Cemetery

American Legion endorses Mare Island Naval Cemetery Transfer

By Funeral Director Daily / June 22, 2018 /

Mare Island Naval Cemetery, the oldest military cemetery on the West Coast was deeded to the City of Vallejo, California,  in 1996.  When it was done there was no mechanism included to be able to handle the financial upkeep.  Over 800 military veterans who served our country, including three Medal of Honor winners, eternally rest…

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The Importance of Knowing

By Funeral Director Daily / June 14, 2018 /

I recently read a printed article from Milwaukee Public Radio that you can read here.  The article deals with the defunct Milwaukee County Poor Farm Cemetery that operated from 1882 until 1974.  According to the article the cemetery served as the final resting place for many of the county’s poor, as well as those who…

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President Signs Bill for Expansion of Black Hills National Cemetery

By Funeral Director Daily / June 7, 2018 /

According to this article from the Black Hills Pioneer, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced last week that President Trump had signed the bill to expand the Black Hills National Cemetery.  The cemetery, located on the western edge of South Dakota, would be expanded from 105 acres to over 300 acres. South Dakota…

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Here is How a Community Can Make a Difference

By Funeral Director Daily / June 4, 2018 /

People in the city of Janesville, Wisconsin came together Saturday to celebrate the re-opening of the Oak Hill Cemetery Chapel.  You can read and see some photos of the project from this article in the Janesville Gazette Extra. What is extraordinary to me about this effort is that the cemetery fit the pattern of what…

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Remains left at Vietnam Vets Wall to be Buried with Honors

By Funeral Director Daily / June 1, 2018 /

I came across an article today in the Minneapolis StarTribune that carried a Washington Post byline.  You can read the article here and it pertains to an agreement that was reached between the National Park Service and the Missing in America Project.  The Missing in America Project says that their purpose is to identify and…

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New York Veteran’s Cemetery ponders cremation as Revenue Source

By Funeral Director Daily / May 25, 2018 /

The Seneca County Board of Supervisors recently heard a proposal from Sampson Veterans Memorial Cemetery general manager William Yale about the possibility of adding a crematory to increase revenue to the cemetery in the future.  You can read about this proposal in the article here from the Olean Times Herald. According to the article this…

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Twin Cities Catholic Cemeteries to offer Natural Burial Option

By Funeral Director Daily / May 24, 2018 /

In an article that you can read here the Twin Cities (Minneapolis-St. Paul) Catholic Cemetery group is in the process of preparing to offer natural, or green burials, as an option as early as this fall.  The group has announced that it is readying a portion of one of its cemeteries, Resurrection Cemetery in Mendota…

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Cemetery Issues in the News

By Funeral Director Daily / April 27, 2018 /

I found a couple of items in the news about issues at cemeteries or proposed cemeteries and either one is worthy of editorial space, but since they were both in the news at the same time and it is the Friday issue of Funeral Director Daily, I am presenting them both to you to read…

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Massachusetts community to vote on Municipal Pet Crematory

By Funeral Director Daily / April 24, 2018 /

Two years ago the Massachusetts Cape Cod community of Harwich approved the transfer of land to the cemetery commission to build a pet cemetery for the community.  Roads and paths are being put in, landscaping has been done and the project even won an innovation award from the Massachusetts Municipal Association. Now, according to this…

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Giving Service to Those Who Served

By Funeral Director Daily / April 13, 2018 /

If you have read Funeral Director Daily for any length of time you will know – that while I did not have the privilege to serve in the United States Armed Forces – I truly admire and have always enjoyed serving those that did.  I still get goosebumps, even after thirty-five years of being a…

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