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October 2008 Archives

October 1, 2008

Industry News 10.01.08

First body parts trial set for Nov. 3 (U.S.)

Greece rebuffs Church over cremations (Greece)

Former cemetery operator gets 10 year sentence (U.S.)

VA Awards $7.5 Million for Missouri State Veterans Cemetery (U.S.)

Program for the poor needs a new cemetery (U.S.)

Governor vetoes bill aimed at helping Evergreen cemetery (U.S.)

Puglia to create its first Muslim cemetery (Italy)

Cemetery Owner Billing Families for Cemetery Clean-up (U.S.)

October 2, 2008

Industry News 10.02.08

House passes cemetery measure (U.S.)

Worker crushed by elevator at Linden funeral home (U.S.)

Mystery surrounds storm-damaged cemetery (U.S.)

Cemetery Debris (U.S.)

4 accused in NY of stealing vets cemetery markers (U.S.)

October 3, 2008

Industry News 10.03.08

WWI diggers to get new French cemetery (Australia)

Excavators Ruin Historical Cemetery (Russia)

Four area funeral directors help with Hurricane Ike relief (U.S.)

Funeral director's license revoked (U.S.)

Biker's present check for Confederate Cemetery upkeep (U.S.)

October 6, 2008

Industry News 10.06.08

Judge sides with city in crematory issue (U.S.)

Grave insult (Barbados)

Judge sentences adult in cemetery vandalism (U.S.)

Cemetery vandalism may cost taxpayers (U.S.)

Hindu Cremation Angers US Muslims (Egypt)

October 7, 2008

Industry News 10.07.08

Stewart Enterprises: Alive and Well (U.S.)

$40,000 Dollars of Copper Stolen from Baby Cemetery (U.S.)

Veterans cemetery awarded $5 million (U.S.)

Cheb begins construction of German war cemetery (Prague)

Woman's casket placed in wrong grave (U.S.)

October 8, 2008

Industry News 10.08.08

Service Corporation International Withdraws Proposal For Stewart Enterprises (U.S.)

Congress Must Act to Save Wasted Organs (U.S.)

Woman says an Augusta funeral home destroyed father's body (U.S.)

Terrell Mayor Memorializes Wildwood Cemetery (U.S.)

Work Underway On New Veterans Cemetery (U.S.)

Norwalk cemetery invaded by body tamperers (U.S.)

Cremation conundrum (UK)

October 10, 2008

Industry News 10.10.08

Caskets accidentally switched at Wis. cemetery (U.S.)

Stewart Enterprises Falls Most Since 1999 as Bid Dies (U.S.)

Family's two-month funeral delay (UK)

Unused burial plots are almost as hard to sell as single-family homes (U.S.)

Air quality ordinance targets crematory (U.S.)

Detroit couple won't face murder charge in son's BBQ cremation (U.S.)

October 13, 2008

Industry News 10.13.08

State looking into fraud allegations vs. funeral home west of Boynton (U.S.)

'Bodies Going Unburied For Weeks' (UK)

Stonehenge ”was a cremation cemetery, not a centre of healing (UK)

NY grave of 1st Ellis Island immigrant gets marker (U.S.)

Funeral director loses license for good (U.S.)

OUTRAGE AS FRENCH DIG UP BRITISH WAR GRAVES TO MAKE WAY FOR NEW CANAL (UK)

Woman jumps into husband's funeral pyre (India)

October 14, 2008

Industry News 10.14.08

Cemetery Class Action Lawsuit Settled (U.S.)

Funeral industry bucks economic downturn (U.S.)

Many choosing to leave life in nontraditional way (U.S.)

The burning issue of Hindu funeral pyres (India)

Snellville’s clean-air rule said to target wrong chemicals (U.S.)

October 15, 2008

Industry News 10.15.08

Opponents: NC school would hurt slave cemetery (U.S.)

Excavation work resumes in World War One cemetery area (Russia)

Groundbreaking held for Nebraska Veterans Cemetery (U.S.)

Activist: Desecration of cemetery act of racism (U.S.)

Politically charged cemeteries (U.S.)

Cremation broker may lose Colorado license (U.S.)

October 16, 2008

Industry News 10.16.08

Lawyer says funeral home bankruptcy is bogus (U.S.)

Veterans cemetery awarded $5 million (U.S.)

Veterans cemeteries may take budget hit (U.S.)

Cremation Broker in Trouble with Colorado (U.S.)

Plot thickens: A raging feud at Pacific City Cemetery threatens to wake the dead (U.S.)

Burials hit by credit crisis (UK)

Appeals board rules against crematory (U.S.)

October 17, 2008

Industry News 10.17.08

Police investigate Naperville Cemetery vandalism

Sale of abandoned cemetery could raise the dead

Nurses held for tipping off funeral firms about deaths (Italy)

More Complaints Pile Up Against SF Funeral Home (U.S.)

Dee Snider tours cemeteries for art’s sake (U.S.)

October 20, 2008

Industry News 10.20.08

Man shot dead in Bridgeport cemetery (U.S.)

Man charged with rape, assault at Stamford cemetery (U.S.)

Corpses Pile Up Amid Britain's Financial Crisis (UK)

Council will look at controversial zoning requests (U.S.)

Baby boomers behind new direction of funeral offerings (U.S.)

Crematory preps lawsuit pending city council vote (U.S.)

October 21, 2008

Industry News 10.21.08

Brookside Cemetery beefs up security (Canada)

Supervisors scheduled to approve cemetery at former Fort Ord (U.S.)

Cemetery slaying still a mystery (U.S.)

Teens charged with cemetery desecration (U.S.)

Veterans cemetery has people buzzing (U.S.)

Former funeral director pleads guilty (U.S.)

Wayne State University Brings Educational Exhibit to Mortuary Science Building for Its Annual Open House

Like a ‘horror movie’: Funeral director guilty of harassing motorists (Australia)

October 22, 2008

Industry News 10.22.08

Ord cemetery closer to reality (U.S.)

NewsChannel 11 Investigation Reveals New Lawsuit Against Lubbock Funeral Home (U.S.)

Veteran cemeteries vandalized (U.S.)

Site chosen for SA natural burials (Australia)

Corning man pleads not guilty in grandmother's cremation (U.S.)

Industry News 10.22.08

Ord cemetery closer to reality (U.S.)

NewsChannel 11 Investigation Reveals New Lawsuit Against Lubbock Funeral Home (U.S.)

Veteran cemeteries vandalized (U.S.)

Site chosen for SA natural burials (Australia)

Corning man pleads not guilty in grandmother's cremation (U.S.)

October 23, 2008

Industry News 10.23.08

Six Feet Under And 20% Off (U.S.)

‘Ghost walks’ infuriate cemetery manager (U.S.)

About 50 seek funeral plan reimbursement (U.S.)

Mastermind of body parts scam sentenced in Philly (U.S.)

Teen Vandals Cause $100,000 in Damage to Cemetery (U.S.)

October 27, 2008

Industry News 10.27.08

Qualls censured, quits embalming for two years (U.S.)

Banking agency to hold hearing on closed funeral home’s case (U.S.)

Foreclosure forces removal of bodies from Pontiac funeral home (U.S.)

Cop cleared in shooting, killing man with sword in cemetery (U.S.)

Jewish graves vandalized in Bucharest (Romania)

Troubles mount at Albany cemetery (U.S.)

Evergreen Cemetery Owner Expected in Court Monday (U.S.)

October 28, 2008

Industry News 10.28.08

Funeral home forcloses, county removes remains (U.S.)

Alleged body part thief rejects deal (U.S.)

Guinness World Record attempt was a grave matter for undertakers (UK)

Liens on Burial Plots in City Cemeteries Proposed (Canada)

Snellville defers action on crematory issues (U.S.)

October 29, 2008

Industry News 10.29.08

Colma police catch another suspected metal thief (U.S.)

Embezzlement charges filed against Grand Rapids cemetery owner (U.S.)

Goodwill gets spooky donation (U.S.)

Funeral director looks to end blood feuds (Turkey)

Funeral home parties with replica Elvis casket (U.S.)

Baby Remains Dug Up, Stolen From Wis. Cemetery (U.S.)

October 30, 2008

Industry News 10.30.08

Cemeteries under foreclosure leave families in tough spot (U.S.)

The cost of dying is set for big increase (UK)

Michigan cemetery owner accused of stealing from the dead (U.S.)

Prosecutor promises severe punishment for cemetery vandals if they are caught (U.S.)

Group aims to preserve Oregon's cemeteries (U.S.)

Measures up in cemeteries for All Saints and All Souls' Day (Philippines)

October 31, 2008

Industry News 10.31.08

New Orleans cemeteries reviving from neglect (U.S.)

$300,000 missing from metro-east cemeteries' pre-paid funds (U.S.)

Hungarian cemeteries brace for annual "Day of the Dead" celebrations (Hungary)

Man arrested in theft of 79 vases from Manatee cemetery (U.S.)

Graves suit stays alive (U.S.)