Academy Offers New Programs / Workshops
Franklin, OH. What was once the exclusive province of Academy affiliated funeral homes and marketing partners is now available to the entire death care profession. For the first...
Burial Incidents Prompt Army Probe of Arlington Cemetery
The Army ordered an investigation Friday into operations at Arlington National Cemetery after questions about apparently improper burials. Army Secretary John McHugh said in a statement that the...
A Good Funeral Director Can Be Of Immense Help In Your Time Of Grief
It is wonderful to finally find an article online that shows the importance of a good funeral director. It seems all we read anymore is how to go...
Still-Grieving Mother Finds Another Body Buried Over Her Son’s Grave
A Long Island woman who went to leave flowers at her son's grave found a new body on top of his coffin instead. Nicole Pailliere was visiting Greenfield...
Lack of Funeral Rights Turns Mourner Into Gay Activist
PROVIDENCE ? Mark Goldberg says the police were at his Fox Point home for about two hours the day he found his domestic partner?s body in the garage....
Nurses, Funeral Directors Struggle Under The Weight of Obese Patients
Nurses say they are being put at risk of injury when treating obese patients. A study by Melbourne's Austin Hospital shows nearly a third of the 750 patients...
Rhode Island Governor Vetoes Same-Sex Funeral Planning
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Angering gay rights supporters, Rhode Island Gov. Donald Carcieri Tuesday vetoed a bill that would give same-sex couples the right to plan the funerals of...
Stressing the Value of Ceremony – Kim Stacey
As client families stream in through your door, some with absolutely no idea what you can do for them ?or should do for them ? how do you...
Burr Oak Cemetery Sees New Funerals
Some burials resumed at Burr Oak Cemetery near Alsip about six weeks ago, months after it was shuttered because of a grave-reselling scam, according to a funeral home...
State Suspends License of Iowa Funeral Director
The Iowa Board of Mortuary Science has granted an appeal by the state and suspended the license of an Audubon funeral director. Mark Kessler of Kessler Funeral Homes...