Should 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 if with the news that federal prosecutors have...
Illinois 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. "What these employees did violates everything we stand...
4 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 historic African-American cemetery near Chicago, Illinois, authorities said...
Funeral Home Denies Mishandling Bodies
July 3, 2009 - A Falls Church funeral home that allegedly mishandled numerous bodies over the past year has denied wrongdoing. Its attorneys wrote to a Virginia regulatory...
Merrill 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 in the erosion of a trust that was...
Illinois’ 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 look like much compared to the collapse of...
Family 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 the man's body by leaving it in an...
Family 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 Falls Church funeral home's unrefrigerated garage is asking...
One in Four Funeral Homes Not Playing By The Rules
March 24, 2009 - Death is hard enough to deal with without the added insult of being taken advantage of by a funeral home. The Federal Trade Commission...
Insurer Sues Illinois Funeral Directors to Deny Their Claims
March 19, 2009 - The troubles for Illinois funeral homes continue to mount, as its trade group is involved in an insurance-coverage dispute related to problems with a...