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 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 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 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 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 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

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.)

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 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 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.)