July 3, 2008

Industry News 07.03.08

Service Corp's Alderwoods Employees Avert Strike By Accepting Sweetened Contract Offer - Update (U.S.)

Home funeral and green burial options are available (U.S.)

Pet cemetery where sex symbol buried dog closes (U.S.)

More sell off their cemetery plots (U.S.)

Expansion Chattanooga vets' cemetery questioned (U.S.)

Baby funeral pair's sentences cut (UK)

July 2, 2008

Industry News 07.02.08

Strike Averted; Alderwoods Funeral Employees Approve Contract (U.S.)

Russian cemetery vandals sent to jail (Russia)

Tarpon Springs must return peace to Cycadia Cemetery (U.S.)

Cemetery Mementos Found In Trash Heap (U.S.)

Rock anthems replacing hymns at Australian funerals (Australia)

Green funerals growing (New Zealand)

Final resting place for pets wasn't final after all (U.S.)

Toledo family sues Secor Funeral Home in body dispute (U.S.)

Regulators reject legal action against prepaid funeral company (U.S.)

July 1, 2008

Industry News 07.01.08

Senate sends governor bill on Simi cemetery (U.S.)

JP digs deep for answers at cemetery site (U.S.)

Planned veterans cemetery accepting applications for some burials (U.S.)

Some People Looking For Refunds On Cemetery Plots (U.S.)

First Kentucky Carillon to be dedicated at Veterans Cemetery (U.S.)

Cemetery Plots Big Real Estate Business

Mississippi Supreme Court Won't Hear Funeral Home Owner's Appeal (U.S.)

June 30, 2008

Industry News 06.30.08

Funeral board chief's business partner charged with fraud (U.S.)

Local and national outbreak of grave robbing (U.S.)

Delhi to get CNG crematorium for pets (India)

Brno animal crematorium offers online cremation shows (Czech Republic)

Cremation cost is set to increase (UK)

Scientists race to rescue cemetery from ocean (U.S.)

June 27, 2008

Industry News 06.27.08

Dogs, smoking and benches banned in cemeteries (UK)

Egypt archaeologists find ancient painted coffins (Egypt)

Miss. Supreme Court declined to hear Salts' appeal (U.S.)

Cemetery investigations ongoing (U.S.)

Judge allows buyer to move bodies from cemetery (U.S.)

Dissolving bodies with lye banned in NH (U.S.)

Eco-friendly cemetery comes to Ionia County (U.S.)

Personalized casket has heart (U.S.)

Millington cabinetmaker thinks outside the box with recent move into casket business (U.S.)

Cremations increase as economy takes hits (U.S.)

June 26, 2008

Industry News 06.26.08

FTC Approves Final Consent Order in Matter of Missouri State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors (U.S.)

Bill Seeks Funding For Expanding The National Cemetery (U.S.)

Plaque Stolen From Battleground National Cemetery In D.C. (U.S.)

Gravestones sink while Des Plaines River rises (U.S.)

Man Pleads Guilty To Stealing From Funeral Home Trust Fund (U.S.)

Dorval residents continue to protest crematorium (Canada)

Funeral and Cremation Services...For Pets (U.S.)

Restaurant built inside coffin opens in Ukraine (Ukraine)

June 25, 2008

Industry News 06.25.08

I-Team 10 investigation: Whistleblower plans to sue city (U.S.)

Death knell for cemetery? (U.S.)

Green burials are 'more' popular (UK)

Cemeteries to be tested for safety (UK)

Dying on a Budget? Try Cremation (U.S.)

Missouri will allow more people to sell caskets (U.S.)

Resolution opposing crematorium passes (U.S.)

June 24, 2008

Industry News 06.24.08

Body lay 14 hours in nursing home (Canada)

ASHES TO ASHES: Creative ways to store your loved one's remains (U.S.)

Portland's jointly operated Jewish Cemetery seeks inclusion (U.S.)

Pet cemetery at Dunes State Park off beaten path (U.S.)

Green caskets, burials a growing business (U.S.)

More And More Floridians Are Selling Their Grave Sites (U.S.)

Investigators: Why it was fraud (U.S.)

June 23, 2008

Industry News 06.23.08

Whatever happened to the cemeteries at the sewage treatment plant?

Prearrange funeral, avoid making hasty decisions later (U.S.)

Funeral-services workshop covers cutting-edge trends (U.S.)

Former owner of cemetery enters plea (U.S.)

Family cemetery found on school property (U.S.)

Worlds collide at cemetery (U.S.)

Teens arrested over cemetery rampage (Australia)

Summer cemetery project teaches students history (U.S.)

Carlsborg crematory permit upheld, but foes vow to face commissioners (U.S.)

June 20, 2008

Industry News 06.20.08

Custer in the running for national cemetery (U.S.)

Firm sues Waco over cemetery deal (U.S.)

Russert Buried in Washington, D.C. Cemetery (U.S.)

Grave costs rise again (UK)

Missouri AG sues over preneed funeral contracts (U.S.)

Michigan Legislature should act on cemetery bills to protect consumers (U.S.)

Thought-Provoking Exhibit Reflects on American Funeral Customs (UK)

Old cemeteries need better legal safeguards (U.S.)