Cemetery
In the news last week was a story of deceased New York state firefighter Anthony Fatale and the delayed legacy of his life. Fatale had died two years ago in 2018 at the age of 70. Fatale was single, an Air Force veteran, and a member of the Nyack Fire Department, who many colleagues say…
Read More about Better late than neverThe afternoon edition of Funeral Director Daily weighs heavily with cemetery related news. Let’s see. . . .we’ve got a name change, a cemetery hoping to receive historical certification, and a cemetery where Action News Troubleshooters tells of a cemetery where it took some time, but eventually, the consumer was taken care of. Medway Cemetery…
Read More about Afternoon edition. . .heavy on cemetery newsSummer is, historically, a time that relatives visit the graves of long deceased members of the family. Generally, between Memorial Day and Labor Day many families pack up for an afternoon and take a short trip to visit and do some upkeep on the family graves. Others visit when they get back to their hometowns…
Read More about America’s cemetery problemsI came across this article from the Echo Pilot of Greencastle, Pennsylvania, the other day. To me, it is a somewhat disturbing article on a church cemetery, or what I’ll call an annex, with apparently only two burials in the annex. The church also owns a main cemetery and apparently were moving two vaults from…
Read More about Pennsylvania church apparently moves graves without permissionLast week Funeral Director Daily learned about a lawsuit against a Park Lawn affiliate cemetery from this article. The article contends that the American Moslem Society (AMS) of Dearborn, Michigan, has filed a lawsuit alleging an attempt by Woodmere Cemetery to breach its contract with the mosque. According to the article, AMS has purchased more…
Read More about Lawsuit against Park Lawn affiliateNew Orleans, Louisiana, is known as a great American city. Because the city sits about 15-18 feet below sea level and has levies protecting the city its cemeteries are well known for their unique above ground burials in some places. Because of some of these type of land issues, the city itself has found itself…
Read More about The battle to build a cemeteryI love the idea of “American ingenuity”. To me it means the thought process that is developed to keep things moving ahead even when the system to do so has been upended. And, around the world this Spring, the system has truly been upended with the advent of the COVID-19 situation. However, if you are…
Read More about Keeping the business flowingIt’s not even noon on Sunday yet and I’ve had a pretty good day already. Minnesota has allowed churches to open at 25% of capacity so my wife and I attended church today, albeit wearing masks and sitting far from anybody else, for the first time since mid-March. Also, singing was banned for just instrumental…
Read More about The savings rate and what it can do for preneed and cemetery salesMonday will bring Memorial Day to those of us in the United States. It is a day like none other. Not only does it serve as the weekend when summer begins, but it ultimately is the day all Americans should solemnly, sometime during the day, ponder and give thanks to all who were willing to…
Read More about A Memorial Day like no otherIt was announced this week that Calverton National Cemetery, a property of the National Cemetery Administration and reserved for our nation’s honored veterans and their dependents, will be suspending their tradition of allowing groups to place American flags at grave sites for Memorial Day “because of the health risks posed by the coronavirus”. Calverton National…
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