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Man accused of Catoosa County funeral home insurance scams now in custody A man accused last August of stealing thousands of dollars from the elderly through an elaborate funeral home insurance scam is now in custody in Catoosa County, police say.

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Cremation changing the face of funeral services in Ohio When Judge John A. Connor died in December, his family could have given him a traditional funeral. After all, Connor was a third-generation lawyer, a

Paying For Funerals Impossible For Many Poor Families - InsuranceNewsNet Some relatives of people whose cremated remains were found among hundreds in a Detroit funeral home say they would have loved to bury them in marked graves but couldn't afford traditional funeral services. They're among the many poor families in the U.S. who have been priced out of funerals and buri...

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Paying for funerals impossible for many poor families How to pay for indigent burials is a question that has stymied local governments across the U.S.

Some Vermont funeral homes charge twice as much as others—and what that means The Funeral Consumers Alliance surveyed 50 funeral homes across the state and found a wide variety of prices for the same services.

More than $15K, funeral service donated to Colorado father who lost wife same day their baby girl was born LITTLETON, Colo. - A community in Colorado is coming together to help a father who welcomed his new baby girl into the world but then lost his wife just hours after she gave birth. According to KDVR, Keyvonne Connie wasn't due until the middle of January. However, on the morning of November 30, she....

Veterans' remains finally laid to rest in military cemetery in Holly

Richmond cemetery offers free burial of human cremains St. Michael Cemetery in Richmond is offering free burial of human cremains on Nov. 3.

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Customers who prepaid for funerals may be out thousands Customers are left worried about whether the money they say they’ve paid out to the funeral home in advance of their deaths is lost entirely. After the Department of Banking seized the funeral home’s records on August 2, 2018, it reported there was only three thousand dollars left in the account...

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Documentary film about green burial Aug. 31 | Machias Valley News Observer On Friday, August 31 at 7 p.m. Porter Memorial Library will show the documentary film A Will for the Woods. The film screening is free and open to the public. Event sponsors include Down East Hospice Volunteers and Community Health and Counseling Services/New Hope Hospice.

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One last chance to claim forgotten remains before mass burial in Fresno The remains of more than 800 people have been sitting on a shelf in the Fresno County Coroner's office for years. Now the county is preparing a mass burial of those lost souls at its cemetery in southwest Fresno.Before the burial the coroner's office is m

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Trial in lawsuit alleging mishandled burials set to begin Galilee Memorial Gardens, the Tennessee cemetery where caskets were crushed and stacked, remains were mishandled and bodies were lost, remains closed.

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Mom dying from ovarian cancer needs help paying for funeral She has been battling cancer for years and now she is worried not only about the emotional impact her death may have on her family, but the financial burden as well.

Dear Abby: Talk of remarriage triggers questions about burial plots DEAR ABBY: My brother-in-law "Charles" has earned the privilege of being buried in a military cemetery. He lost his wife, "Claire," to cancer 10 years ago; she is buried in their plot in the military cemetery with a headstone. Their children are all adults now.

Summer League baseball team offering free funeral at game

Candidates for Kershaw County Sheriff discuss offering free funeral escorts again There’s only one Democratic nominee in the race for Kershaw County Sheriff, but four Republican candidates will go head-to-head in next week’s primary.

Young Iraq War veteran ineligible for burial in state cemetery The mother-in-law of an Iraq war veteran is pleading for change in North Carolina after her daughter’s late husband was denied burial in a state cemetery. Capt. James Christian Gallagher, a third-generation member of the United States armed forces, described by his family as having love for his...

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Woman's obituary takes hellish turn: 'World is a better place without her' Springfield, Minnesota, woman Kathleen Dehmlow's family wrote her an awkward, cringe-worthy obituary. It accuses her of abandoning her children, claiming she "will now face judgement."

J.J. Watt offers to pay funeral expenses for Santa Fe High School shooting victims Watt, who has been known for his humanitarian efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, is now offering to pay for victims' funerals.

Touching photo of dog at Lower Mainland funeral goes viral - The Free Press People from around the world have seen the image of Sadie saying goodbye to her best friend, Andy.

FOX 11 Investigates rise in cremation rate GREEN BAY (WLUK) -- Resting in peace for our loved ones no longer comes with a burial plot. Cemeteries are becoming a thing of the past. The latest figures are from 2016, and for the first time, more than half of all deaths resulted in cremation, at 52 per

Are you more comfortable planning your funeral than your home care? - Oak Bay News Study shows planning ahead for later care provides comfort, eases stress

Kids Praised For Stopping Game, Kneeling For Funeral Procession A group of young men in Louisiana weren't seeking any attention during their pickup basketball game, however a small sign of respect has made them social media stars.

Cremation is now America's final disposition of choice, set to be NJ's top pick by 2030 It took nearly 100 years from the first cremation in the U.S. in 1876 to reach 5 percent in 1972, and since then, it has grown exponentially.

Local funeral home provides free services to homeless veterans Funerals can be expensive, but pair that with being a veteran and a lack of family and friends, then add homelessness on top of that, and a proper burial might never happen.

Atlanta March on Monday marked route of MLK funeral 50 years ago Relatives of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led more than 1,000 people on a march Monday in downtown Atlanta, where large crowds gathered 50 years earlier for the slain civil rights leader’s funeral procession as a mule-drawn wagon pulled his casket through the streets.

Cemetery to offer new option for cremated burials GA***RD — A new type of memorial marker will make it easier for local individuals to be buried near their loved ones after they die.

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Woman, nearing 98, outliving life insurance to cover her burial

Stephen Hawking arranged a three-course meal for 50 homeless people on the day of his funeral Professor Stephen Hawking arranged for 50 homeless people to enjoy a three-course Easter meal in Cambridge on the day of his funeral. The world-famous physicist’s parting gift was handed out at a church on the day of his funeral as a touching note told the guests the three-course meal was a “gi....