Cemetery
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…
Read MoreTwo 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…
Read MoreIf 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…
Read MoreI recently came across an article in the Romulus, Michigan News Herald which you can read here. The article was, in general, about two men — Charles Cawetzka and Greg Farino. Farino is a retired U.S. Army Master Sargent and Cawetzka is a deceased U.S. Army veteran who served in the Philippine-American War in 1900. …
Read MoreIn an article that you can read here, Minneapolis’ famed Lakewood Cemetery announced that they will kick off a three-event concert series on April 8, 2018, with a performance by Anonymous Choir. The article states that the series, “Music in the Chapel” will feature acts that you would typically see in rock venues. Currently three…
Read MoreI recently read an article in GoSanAngelo.com that you can read here that dealt with the City of San Angelo and its future plans for the Fairmount City Cemetery. A couple of years ago a master plan was funded and that plan has indicated that the cemetery should capitalize on Fairmount’s assets and make the…
Read MoreLast week the South Dakota legislature approved a plan to build a State Veterans Cemetery in Sioux Falls. The Senate voted last week to direct the state to submit a grant application to the National Cemetery Administration and build the project. You can read about the project here. The bill also calls for an endowment…
Read MoreAccording to an article in the West Virginia Herald-Dispatch that you can read here, excessive rainfall has caused problems at the Woodmere Cemetery in Huntington, WV. The cemetery is owned by Service Corporation International. The problem manifested itself about three weeks ago when excessive rainfall washed the back side of the cemetery onto Norway Avenue. …
Read MoreI read an interesting article yesterday and learned something – after 35 years in the funeral business – that I did not know about our veterans and the cemeteries that they are buried in. I have always been aware of the Veteran’s Administration and the National Cemeteries that they controlled and operated. Yesterday, I learned…
Read MoreAccording to an article in the Abilene Reflector-Chronicle that you can read here, a local cemetery turned up on a list of abandoned properties to be auctioned off in Dickinson County (Kansas). Once discovered, the property was pulled off the auction and the county applied for tax exempt status – which has been approved –…
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