Cemetery
Last week Matthews International Corporation announced the acquisition of Star Granite & Bronze of Elberton, Georgia, for $41.2 million. According to the release from Globe Newswire that you can read here, Star Granite & Bronze is a family-owned business that manufactures and distributes granite and other memorialization products to customers across the United States. The…
Read MoreI’ve mentioned before in this blog that Angie and I are in our first year as empty-nesters as our youngest headed off to college this year. It is an interesting feeling, with no children in the house everyday, but it has been a time for the two of us to do some things that we…
Read MoreAn Associated Press article that you can read here indicates that Seedorff Masonry, Inc. of Strawberry Point, Iowa, has sued a Chicago firm over what it says is a lower than contracted payment on work done at the Omaha National Cemetery in 2014. Seedorf, a subcontractor on the project, says it performed about $3.2 million…
Read MoreFor years veterans and their families who live on the east end of South Dakota have complained that there is no national veteran’s cemetery in proximity to them where they could consider burying their loved ones. The only South Dakota national veteran’s cemeteries are in Sturgis and Hot Springs on the far west end of…
Read MoreI just wanted to point out a short video story news capsule on Saturday’s Wreaths Across America event at Arlington National Cemetery. We publicized this a couple of times on Funeral Director Daily and let people know that Wreaths Across America was a little bit short of financing all the wreaths necessary. Thanks for your help…
Read MoreWreaths Across America, the non-profit with the big goal of placing a Christmas wreath at the tombstone of every United States soldier is asking for some help this year. This year, the group’s goal is to not only get enough wreaths for Arlington National Cemetery, but for 1,200 other cemeteries around the world. The organizations…
Read MoreWhat do you do if you live in a land where most people’s religious beliefs forbid cremation and the land that you live in is so small that it is running out of room for proper burials? People in Israel are in the midst of confronting that situation and have already built cemetery towers –…
Read MoreA recent article and news feed that you can see here describes that Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf is set to sign a bill into law which lets loved ones visit the graves of their deceased relatives in private cemeteries. My take is that you should not need legislation to be able to do that. As…
Read MoreThe web-site for the Jersey City and Harsimus Cemetery describe it as a National Treasure that was founded in 1829. It is known as a cemetery with soldiers from as far back as the Revolutionary War among the sacred dead. The site goes on to say that the cemetery was abandoned in 2008 and “is…
Read MoreI read a short article and watched a newsclip the other day about a situation that has happened at a cemetery in Alexandria, Virginia. I’m certain that this situation is not unique and many cemeteries have or will find themselves in the same situation at some time. That situation is about inadvertently selling the same…
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