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VA Cemetery Director Tells Volunteers to Take "God" Out of Their Vocabulary HOUSTON, Aug. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Liberty Institute releases a series of videos of those most affected by the Houston National Cemetery's policies and practices banning the mention of God and prayer during funeral services at the cemetery. Liberty Institute will be back in court on Monday at 9 a.m. for a status conference with Federal District Judge Lynn Hughes in the Rainey et al. v. VA et...
PITTSBURGH, Pa., June 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Thanks to new and innovative technology, deceased fathers can now be celebrated, shared, and remembered in new and emotionally personal ways on Father's Day. The newly launched program The Remembrance Process(SM) at http://www.remembranceprocess.com, features a wealth of information on new ways of remembering our loved ones who have passed on. "During the creation of the Remembrance Process(SM) our research clearly showed a strong desire to...
AKRON, Ohio, May 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In the past year, two shocking incidents in Ohio--one in Columbus, the other in Dayton--caused public outcry and greater grief for the families involved because the deceased were mistakenly cremated. While these two cases caught regional attention, mistaken identification, from erroneous cremations to switched urns, happens far too often and goes unnoticed both in Ohio and across the nation. The mistakes are most often a result of human error, such...
CLAWSON, Mich., March 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- There is a new generation managing the distinguished Gramer Funeral Home and they are bringing a whole new generation of products and services to the community and to their clients. It wasn't that long ago that when someone died, phone calls would be made and an obituary would be posted in the local newspaper. Those were the two simplest and most convenient ways to spread the news and share the story of someone's life. All that has changed...
Funeral Director's Chat interviewed Jeff Taylor founder of Tributes.com and Monster.com. Mr. Taylor and Nancy Burban talked about Tributes.com and their strategy for online obituaries. San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) February 8, 2011 Funeral Director's Chat interviews Jeff Taylor, founder of Monster.com and Tributes.com about online obituaries. During the 35 minute interview Nancy Burban, host of Funeral Director's Chat, talks with Jeff Taylor about his company Tributes.com. They review the...
Death by homicide, the victim is probably black. By cirrhosis, the decedent is likely Native American. These stereotypes have small but clear effects on the racial classifications used to calculate official vital statistics, according to a new study by sociologists at the University of Oregon and University of California, Irvine.When coroners, medical examiners or funeral directors across the United States fill out death certificates, it appears the racial classifications they make are...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Dec. 21, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Americans plan their finances, their families, their retirement, just about everything -- except their funerals. That omission can mess up all their other life plans. A Good Goodbye: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don't Plan to Die (Light Tree Press) will help families avoid emotional and financial disaster. A Good Goodbye, a new book by Gail Rubin, brings light to a dark subject: from cremation to caskets, obituaries to obesity, religions to...
Une Belle Vie creates a culture of compassion in the profit-driven funerary business Denver, CO (PRWEB) December 7, 2010 Une Belle Vie Memorial Urns, an online cremation urn store, announced today that they are fighting to change the high prices caused by several channels of distributers in the funeral industry by doing business differently. According to company president, Melody Jamali, a primary contributing factor for the high markup in the industry is the number of middlemen involved...
DETROIT, Dec. 2, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- "We are noting an impressive response as local history buffs are taking a tour of Detroit's Boneyards in historian Richard Bak's new book, Boneyards; Detroit Under Ground," said Jane Hoehner, Director of Wayne State University Press, located in the heart of Detroit's cultural district. From the earliest burial mounds to today's simple street shrines, Boneyards: Detroit Under Ground reveals how Metro Detroiters have interred their dead and honored their...
DENVER, Nov. 18, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Dignity Memorial locations in Littleton and Boulder, both members of the Green Burial Council, now offer the first Green Burial Council approved funeral and cremation products and services in the Denver area. These unique options are designed to provide customers with a wider range of memorialization options. Earth-friendly products include caskets, urns and clothing, as well as eco-conscious tribute options. Dignity Memorial currently provides green...
