Finally, An Obituary Worth Reading!
Finally, an online obituary that doesn't put me to sleep. Generally obituaries are standard and pretty boring. Rarely does an obituary really tell you anything about the deceased....
Business Down at Some Pet Cemeteries?
In a drizzling rain, family and friends gather around an open grave to bid farewell to Rusty.The 5-year-old dachshund from Boca Raton died after suffering an injury to...
What is That?
Alzheimer?s - Many of us have to face the cruelty of this disease everyday, maybe it is with someone in our own family or someone in a family...
Australian Funeral Directors Getting Bad Name Because of Amateurs?
IT IS the $1 billion-a-year industry where business is guaranteed never to dry up. But scratch beneath the compassionate mission statements and carefully worded slogans used by those...
Funeral Home Director’s Bookkeeper Charged With Racketeering, Larceny
The bookkeeper for an East Hartford funeral home director under investigation for allegedly stealing valuables and money from the homes of dead people was arrested Thursday and charged...
Funeral Home is a Model for Solar Power?
VERONA, NJ -- When Bob Prout took out $62,000 in loans to install solar panels on his family-run funeral parlor in Verona four years ago, people thought he...
The History of Caskets
The casket industry traces its roots back to ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, where wood, cloth and paper were used to make sarcophagus-style burial boxes. In Europe, the Celts...
Supply Limited, Demand Eternal, Graveyards Fill Up
With its majestic dunes and shimmering sunsets, Provincetown is a ceaseless draw for vacationers and summertime residents. So it may be little surprise that the outer-Cape retreat also...
Tamworth Funeral Firm Uses VW Campervan as a Hearse
AUSTRALIA - A MIDLAND funeral firm is offering Volkswagen fans the ultimate send-off ? by using a VW camper as a hearse. Clare Brookes and business partner Michelle...