World’s First Lesbian-Only Cemetery Opening In Germany
A new burial area for lesbians only is being inaugurated this weekend in a two-century-old cemetery in the German capital. A 400-square-meter (4,300-square-foot) area of the Lutheran Georgen...
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StoneMor Partners Drops $53.8 Million In Cash For SCI Properties
StoneMor Partners L.P. announced today that it has signed definitive agreements to purchase 9 funeral homes, 12 cemeteries and 2 crematories from Service Corporation International for an aggregate...
The Environmental Impact of Funerals (Infographic)
Contributed by: qeepr.com It is often said that death is a cycle whereupon the body, carbon and a person’s essence are returned to the earth. What this maxim...
How Fedex Drivers Honor Fellow Employee
These heart-warming pictures were shared by a FedEx delivery driver on reddit. They show how hundreds FedEx Express drivers commemorated a fallen fellow employee and friend. They rounded up about...
Bill Would End Wisconsin’s 80-Year-Old prohibition on Cemeteries Owning Funeral Homes
When Kevin Pagenkopf's son told his first-grade teacher what he wants to be when he grows up, she didn't expect him to say funeral director. Pagenkopf said he...
Funeral Home Opens Kiosks In California Malls
We eat there, buy our clothes there and some people suspect teenagers may actually live there. So perhaps it was just a matter of time until funeral homes...
FTC Releases List of 91 Properties to be Divested In SCI/Stewart Acquisition
Service Corporation International, the country’s largest funeral services provider, said Monday it has agreed to sell off 91 properties to resolve the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust concerns about...