Family Grieves for Murdered Son, and Now his Accidental Cremation
When Michelle Bias-Sullivan left her house in the Riverbend neighborhood last Tuesday night, her son Ralph Bias, 20, was playing a video game. "I said, 'I'm going to...
More Couples Finding out Funeral Home Facilities Make Great Wedding Chapels
Paulita and Tony Flores took their vows in an elegant rotunda with marble floors amid glimmering chandeliers and a bubbling fountain. It didn't bother them that a room...
Facebook Outrage Over Church Plans to Picket Girl?s Funeral
At least three Facebook groups sprang to life Monday less than a day after an infamous church trumpeted plans to picket the funeral of a nine-year-old Tucson, Ariz.,...
New Death Certificate System Takes Toll on Efficiency, Adds to Grief
The first shock was her father's death the day before New Year's Eve. But Sonia Ardeel was even more surprised to discover how difficult getting a death certificate...
Carriage Services Names Doug Gober as Director of Development and Marketing
Carriage Services, Inc. (NYSE: CSV) announced today that Doug Gober has joined the Company as Director of Development and Marketing. Mr. Gober's role is to identify, develop and...
Batesville CEO Camp Says Diversification Will Continue
Hillenbrand Inc. CEO Kenneth Camp might have been content for his company to stick to the casket business, given its predictability. But with the public?s preference for cremation...
Funeral Director Makes Debut on the Bachelor
CHICO, Calif. -- A Chico woman made her debut on national television Monday night, searching for love on the ABC television show The Bachelor. Shawntel Newton, 25, works...
New Morgue Needed for Fatter Bodies
Australia - SPECIALIST mortuaries will be needed to cope with an increasingly obese population, one of the state's leading pathologists warns. (more…)
NFDA Hosting Regional Seminars for End-of-Life Care Providers
The National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) will host a series of regional seminars in April 2011 for clergy, hospice and healthcare professionals, educators, funeral directors and other professionals...
Cyberspace When You?re Dead
Suppose that just after you finish reading this article, you keel over, dead. Perhaps you?re ready for such an eventuality, in that you have prepared a will or...