery firm points finger at ex-owners (U.S.)

Live or die, they'll get you anyway.. (UK)

Care of small Minn. cemeteries falls to cities (U.S.)

Cemetery specialist (U.S.)

Webster resting place blessed by state (U.S.)

Cemetery ballot a no-go (U.S.)

Toddler who fell into cemetery pond dies (U.S.)

VA Cemetery: Nearing reality, at last (U.S.)

Posted by Bryan Spry on March 4, 2008 9:34 AM |

March 5, 2008

Industry News 03.05.08

Palmore dissatisfied with Pacific's new cemetery regulations (U.S.)

Kansas to Receive Money for Veterans' Cemetery (U.S.)

Update on Tanapag cemetery PCB contamination sought (Micronesia)

Archeologists Find Ancient Cemetery in Egypt (U.S.)

Council won't exempt funerals from double parking ban, or tickets (U.S.)

Jury awards $325K after funeral home lost remains (U.S.)

Posted by Bryan Spry on March 5, 2008 9:40 AM |

March 6, 2008

Industry News 03.06.08

Nelson bill backs vets cemetery in Bellevue (U.S.)

Publisher makes a living reporting urns and losses (Japan)

Injunction makes body snatching burial 'criminal act' (New Zealand)

A world cemetery project for foreigners (Turkey)

Wall of Honour hearing set for September (Canada)

Cemetery Trampled During Tuesday Caucus (U.S.)

Two Cemeteries Acquired By Pennsylvania Entity (U.S.)

Cremation cost set to rise 16% (UK)

Ex-cemetery manager sentenced to 90 days (U.S.)

Posted by Bryan Spry on March 6, 2008 9:16 AM |

March 7, 2008

Industry News 03.07.08

Maori Body Snatchers May Force Change in Burial Law (U.S.)

Funeral home plants 1,000th tree (U.S.)

Combined Insurance Offers Guidelines When Planning for Final Expenses (U.S.)

Milford woman seeks cemetery regulation change (U.S.)

Del. Lawmaker Says Proposed Cemetery Regulations Still Need Work (U.S.)

How To Start Up and Operate a Successful Pet Funeral Home and Crematory (U.S.)

Getting creative after cremation (U.S.)

Posted by Bryan Spry on March 7, 2008 9:22 AM |

March 11, 2008

Industry News 03.11.08

Cemetery fixed up in a Scout project (U.S.)

Vandalism in historic Norwich cemetery (U.S.)

Bill seeks to protect cemetery trusts (U.S.)

Project restores Jewish cemeteries ruined during WWII (U.S.)

Death, burial and religion (U.S.)

New national cemetery dedicated in South Florida (U.S.)

Cemetery offers carbon neutral funerals (Australia)

Law change considered over body snatching (New Zealand)

Posted by Bryan Spry on March 11, 2008 10:01 AM |

March 12, 2008

Industry News 03.12.08

Germany plans 'cemetery pyramid'

Cemetery safety issues up for discussion (UK)

NYS Funeral Directors Association Launches Statewide Preplanning Education Campaign (U.S.)

Gov. Pawlenty announces plans for new state veterans cemetery to be located near Duluth (U.S.)

7 bodies damaged in South Side funeral home fire (U.S.)

SCARCE LAND SCARES CEMETERY PLANNERS (U.S.)

Civil War cannon has guarded cemetery for over a century (U.S.)

Cremations greener than burials: Study (Australia)

Posted by Bryan Spry on March 12, 2008 12:44 PM |

March 14, 2008

Industry News 03.13.08

Etowah receives grant for cemetery project (U.S.)

Proposed Natural Cemetery For Bibb County (U.S.)

What to consider if you're interested in a home funeral (U.S.)

Casket retail store now open (U.S.)

E-mourning technology can move memorials and grieving out of the graveyard (U.S.)

Family's grief is multiplied as they prepare to rebury child (U.S.)

Pet Funeral Directors Await Mini Removal Cot (U.S.)

3 sue over prepaid cremation contracts (U.S.)

Durham man seeking zoning change for horse crematory (U.S.)

Posted by Bryan Spry on March 14, 2008 8:05 AM |

Industry News 03.14.08

Governor signs bill to tighten oversight of cemetery trusts (U.S.)

Suspending funeral director was a mistake, state admits (U.S.)

Morticians learn to cater to new immigrants' burial customs (U.S.)

Feds Investigate How Vets' Gravestones Dating Back to Spanish-American War Ended Up in Home's Landscaping (U.S.)

VA to study cemetery rules (U.S.)

Posted by Bryan Spry on March 14, 2008 8:23 AM |

March 17, 2008

Industry News 03.17.08

Indiana resident has discovered more than 100 unidentified graves (U.S.)

Mourners deal with lockout at 3 B.C. cemeteries (Canada)

Smash-and-grab thieves target cemetery visitors (U.S.)

Veterans group's request for '09 cemetery funds rejected (U.S.)

NYS Funeral Directors Association Launches Statewide Preplanning Education Campaign (U.S.)

Rest in peace (U.S.)

Proposed 'green' cemetery concerns its future neighbors (U.S.)

Posted by Bryan Spry on March 17, 2008 8:16 AM |

March 18, 2008

Industry News 03.18.08

Judge hears opinions on moving graves near KCI (U.S.)

Cemetery labour woes (Canada)

Middlesex teens sentenced for desecrating Jewish cemetery (U.S.)

Friendlier technology updates cremation (U.S.)

Families' anguish as cemetery is ravaged by yobs (UK)

Historic Atlanta Cemetery Takes A Hit During Storm (U.S.)

Funeral director sentenced to 5 years in prison (U.S.)

Posted by Bryan Spry on March 18, 2008 7:44 AM |

March 19, 2008

Industry News 03.19.08

Testimony shows company in difficult position, millions lost (U.S.)

Aledo will vote on cemetery tax (U.S.)

Funerals to be recorded and streamed online (UK)

Grisly case of body-parts thefts ends with a guilty plea in court U.S.)

Police Say Man Who Committed Suicide in Cemetery Had Legal Problems (U.S.)

Baldwin cemetery feud goes to chancery court (U.S.)

Posted by Bryan Spry on March 19, 2008 8:02 AM |

March 20, 2008

Industry News 03.20.08

Bullskin cemetery gets OK to build crematory (U.S.)

Sana'a cemeteries cause problems for mourners and government (U.S.)

Wickenburg ATV rider finds urn with human remains from 2001 (U.S.)

Judge transfers Memorial Park Cemetery ownership to city (U.S.)

Rehabilitated golden eagle will be released at Veterans Cemetery (U.S.)

VA Awards $1.3 Million to Kentucky State Veterans Cemetery (UK)

MfD: Archaeologists uncover unique cremation graves (Czech Republic)

Posted by Bryan Spry on March 20, 2008 8:25 AM |

March 21, 2008

Industry News 03.21.08

Funeral directors push cremation bill (U.S.)

Former funeral director charged with abusing a corpse is sentenced (U.S.)

Urn of cremated remains found near Wickenburg (U.S.)

Investigators say they've found dozens more victims of funeral home operator (U.S.)

Veterans Cemetery Receives Grant (U.S.)

City of Lawrence becomes official owner of Memorial Park Cemetery (U.S.)

City's cemetery sign, flag rules draw residents' ire (U.S.)

Posted by Bryan Spry on March 21, 2008 7:50 AM |