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April 2008 Archives

April 2, 2008

Industry News 04.02.08

Illegal Immigrants Often Die Anonymously (U.S.)

Black funeral homes in Cleveland take security measures amid violence at services elsewhere (U.S.)

Some Beijing tomb plots "cost more than houses" (UK)

New proposals coming to strengthen Mich. cemetery trust fund laws (U.S.)

Natural Burial: The Ultimate in Recycling (Canada)

Funeral home law to come into effect late this year, Leal says (Canada)

Vet cemetery a done deal (U.S.)

April 4, 2008

Industry News 04.04.08

A.G.'s Office Joins Crematorium Probe (U.S.)

Lawsuit aims to prevent cemetery relocations near KCI (U.S.)

First Muslim cemetery to open by June (U.S.)

Burial Culture Going Green (South Korea)

Veteran Cemetery (U.S.)

Roadkill bill would allow cremation (U.S.)

Dislike Burial and Cremation? Try Resomation! (U.S.)

State shuts down Seepe (U.S.)

April 7, 2008

Industry News 04.07.08

Burglar Plays Dead at Funeral Home (U.S.)

More pick cremation over casket (U.S.)

Officials eye stiffer crematory regulation (U.S.)

Call for ban on photos of dead bodies (Australia)

Co-defendant plays blame game in body-parts trial (U.S.)

April 8, 2008

Industry News 04.08.08

Funeral home bill advances (U.S.)

Body disposal process perplexes lawmakers (U.S.)

Court permits mother to cremate daughter's body (Israel)

Ruling awaited in Seepe case (U.S.)

Volunteers' efforts free Zion Christian Cemetery from decades of neglect (U.S.)

Lack of funds prevents man from claiming wife's body (U.S.)

Governor General declares national memorial centre officially open (Canada)

Bond Chapel wins on appeal (U.S.)

April 9, 2008

Industry News 04.09.08

Bodies: Funeral home probe exposes loopholes (U.S.)

Rocky Mount funeral director's trial moved to Pitt (U.S.)

Arrests over Muslim grave attacks (Qatar)

Kin Seek to Move Mark Rothko's Remains (U.S.)

Government Exhumes Bodies After Looting At N.M. Cemetery (U.S.)

Arlington Cemetery Makes Historic Exception for World War I Veteran (U.S.)

Egypt promises Italy land at El Alamein cemetery (South Africa)

PACIFIC: Funeral director demands review of city grave fees (U.S.)

April 10, 2008

Industry News 04.10.08

Griffith supports new embalming bill (U.S.)

Judge allows crematory to open again with oversight (U.S.)

Company agrees to suspend funeral sales (U.S.)

A Hero's Goodbye (U.S.)

Alton cemetery violated Wrongful Tree Cutting Act, couple claims in suit (U.S.)

Government Secretly Exhumes Bodies at Historic Cemetery After Grave Looting Tip (U.S.)

Cemetery vandals face civil suit (U.S.)

The Greenest Way to Die: Liquification (U.S.)

April 11, 2008

Industry News 04.11.08

Feds Approve Burial of Last WWI Vet at Arlington (U.S.)

Griffith's embalming bill gets no support (U.S.)

‘Great Graves’ author digs up history, stories (U.S.)

Chennai city makes burial, cremation free (India)

Veterans cemetery gains endorsement of state, local groups (U.S.)

Gas Drilling In Hyde Cemetery May Disturb The Peace (U.S.)

Burial policy companies appoint lawyer as acting manager (U.S.)

April 14, 2008

Industry News 04.14.08

Court grants status to family member in cemetery dispute (U.S.)

City to look at private firms to run municipal cemeteries (UK)

People Stiffed By St. Louis Area Funeral Home Want Answers (U.S.)

Cemetery attendant in court for possession of human parts (Nigeria)

Mexican arrest 8 at cemetery during drug trafficker's burial (France)

Area funeral providers assure customers all is well following suspension of NPS sales (U.S.)

April 15, 2008

Industry News 04.15.08

Lawmakers Working To Tighten Crematory Regulations (U.S.)

Board Splits on 'Green' Cemetery (U.S.)

Cemetery plans drawn up to forestall graveyard shortages (U.S.)

Homosexuals In Denmark Have Own Cemetery Space (U.S)

New trial date set in cemetery fraud case (U.S.)

About 100 residents turn out to oppose 'green cemetary' plan (U.S.)

April 16, 2008

Industry News 04.16.08

Congress to inter cemetery fees (China)

Not much more room left in St. Mary’s cemetery (U.S.)

Monument business keeps traditions alive (U.S.)

Parisian cemetery breathes new life into Russian cultural pride (New Zealand)

38 Years After Artist’s Suicide, His Remains Are on the Move (U.S.)

Cemetery protesters (U.S.)

Regulators try to reassure consumers who bought funeral contracts (U.S.)

April 17, 2008

Industry News 04.17.08

Judge says OK for Mark Rothko's family to move his remains (U.S.)

The dead too are facing a space crunch (India)

Animal lover gets panel's backing for pet cemetery (U.S.)

Cambodians pray at Pol Pot's cremation site decade later (Cambodia)

High-class cardboard the latest thing in caskets (Canada)

Crematorium sparks opposition in Dorval (Canada)

April 18, 2008

Industry News 04.18.08

Prompted by rabbis, state takes closer look at cemeteries (U.S.)

Columbia man wants to bring ashes to ashes to the masses (U.S.)

Graveyard shortage poses problems (UK)

Governor honors new cemetery group led by Roman (U.S.)

Jewish remains dug up in Belarus (Isreal)

Selectmen approve cemetery rule changes (U.S.)

Texas State Cemetery to commemorate Vietnam veterans (U.S.)

Pre-need funds safe, local funeral homes say (U.S.)

Funeral industry unprepared for future (New Zealand)

April 21, 2008

Industry News 04.21.2008

Civil War General Memorialized In Brooklyn Cemetery (U.S.)

Cremation industry awaits tougher controls (U.S.)

Environmentally-friendly funerals coming to British Columbia, maybe Ontario (Canada)

Freeze-drying bodies could ease pressure on cemeteries (UK)

Platte County judge halts city’s plan to relocate KCI grave sites (U.S.)

Funeral home opening raises political eyebrows (U.S.)

Green funerals make for eco-exits (U.S.)

April 23, 2008

Industry News 04.23.08

New rules for funeral directors (Canada)

County buries cremation policy for dead paupers (U.S.)

Urbanisation causes concern for country’s graveyards (Vietnam)

Green grave options taking off (U.S.)

Student finds grenade in Bradenton cemetery (U.S.)

Cops investigating discovery of fetus in cemetery (U.S.)

Crematory's licensing hearing delayed (U.S.)

April 24, 2008

Industry News 04.24.08

Funeral Home Facing License Revocation (U.S.)

Mock funeral protests funeral home, development in West Boynton (U.S.)

Accused crematory owner to operate without supervision (U.S.)

Call to regulate burial alternative (UK)

The expensive real estate of the dead (UK)

Soviet military cemetery to be returned to Hungarian city (Russia)

Sheriff's police investigate fetus found in suburban cemetery (U.S.)

Woman's body found in Taylor cemetery (U.S.)

April 25, 2008

Industry News 04.25.08

Funeral Board Will Continue To Monitor Crematorium (U.S.)

Death syndicate dismantled (South Africa)

Burials are banned as cemetery is full (UK)

Green cemetery proponents push ultimate act of recycling (U.S.)

Love Cemetery topic of fact-finding mission (U.S.)

Wrecked Car Outside Funeral Home Sends Message To Prom-Goers (U.S.)

April 28, 2008

Industry News 04.28.08

Australia government says Sydney could run out of cemetery space by 2050 (France)

Cemetery damage more than $15,000 (Canada)

Veteran beseeches state to maintain Marlboro Psychiatric cemetery (U.S.)

Graves vanishing (U.S.)

Descendants of slaves, slave owners gather to save cemetery (U.S.)

Two men killed at funeral home (Jamaica)

Attorney: Funeral Home Did Nothing Wrong (U.S.)

Tougher cremation rules eyed nationally (U.S.)

Trend away from burials (U.S.)

April 29, 2008

Industry News 04.29.08

Following Team 4 Investigations, Some Pittsburgh Funeral Homes Accused Of Violations (U.S.)

Director defrauded prepaid funerals, OPP says (Canada)

Estimate to repair 85 markers could hit $340,000 (U.S.)

Cremation fees raise extra 'ash cash' for docs (Ireland)

Consumer advocates criticize Missouri legislation on prepaid funeral packages (U.S.)

Death and taxes (U.S.)

Man Arrested in Beating of Elderly Funeral Home Owner (U.S.)

April 30, 2008

Industry News 04.30.08

Natural cemetery OK'd in east Bibb (U.S.)

Jackson cemetery owner sets terms to dig up grave (U.S.)

Cemetery worker admits larceny (U.S.)

Leeds cemetery 'rapist' is hunted by police (UK)

Berlin mayor condemns damage to gravestones in Weissensee Jewish cemetery (France)

Lawsuit Against Cemetery Alleges Family Can't Find Relative's Grave (U.S.)

State pursues pre-need burial investigation (U.S.)

AG wins against funeral home (U.S.)

Families sue undertakers in body parts scandal (U.S.)