Funeral Home Tries Heart-Stopping Advertising
A funeral home in northern Austria has found an unusual way of advertising for more business: by placing a hearse at dangerous crossroads, bearing the words "We are...
Air Cargo Screening – Important Update
You may recall it was about this time last year that the "Known Shipper" mandate (which was ultimately enacted on August 1, 2009) began to receive a lot...
Dead Women Awakens While Being Prepared For Embalming
Funeral home workers in the Colombian city of Cali got the shock of a lifetime when an apparently dead 45-year-old woman suddenly started breathing and moving as they...
Just How Much is a Human Body Worth?
In the US, companies will obtain human bodies for science companies and medical colleges. They offer the families of the dead or dying a service including free cremation,...
Drunken Face Tattoos Ruin Man’s Funeral Director Dream
Danny Boyes was left with a tattooed face after a drunken prank ? and now fears the artwork is putting the brakes on his dream job. The 22-year-old...
Tribute Video a Healing Tool for Those Who Grieve
Loss automatically triggers memory. So when someone loses someone close to them, a common scene would be the survivors picking up the photo album or pulling out an...
AWFD Membership Lapel Pins are Here!
?I?m really delighted with the way they look,? shared Kim Stacey, of the Association of Women Funeral Directors. ?I wanted to provide our members with a simple, yet...
Dispute Unearths Grave Mistake as Man’s Casket Yields A Woman
As a cold wind blew across Forest Hill Cemetery on Whitten Road on Tuesday morning, Dr. Lisa Funte peered into a newly unearthed brown steel casket that just...
Audit of Funeral Company Reveals $22.6M Problem
Five years after accusing former Gov. John Waihee and others of illegally diverting tens of millions of dollars from funeral home trust accounts, the state attorney general is...
Victoriaville Funeral Firm One of Canada?s Best-Managed Companies
Victoriaville Group has become the first funeral-industry related firm to be named one of Canada?s 50 Best Managed Companies in the 17 years the awards have been presented....