Cemetery
I 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 More about TN Senator Alexander in Support of Veteran Burial BenefitAccording 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 –…
Read More about Cemetery Turns up at Tax AuctionBack on January 12 Funeral Director Daily brought you a story, that you can read here, about the South Dakota Veteran’s Council making its only priority for the 2018 legislation session a state owned and operated cemetery in the Sioux Falls area. The only veteran’s cemetery in the state is the Fort Meade Cemetery near…
Read More about South Dakota State Veterans Cemetery Caught Up in AppropriationsAccording to an article in the Morristown (NJ) Daily Record that you can read here, Hanover cemetery worker Peter Ferencze was rescued after an 800 pound vault cover “fell in” and pinned him at the bottom of an open grave on Tuesday. According to the article, Ferencze was treated for chest injuries and released from…
Read More about New Jersey Cemetery Worker RescuedAccording to an article in the New York Post that you can read here, President Donald Trump’s respect and honor for the United States military does not end with those veterans who are serving today. According to the Post article, the Veteran Affairs portion of the proposed Trump budget calls for nine new veterans cemeteries…
Read More about Trump Tucks Cemeteries and Columbaria into Veterans’ Affairs BudgetLast 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 More about Matthews Announces AcquisitionI’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 More about The National Cemetery of the PacificAn 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 More about Iowa Firm Sues for Payment at Omaha National CemeteryFor 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 More about South Dakota Legislators to Carry Bill for State Veteran CemeteryI 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…
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