In Islam, the deceased are to be buried within 24 hours.
This was highlighted in media reports of the death of Osama bin Laden.
Each major religion has its customs concerning burial. Although they vary widely, the one common denominator is respect for the body.
And controversy arose over bin Laden’s burial at sea.
Russell Mohammed, a director of the Mid-America Muslim Cemetery, said the 24-hour burial is not in the Qur’an but is a cultural practice from the faith’s desire to respect the body and to avoid decay.
While doing some research for an upcoming article, I realized that I needed our wonderful funeral director readers to give some input on the software they use to run their funeral home. I’d greatly appreciate it if you could take 5-10 minutes out of your very busy schedules to take this quick survey. All of your input is, again, greatly appreciated.
From the Animoto Blog: Recently, Animoto launched The Animoto Developer Platform, which transforms pictures, music, video clips, and text into Animoto videos through various options of integration.
One of our most interesting Quickstart integrations is Frontrunner Professional. Frontrunner Professional provides funeral management software and funeral home website design, funeral webcasting, and tribute video software.
The FrontRunner Book of Memoriesô is an online tribute website for the deceased, and includes several interactive components that allow family and friends to leave online condolences and upload pictures. A simple user interface was implemented to allow the funeral home to select the FrontRunner theme and photos to be used in the video. Behind the scenes, the photos and the theme-based video and image assets are collated and passed over to Animoto via the Quickstart API. “The easiest part of the DVT project was implementing the API itself. Animoto has done a nice job of keeping the API design simple, and includes good documentation and code samples”.
AKRON, Ohio — In the past year, two shocking incidents in Ohio-one in Columbus, the other in Dayton-caused public outcry and greater grief for the families involved because the deceased were mistakenly cremated. While these two cases caught regional attention, mistaken identification, from erroneous cremations to switched urns, happens far too often and goes unnoticed both in Ohio and across the nation.
The mistakes are most often a result of human error, such as forgetting to verify an identity, taking shortcuts or confusing similar names. With state inspections lacking required around-the-clock authentication, funeral homes and crematories would benefit greatly from an automated system that protects against mistakes. For this reason, Akron’s Cremation Society of Ohio is incorporating a checks-and-balance system on its own.
WICHITA — The YouTube video “Death Comes to the Mall” has created more than just curious customers for ‘Til We Meet Again, the custom casket store that opened at Towne West Square in March 2010.
It’s also leading to a second store, this one in Hutchinson, in what owners Nathan Smith and Traci Cone hope will be a franchised chain.
“This whole thing has just taken … off and just taken us all by storm,” Smith says.
“I expected us to be open at least two years before we started putting (more) stores in.”
Hutchinson residents James and Robin McComas are two of the more than 120,000 people who have seen one of the videos that customers have made about the unique store.
WICHITA — The YouTube video “Death Comes to the Mall” has created more than just curious customers for ‘Til We Meet Again, the custom casket store that opened at Towne West Square in March 2010.
It’s also leading to a second store, this one in Hutchinson, in what owners Nathan Smith and Traci Cone hope will be a franchised chain.
“This whole thing has just taken … off and just taken us all by storm,” Smith says.
“I expected us to be open at least two years before we started putting (more) stores in.”
Hutchinson residents James and Robin McComas are two of the more than 120,000 people who have seen one of the videos that customers have made about the unique store.
The statements of this article do not reflect the views of Connecting Directors, we just want to show the things that are being published about our profession. Please provide your replies in the comments below.
Go ahead and plan your funeral, but think twice before paying in advance. You risk losing everything if the funeral home goes out of business. Instead, keep your money in a pay-on-death account at your bank.
If you or your spouse is an honorably discharged veteran, burial is free at a Veterans Affairs National Cemetery. This includes the grave, vault, opening and closing, marker, and setting fee. Many State Veterans Cemeteries offer free burial for veterans and, often, spouses (www.cem.va.gov).
The statements of this article do not reflect the views of Connecting Directors, we just want to show the things that are being published about our profession. Please provide your replies in the comments below.
Go ahead and plan your funeral, but think twice before paying in advance. You risk losing everything if the funeral home goes out of business. Instead, keep your money in a pay-on-death account at your bank.
If you or your spouse is an honorably discharged veteran, burial is free at a Veterans Affairs National Cemetery. This includes the grave, vault, opening and closing, marker, and setting fee. Many State Veterans Cemeteries offer free burial for veterans and, often, spouses (www.cem.va.gov).
Last Wednesday a passenger in a taxi heading for
Salford station leaned over to ask the driver a question and gently tapped him on the shoulder to get his attention.
The driver screamed, lost control of the cab, nearly hit a bus, drove up over the curb and stopped just inches from a large plate window.
For a few moments everything was silent in the cab.
BROOKSVILLE – The name begs for attention.
The concept might leave you wondering.
AskBury is a new referral service that connects mourners and funeral homes. Think of 1-800-Ask-Gary, the medical and accident lawyer referral hotline.
Only for dead people.
The story behind it goes like this:
In 2009, a woman named Rose Dawson moved to Brooksville from Connecticut to care for an ill aunt who had no family. When she died, Dawson didn’t know what to do or who to ask for help with the arrangements. Flipping through the yellow pages, she figured there must be a better way.
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