Bids pour in, and out, for crypt above Marilyn Monroe’s
This article is a follow up to "For Sale: Eternity with Marilyn Monroe". It was a day of ups and downs when the online bidding ended Monday for...
Funerals on The Cheap?
O'FALLON, ILL -- A veteran of the mortuary business plans to open a new funeral home that he said will lay to rest people's fears about the high...
Chelsea Handler Plans Her Own Funeral
Since my favorite late night talk show host, Jay Leno, is not on anymore I have begun to watch Chelsea Lately, hosted by the hilarious Chelsea Handler. A...
When Kids Ask About Death
I found this article, written by a mother about her first experiences in discussing death with her children, on the blog Things That Bang. Death is a often...
Funeral Home Mix-Up: Pa. Family Mourns Wrong Body
PHILADELPHIA ? The blue suit and black boots were right, but mourners at a retired trucker's funeral suspected they were gazing at the wrong man. Some friends and...
Research Reveals Consumer Desire for Graveside Services
Wilbert Funeral Services, Inc. (WFSI), the leading single-source supplier of burial vaults and cremation-related products and services to North American funeral homes, today announced results of a benchmark...
National Veterans’ Cemeteries Under Pressure to Expand
SAN DIEGO ? National cemeteries for veterans are under unprecedented pressure to expand. But suitable land in Southern California is not easy to come by. Fort Rosecrans is...
NFDA Negotiates New Lower Convention Hotel Rate for Attendees Offers Money-saving Discount
With registration rates that are, in most cases, much lower than 2008, and hotel rates starting at $140 per night, the National Funeral Directors Association is offering even...
Funeral Home Sends Wrong Body to Funeral
A Melbourne woman is fuming and a funeral parlour has been left "mortified" after the wrong bodies were delivered to two open-coffin viewings last week. A caller to...
Disturbing the Dead: Nation’s Cemeteries Desperate for Oversight, Experts Say
Consumer advocates are calling for stronger federal oversight of the U.S. cemetery industry after Illinois cemetery workers were accused last month of digging up hundreds of graves and...