Cemetery
If 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 More about Giving Service to Those Who ServedI 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 More about Paying Tribute and Respect When DueIn 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 More about Lakewood Cemetery to hold Concert SeriesI 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 More about Texas Cemetery Plans for the FutureLast 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 More about South Dakota Approves Veterans CemeteryAccording 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 More about Landslide Causing Problems at SCI CemeteryI 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…
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