Cemetery
Thousands of volunteers are needed on Saturday, December 16, 2017, at Arlington National Cemetery by the non-profit Wreaths Across America to lay wreaths and remember the lives of those that have served. You can learn how you can participate by clicking here. Wreaths Across America is now in its 26th year and coordinates wreath-laying ceremonies…
Read MoreLast Wednesday the partial bones of at least 372 people were reburied in Amherst, New York at the Assumption Cemetery according to a news release from the University of Buffalo. The process that lead to this was first started in 2008 when the University of Buffalo began some construction on their south campus. It was…
Read MoreAccording to an article in LA Weekly, the mechanics, welders, and interment specialists at Whittier, California cemetery, Rose Hills, voted 35-23 to join the Cemetery Workers and Greens Attendants Union, SEIU Local 265, on Friday, October 13. The cemetery, one of 470 cemeteries owned by Service Corporation International, is 1,400 acres in size and one…
Read MoreStoneMor Parnters, LP, a publicly traded death care company that owns and operates both funeral homes and cemeteries announced in a press release on Friday, October 6, 2017, that they will be amending their secured credit facility. You can read about the modifications here. In reading the entire release, the Chairman of…
Read MoreIt’s no secret that taxing authorities are looking for all of the ways that they can raise taxes to put to government work. I read an interesting article just yesterday in the Delaware County Daily Times of Pennsylvania whereby the local Marple Newtown School District had claimed that the value of an Archdiocese of Philadelphia…
Read MoreThis Monday morning we will bring you some updates on issues/articles that we have mentioned in the past that are back in the news. We’ve found out that the City of Irvine, California, is one step closer to its first ever veterans cemetery, that California Governor Jerry Brown’s signature is the only remaining necessity in…
Read MoreFuneral Director Daily’s Monday morning round-up of death care related items we discovered over the weekend includes a wide variety of topics again this week. We’ve got information on where to find articles on how funeral homes in Miami are coping with the loss of power after Hurricane Irma, an article that has been published…
Read MoreThe events in the last month have brought attention to the history of the Civil War, what the war stood for, and how do we pay respect to history while still giving respect to some who may have a different viewpoint. According to an article in Kentucky.com it appears that Lexington Mayor Jim Gray has…
Read MoreIt’s Monday morning again and as usual we have been busy seeing what happened in the death care industry news over the weekend. Today we have four articles that we think are very interesting ranging from stolen human remains to a deadline coming up for a California Senate vote on legalizing alkaline hydrolysis to what…
Read MoreFor about 15 years I served on a small cemetery association board. Most of the time things ran pretty smooth and we had, even though they were old and handwritten, very good records of sales and interments. We did, however, have our little problems such as when we sold the same grave spaces twice. Both…
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