Cemetery
I recently read an article that came to me from WZZM 13 News in Michigan. The story surrounds the Michigan Strategic Fund and its June 26 decision to give preliminary approval of a $26.5 million bond issue to a non-profit group called Cathedral of St. Augustine’s to purchase 28 cemeteries in Michigan. You can read…
Read MoreOn Wednesday the Supreme Court of the State of Wisconsin issued its ruling on whether combination units consisting of a funeral home and cemetery can be under single ownership interests. The Supreme Court, in a 5-2 vote, upheld the ban against single ownership. You can read an article on the decision here. The court ruled…
Read MoreLast week we brought you the story of the Mare Island Naval Cemetery in Vallejo, California. As of last week the American Legion endorsed the idea of the City of Vallejo turning the historic cemetery over to the Department of Veteran’s Affairs and the National Cemetery Administration, the group that operates national veteran’s cemeteries. We…
Read MoreThe United States is at what some may term full capacity employment and with that comes the high price of labor. As a matter of fact, some municipalities have instituted a $15 per hour minimum labor rule. So, what happens if you have a cemetery to maintain and limited funds for capital equipment or just…
Read MoreMare 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…
Read MoreI 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…
Read MoreAccording 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…
Read MorePeople 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…
Read MoreI 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…
Read MoreThe 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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