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September 2008 Archives

September 2, 2008

Industry News 09.02.08

Luqa cemetery expansion finds Bronze Age remains (Malta)

Devastation in Kalisz’s Soviet Military Cemetery (Poland)

GU Owned Cemetery In Disrepair (U.S.)

Cash-for-corpse murders probed in China (China)

Cremation numbers rising, but fewer claiming ashes (U.S.)

September 3, 2008

Industry News 09.03.08

Garzone Brothers Plea Guilty To Corpse Theft (U.S.)

Kingsley Man Sentenced for Funeral Home Theft (U.S.)

The rising cost of dying (U.S.)

Japan faces crematorium shortage amid rapid aging (Japan)

Slow Economy Impacting Funeral Homes (U.S.)

One Hundred Hearses For Croydon (U.S.)

People don't understand cemetery needs (U.S.)

September 4, 2008

Industry News 09.04.08

Fulton exhumes body in Warren Funeral case (U.S.)

No jail time required for Kingsley funeral director (U.S.)

Can crematorium plan find life after death? (Canada)

Kudzu-eating goats may help Decatur cemetery (U.S.)

'Cremated' father turns up on TV (UK)

State agency hearing in Waco today on families' access to graves (U.S.)

September 5, 2008

Industry News 09.05.08

Cremated remains of five people found in Jeffersontown creek (U.S.)

As cremations rise, so do options on where to spend eternity (U.S.)

Funeral home to pay state fine (U.S.)

Funeral director gets probation in theft case (U.S.)

Missouri regulators, funeral industry agree on overhaul of prepaid contracts (U.S.)

State seizing EU Cemetery endowment (U.S.)

Lithuanian, Israeli experts at odds over pre-war Jewish cemetery (Lithuania)

September 8, 2008

Industry News 09.08.08

State tries to seize cemetery money

Body Found In Enfield Cemetery (U.S.)

WWI Army nurse gets late honor (U.S.)

Noida crematorium to go online (India)

As Families Opt for Cremation, Industry Expands Services, Choices (U.S.)

Ashes found in creek bed may be from Eastern Cemetery (U.S.)

Corpse-Selling Gang Arrested in Cremation Murder Trade (China)

September 9, 2008

Industry News 09.09.08

Funeral home owner kills wife, turns gun on himself (U.S.)

Funeral Association Scaring People Away From Green Burials? (U.S.)

Funeral home to hold re-enactment of Lincoln's service (U.S.)

Local funeral director helps bury unclaimed Katrina victims (U.S.)

Funeral service industry to get NT$2.31 billion facelift (Taiwan)

Crematory owner facing more legal issues (U.S.)

September 10, 2008

Industry News 09.10.08

Cemetery faces state stipulations (U.S.)

Snellville can’t measure crematorium air quality, official says (U.S.)

Broker matches buyers and sellers of cemetery lots (U.S.)

Funeral homes are now offering Webcasts of services, burials (U.S.)

Eco-Friendly Burials Take ‘Green’ to the Grave (U.S.)

NYC man says airline lost his dead wife's body (U.S.)

Committee tackles pre-arranged funeral contracts after company’s collapse (U.S.)

September 12, 2008

Industry News 09.12.08

Greek Archaeologists Unearth Jewelry In Cemetery (Greece)

Buddhist leader to be cremated in outdoor ceremony (India)

Stewart reports strong quarter (U.S.)

Hamburg football club open cemetery for their fans (Germany)

South Korean cemetery keeps Cold War alive (South Korea)

Unmarked grave containing 1950 crash victims found (U.S.)

September 15, 2008

Industry News 09.15.08

Cemetery gives Cubs fans burial site (U.S.)

Entire cemetery board quits in protest (U.S.)

Cemetery must pay families for items taken from graves (U.S.)

Families leaving bodies at morgue (U.S.)

Metro Detroit funeral home offers memorial services for unclaimed bodies (U.S.)

September 16, 2008

Industry News 09.16.08

Indo-Brit Wants Open-Air Cremation In UK (UK)

Ex-cemetery manager admits taking $150,000 (U.S.)

Cemetery managers discuss green funerals during convention in Calgary (Canada)

Durham PZC to vote on horse crematorium (U.S.)

Shenandoah Life is the Only Virginia Headquartered Company to Offer Preneed Insurance (U.S.)

Even dead seemed to try to flee Ike's wrath (U.S.)

September 17, 2008

Industry News 09.17.08

Century-Old Mandan Graves Being Moved Carefully (U.S.)

Florida Man Arrested for Stealing More Than 100 Urns From Cemetery (U.S.)

High cost of dying forces people to pay for funerals in advance (UK)

Man living next to funeral home wins compensation over sight of coffins (Japan)

Catholic Poles saving Jewish cemeteries (Poland)

Man Found Dead in Whitewater Cemetery (U.S.)

Jacksonville Prepares For National Cemetery (U.S.)

September 18, 2008

Industry News 09.18.08

$108,000 in copper headstones stolen from Cypress cemetery (U.S.)

County, feds swap land, expand Arlington Cemetery (U.S.)

State suspends Gastonia funeral home's license (updated with comments from Howell) (U.S.)

As popularity of cremation increases, so do options (U.S.)

September 19, 2008

Industry News 09.19.08

Foul Odor Leads To Body In Car At Cemetery (U.S.)

Discovery of Roman rural cemetery in UK reveals six skeletons (UK)

Funeral director attacks 'secret deal' over bodies (UK)

Columbia Planning and Zoning Commission approves funeral home rezoning (U.S.)

Emmy watch in Milford (U.S.)

September 22, 2008

Industry News 09.22.08

Demand up for Earth-friendly burials (U.S.)

Judge Suspended in Cemetery Fence Flap (U.S.)

Human Remains Halt Luxury Condos in Old Jewish Cemetery

Thieves Ripping Off Veterans Cemetery (U.S.)

Funeral home in Elkin is being investigated (U.S.)

September 23, 2008

Industry News 09.23.08

Neb. veteran's cemetery gets nearly $3 M from VA (U.S.)

Scrap yard sells stolen vases back to Dunedin cemetery (U.S.)

Eviction of ‘informal settlers’ from North Cemetery intensified (Philippines)

Funeral Director Gets Probation For Improper Disposal Of Fetuses (U.S.)

Murder trial for NC funeral director starts (U.S.)

VA Awards $2.7 Million for Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery (U.S.)

September 24, 2008

Industry News 09.24.08

Ex-funeral director blames bad business decisions (U.S.)

Grieving family told no Saturday funeral because they are not Muslim (UK)

Jury picked in murder trial of NC funeral director (U.S.)

7 defendants to be tried separately in body parts case (U.S.)

Funeral Home Placed On Probation (U.S.)

September 25, 2008

Industry News 09.25.08

Defense: 'Fatal attraction' led to slaying of mortician's wife (U.S.)

Spartanburg man gets 12 years in funeral home fire (U.S.)

Separate trials set in upstate NY body-parts case (U.S.)

Funeral homes grapple with cost of burying poor (U.S.)

Documentary on local funeral home wins Emmy (U.S.)

Cemetery workers walk off job over pesticide use (Canada)

September 26, 2008

Industry News 09.26.08

Burial plots for UGA lettermen available near stadium (U.S.)

County offers burial help for low-income families (U.S.)

Expenses can top $10,000: How to prepare your family (U.S.)

Suit filed against funeral home (U.S.)

Pet cremation firm dumped dead animals (Australia)

Concrete burial vaults divide traditionalists, environmentalists (Canada)

Testimony to continue in Bowling murder trial (U.S.)

September 29, 2008

Industry News 09.29.08

Funeral Director to Stand Trial for Wife's Murder (U.S.)

O'Hare expansion foes still fighting to save St. Johannes Cemetery (U.S.)

Greece: Ruling Allows Cremation (Greece)

Cemetery workers back at work (U.S.)

Former Cemetery Owner Gets Probation (U.S.)

September 30, 2008

Industry News 09.30.08

Funeral director pleads guilty (U.S.)

New WWI diggers cemetery to be announced (Australia)

Board accepts settlement for missing cemetery funds (U.S.)

Undertaker fined over burial-cremation mix-up (Australia)

As popularity of cremation increases, so do options (U.S.)