Cemetery
I’ve been a frequent visitor to the beautiful state of Hawaii – probably going for business or pleasure at least 25 times in the last 30 years. I love it there and find my little piece of paradise until I return home. An article in The Garden Isle, the newspaper of the Island of Kauai…
Read More about Kauai Cemeteries Running out of SpaceNormand Laliberte used to work for the Hummel Funeral Homes in Akron, Ohio. He confesses that he thinks funeral costs are getting pretty high and is interested in lowering the costs to families. One step he has taken on his own is to build a columbarium in a small cemetery so that families may have…
Read More about Ohio Man Builds Partnership with Cemetery on ColumbariumI had expected that the post from yesterday concerning America’s Old Guard placing approximately 284,000 Memorial Day flags at Arlington National Cemetery would be all that Funeral Director Daily would do specifically for the Memorial Day holiday. However, this morning I was watching the national news on television and a short story of an organization…
Read More about Bugles Across America provides Much Appreciated ServiceIf you are anything like me today will cause goose-bumps on your arms as you witness a Memorial Day Parade in person or some type of celebration on television to honor those who have served our country. I never was fortunate to serve and as I get older I regret it more and more. The…
Read More about God Bless our Troops – Yesterday and TodayToday, I read an article in the Seattle Times about Seattle’s Denny Park. The article talks a little about the history of Denny Park and goes on to mention what it has been transformed into today in the other-wise dense South Lake Union neighborhood of Seattle. The park has been transformed by over $2 million…
Read More about A Future For Urban Cemeteries?As we move up on Memorial Day next Monday and want to honor those who have went before us, it seems that there is always something in our industry that casts a pall over the business of funeral directors and cemeterians. I discovered a recent article in the Record-Courier of Ravenna, Kent and Portage Counties…
Read More about Here We Go AgainI ran across an interesting article in the Cornell Daily Sun the other day which led me to ponder several questions about the long term maintenance of vaults, columbariums, and mausoleums in cemeteries. The article is very interesting and, quite frankly, tells of the city of Ithaca’s quest to understand what must be done to…
Read More about Ithaca Cemetery Raises Vault Maintenance QuestionA recent decision by the City of Beloit, Wisconsin, to offer more cremation options at city cemeteries is causing angst among some Beloit area businesses according to the Beloit Daily News. In essence the city is allowing their owned and operated cemeteries to offer a pricing structure that will allow for consumers to have an…
Read More about City Cemetery Decision irks Monument BusinessesIt probably should not take this long but a monument proposed three years ago in 2104 to honor Vietnam era helicopter pilots has just been approved by Congress for acceptance and placement into Arlington National Cemetery. An article in Military acknowledges that the idea for the monument was spearheaded in 2014 by Retired Air Force…
Read More about New Helicopter Crew Monument Approved at ArlingtonA friendly but complicated twist has occurred in a cemetery that contains the remains of border towns in Hebron, Illinois. According to an article in the Lake Geneva News the Linn-Hebron Cemetery was started many years ago by members of the Linn Presbyterian Church, which used to be located in Hebron, Illinois, and started the…
Read More about Loss of Cemetery Revenue Causes Tricky Response
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