Reuse and recycle graves?
Given a grave shortage of burial plots, Vancouver is asking residents how they'd feel about recycling the space used for burying loved ones. B.C. regulations don't permit graves...
Hearse Breaks Down With Grandpa In The Back, Family Laughs
Instead of driving along I-95, an entire funeral precession was stuck on the side of the highway Thursday afternoon. The hearse had broken down. In the back of...
Bamboozles, Sacred and Secular
This is a great article from Thomas Lynch that was written yesterday in support of the "Bereaved Consumer's Bill of Rights Act". The House Energy and Commerce Committee...
Autopsy Tools Used on Elvis Go Up For Sale
Autopsy tools used to embalm and prepare Elvis Presley?s body for his funeral in 1977 and a toe tag used on the singer for identification purposes are set...
Living Obituaries: Not All Social Media is about Facebook and Twitter
Xenia Bailey lost her husband Jason to Lymphoma in 2006, after a 10 year courageous battle with the disease. Apparently, Jason?s loss led Xenia to co-found Legacy of...
NFDA-TV Announces Ron Browning, CEO and President of Funeral Home Resource as Host of ?Technology Today? Segment
Michael Rappaport, Executive Producer for NFDA-TV, is proud to announce an ongoing relationship with Ron Browning, CEO and Founder of Funeral Home Resource. Mr. Browning will be the...
Prevent Leaky Incisions, Innovative Product of the Year Nominee, Thanoseal
I had the opportunity to review a demo of this product at the ICCFA convention this past March. I asked if Thanoseal would send me a demo kit...
Dead Man Could Get Liposuction to Fit in Coffin
The family of Romania's fattest man is considering having liposuction performed on his deceased body after realizing that they will be unable to afford a coffin big enough...
As Facebook Users Die, Ghosts Reach Out
With over 200,000 annual member deaths a year, Facebook is finding it hard to keep tabs on who has died. With automated services that remind users to send...
12 Truly Bizarre Funeral Customs from Around the World
For thousands of years, humans have mourned their dead. Evidence from Shanidar Cave in Iraq indicates that, perhaps, Neanderthals originated the idea of a funeral. Different customs surrounding...