Funeral News
Indiana Man Admits Stealing Mich. Cemetery Funds
LANSING, Mich. - A man admits embezzling about $4.2 million in perpetual-care trust funds from a Michigan cemetery operated by...
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Part of Bill Shaffer's job is mining the Bible for names -- Shem, Obadiah, Ezekiel, Asher and such. What he's...
Read moreDetailsShould NFDA Dump Executive Secretary Randall Earle?
July 20, 2009 - Thomas Parmalee posted the following question in an email this weekend: I was just wondering that...
Read moreDetailsIllinois Cemetery and Funeral Home Association Condemns Burr Oak Crimes
July 2009 - The Illinois Cemetery and Funeral Home Association (ICFHA) strongly condemns the crimes committed at Burr Oak Cemetery....
Read moreDetails4 Charged With Digging up Graves, Reselling Plots
Four people face felony charges after authorities discovered that hundreds of graves were dug up and allegedly resold at a...
Read moreDetailsFuneral Home Denies Mishandling Bodies
July 3, 2009 - A Falls Church funeral home that allegedly mishandled numerous bodies over the past year has denied...
Read moreDetailsMerrill Lynch OKs $18 Mil Funeral Trust Deal, But Admits No Wrongdoing
Merrill Lynch & Co. has agreed to pay $18 million to end a State of Illinois investigation into its role...
Read moreDetailsIllinois’ Losses Little Compared to Service’s $1 Billion Shortfall
April 27, 2009 - Losses in a pre-need funeral trust fund once administered by the Illinois Funeral Directors Association don?t...
Read moreDetailsFamily of Veteran Sues Va. Funeral Home For $60M, Claims Neglect of Body Awaiting Burial
April 16, 2009 - The family of an Army veteran has sued a Virginia funeral home, claiming the firm mishandled...
Read moreDetailsFamily Asks Fairfax Prosecutor To Investigate SCI Funeral Home
April 8, 2009 - The family of a deceased U.S. Army veteran whose body was stored for months in a...
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