Cemetery
For 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…
Read More about Thousands Help Wreaths Across AmericaWreaths 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 More about Wreaths Across America – Slated for Saturday — Needs Your HelpWhat 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 More about These People are Serious About Digging GravesA 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 More about It Doesn’t Get Much Stranger Than ThisThe 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 More about Where Would You Be on This IssueI 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…
Read More about A Sticky Situation at the CemeteryThousands 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 More about Wreaths Across America Volunteers NeededLast 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 More about 372 Anonymous Dead Re-buriedAccording 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…
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