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May 2008 Archives

May 1, 2008

Industry News 05.01.08

New Martinsville Funeral Home Ordered To Stop Selling Prepaid Funeral Contracts

Funeral Home Calls Woman to Arrange Her Funeral

Stopping crematorium 'impossible': Cardinal

Cemetery has new beginnings

Cemetery thefts on the rise

State aiming to break ground on Springvale veterans cemetery this fall

Vandals again attack Berlin cemetery

Horn Is ICCFA Certified Cemetery Executive

Two families sue in body-parts theft case

May 7, 2008

Industry News 05.07.08

Plainfield Township restricts grave tributes at Plainfield Cemetery and Oakfield Cemetery (U.S.)

Event Presents Opportunity For Descendants To Reconcile The Past (U.S.)

Veteran's cemetery on funding list (U.S.)

Cemetery removal plan at center of dispute (U.S.)

Cremation ground conversion angers Malaysian Hindus (Thailand)

'Pets are people, too': Area pet cemetery gives owners a place to grieve (U.S.)

Endangered Turtle May Delay Cemetery Project (U.S.)

Letting First Street Cemetery dead rest in peace will come at a cost, city leaders say (U.S.)

Grabin makes push for new national cemetery in state (U.S.)

Group Fights Cemetery Land Redevelopment (U.S.)

May 8, 2008

Industry News 05.08.08

No fuel for cremation, bodies rot in Myanmar (Dubai)

Former funeral home director pleads guilty (U.S.)

No embalming necessary: 'Green cemetery' rises (U.S.)

Muslim Cemetery Desecrated in Serbia (Serbia)

Cemetery encourages final act of environmentalism (U.S.)

Judge says Druid Ridge Cemetery may sell some land to developer (U.S.)

City is urged to sell airport, DCU, cemetery (U.S.)

Pet crematory wins variance (U.S.)

Islamic funeral home gets Burnsville council OK (U.S.)

May 9, 2008

Industry News 05.09.08

Cemetery trust fund control could get tighter (U.S.)

Piggy-back burials (Australia)

Funeral directors debate dissolving bodies with lye (Canada)

Neighbors Outraged Dozers In Cemetery (U.S.)

Men charged after skull dug up and used as bong (U.S.)

Stolen Mausoleum Gates Returned to Cemetery (U.S.)

Future rival for burials and cremations? (U.S.)

Tougher crematory rules OK'd (U.S.)

May 12, 2008

Industry News 05.12.08

Underwater cemetery offers final spot of rest (U.S.)

Welcome reforms toughen cemetery standards (U.S.)

Centuries-Old Cemetery Unearthed in Maastricht, Netherlands (U.S.)

Veterans cemetery for northeast Louisiana eyed (U.S.)

'Pet crematorium' complaint leads to Pentagon change (U.S.)

Change Is Sought in Cremation Policy (U.S.)

May 13, 2008

Industry News 05.13.08

New funeral services degree planned (UK)

Taxation needed to cover preservation? (U.S.)

Pentagon drops ball in handling of fallen soldiers (U.S.)

U.S. Supreme Court will not hear church's appeal on O'Hare cemetery plans (U.S.)

Families upset over new grave site restrictions at Hugo cemetery (U.S.)

Framingham residents rail against cemetery cell tower (U.S.)

May 14, 2008

Industry News 05.14.08

U.S. makes changes to cremations for slain troops (U.S.)

State Supreme Court Denies Petition In Crematory Case (U.S.)

Cemetery Association In Upton, N.Y. Prays For Return Of ‘Mary & Minnie’ Angel (U.S.)

Paducah City Commission May Allow Crematorium Vote (U.S.)

Investigator Exclusive: Funeral home takes body from hospital without family's permission (U.S.)

Fort Gibson National Cemetery set to expand (U.S.)

May 15, 2008

Industry News 05.15.08

Ohio Couple Finds Human Bones in Garden (U.S.)

Service Corporation International Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend (U.S.)

Ulster lawmakers approve veterans' cemetery (U.S.)

Hillenbrand to expand cremation business, marketing (U.S.)

Bush Administration Disposes Remains Of U.S. Soldiers Using Animal Crematorium (U.S.)

Grandma's Missing Rings (U.S.)

Reclaiming the forgotten veterans (U.S.)

Sanford: State's overregulation must stop (U.S.)

80-year-old builds $80 coffin to beat funeral directors' costs (New Zealand)

May 16, 2008

Industry News 05.16.08

Copper thieves strike funeral home -- twice (U.S.)

Ohio man finds someone already buried in his grave (U.S.)

Ulster vets’ cemetery to be created (U.S.)

PACIFIC: Officials say gravesite dispute isn't city issue (U.S.)

Baseball team giving away free funeral (U.S.)

With pet cremation, Fido can come back as a flower (U.S.)

Team unearths casket, leather piece at Caswell site (U.S.)

May 19, 2008

Industry News 05.19.08

U.S. Won't Hear Cemetery Case (U.S.)

Developer gets OK to buy and build homes on cemetery land (U.S.)

Laos, Vietnam National Memorial Ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery and Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C (U.S.)

Did asylum patients unearth a Bronze Age cemetery? (UK)

Citizens protest destruction of Muslim cemetery (Israel)

New pond causing cemetery battle (U.S.)

Funeral home just for pets (U.S.)

Funeral board to decide if crematory should close (U.S.)

May 20, 2008

Industry News 05.20.08

Bill addresses funeral costs (U.S.)

Truckloads of China's dead in need of final resting place (Canada)

Pet funeral business is booming in the US (UK)

Lye After Death Is Latest Option In Mortuary Science (U.S.)

Mom loses attempt to keep mausoleum (U.S.)

Cemetery project helps reconnect European Jews (Israel)

Nothing is sacred for scrap thieves (U.S.)

Car Thief Targeting Cemetery Mourners (U.S.)

May 21, 2008

Industry News 05.21.08

Unlicensed embalmers prompt suspension (U.S.)

Body Found In Cemetery Pond (U.S.)

Cemetery issue has day in court (U.S.)

Pioneer Cemeteries are Story and Ungerer's mission (U.S.)

Metal Thieves Prey On Cemeteries (U.S.)

Pre-paid funeral trouble could take months to sort out (U.S.)

Pentagon reviews cremation policies (U.S.)

May 22, 2008

Industry News 05.22.08

NH Senate sends Lynch bill to bar dissolving bodies with lye (U.S.)

The high cost of dying for the living (Canada)

Funeral director wants his old job after forgery (U.S.)

Cemeteries a reminder of ‘War to End All Wars’ (U.S.)

Environmental study next step for proposed Minnesota veterans cemetery (U.S.)

Women take cemetery flowers for 'crafts' (U.S.)

Pet pastor evicted by new owners of Tucson's only pet cemetery (U.S.)

Critics of Jackson crematory want board to revoke Miss. licenses (U.S.)

Date set for appeal by funeral directors (UK)

May 27, 2008

Industry News 05.27.08

Bush Honors U.S. War Dead in Ceremony at Arlington Cemetery (U.S.)

Boy and Girl Scouts Place 45,000 Flags In National Cemetery (U.S.)

Groundbreaking at new veterans cemetery (U.S.)

For about 180,000 veterans and relatives, Riverside National Cemetery is a final home (U.S.)

Remains from pioneer cemetery to be reburied (U.S.)

Two recently created 'green' cemeteries in Maine reject embalming, waterproof caskets and vaults (U.S.)

Doctors "Face Prosecution For Flouting Cremation Laws", UK (UK)

Program aims to give vets proper burial (U.S.)

May 28, 2008

Industry News 05.28.08

Senate passes Schaffer's funeral act (U.S.)

Polish cemetery restored (U.S.)

Pre-need funeral contract investigation coming (U.S.)

Some Discretion Allowed In Treating A Person's Remains (U.S.)

Funeral home one of few in state to be listed by company (U.S.)

Pet owners spend €1,000 to cremate 'best friends' (Ireland)

Thousands of cremated remains go unclaimed (U.S.)

Man charged with stealing thousands from funeral parlor (U.S.)

May 29, 2008

Industry News 05.29.08

Fight against funeral home ongoing (Canada)

Bristol funeral home owner accused of taking ring from body (U.S.)

Today's grave robbers are going for the flowers (U.S.)

City of Tallahassee to build pet crematorium (U.S.)

Funeral Fund Cash Missing (U.S.)

Miss. attorney general seeks information on closed cemeteries (U.S.)

Town puts clamp on cemetery plot reservations (Canada)

Minor league team to give away funeral (U.S.)

May 30, 2008

Industry News 05.30.08

Stonehenge Was Cemetery First and Foremost, Study Says (U.S.)

Man's body found in Uptown cemetery (U.S.)

Nederland teens to place wreath on Tomb of Unknowns (U.S.)

Financial Situation Causes Funeral Homes Headaches (U.S.)

A Step Forward in the Punjab Cremations Case (India)

Muslim cemeteries in Crimea attacked (UK)