Cemetery
A project set to begin this fall for 554 pre-placed crypts at the Southern Maine Veterans’ Cemetery will also include 234 “green burial” graves that will be created. According to this article from the Journal Times, cemetery superintendent Scott Brown commented that, “It will be the first state (veterans) cemetery in the nation to have…
Read More about Maine veterans’ cemetery going greenLike most funeral directors, those of us at Funeral Director Daily believe it is our sacred duty to serve the military veterans of our country with honor and dignity. Because of that fact, we wanted to make sure that all funeral directors are aware that the National Cemetery Scheduling Office (NCSO) began the conversion to…
Read More about A reminder about the National Cemetery AdministrationLast month we brought you this story that pertained to the exhumation of a legendary bank robber who was at one time known as “Public Enemy #1”. We refer to the life and death of John Dillinger and his eventual burial at the Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis, Indiana. We told you last month that…
Read More about Dillinger may not be exhumed after allThree years ago the National Cemetery Administration (NCA) that administers the veteran cemeteries across our nation and care for the hallowed land where our military veterans rest, received a score of 96 in the American Customer Satisfaction Index (AMSI). Obviously, that is a very high level on the 1-100 ACSI scale. However, the NCA was…
Read More about National Cemetery Administration receives top honor“Members of a nonprofit Queens cemetery board plundered its coffers and made off with money meant to keep the burial grounds running” according to a suit filed by the New York Attorney General. . . . is how this article from the New York Post begins. According to the article the suit goes on to…
Read More about Grave robbery. . . the 21st century wayI find it somewhat uncanny and unusual timing but, on the day after we celebrated Labor Day, we are bringing you this article from the the San Mateo (California) Daily Journal that pertains to a strike of cemetery workers at the Skylawn Memorial Park in that city. Over the last year we have brought you…
Read More about Labor strife in California cemeteryWhen you enter the business world you have the option of who you want to entice as a customer of your business. Think of the dining out category of businesses and you can easily see the different business models that owners use in trying to make a profit. There is the McDonald’s or Taco Bell…
Read More about The “High End” memorial spectrumGetting an exhumation, once you have the proper paperwork in order would not seem like such a big deal. As a funeral director I have supervised about a dozen of them over the years. I never really liked them. . . all were done to simply move the vault from one cemetery to another or…
Read More about The exhumation of Public Enemy #1This is an interesting news story because it seems so many times we have published stories about cemeteries asking to be taken over by cities or other municipal agencies because they could no longer make a profit. We noticed this story, that you can read here, about the City of Glendale, Arizona, planning to sell…
Read More about Arizona city to sell cemeteryAt Funeral Director Daily we have harped continuously about some of the problems plaguing many cemeteries in this day of fewer casketed interments and less top-line revenue coming into the cemetery coffers. We’ve pointed out that at some point in the not so distant future many cemeteries will not be able to afford their own…
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