Funeral & Burial
Human Ashes Used to Grit Path
Here’s a case for the bizarre. Workers at a Co-op funeral home mixed the remains of cremation ashes with grit and scattered them on a disabled ramp outside to prevent customers from slipping on during wintery conditions, reports Sunday Mail.
Anna Nicole Smith To Be Buried in the Bahamas
It’s been settled. With all the craze this week, it has finally been decided that Anna Nicole Smith will be buried beside her son, Daniel, at Lakeview Memorial Gardens and Mausoleums in the Bahamas.
Bodies from Green River Cemetery in MA To Be Exhumed and Reburied
Thanks to some strong winds that uprooted trees and washed away several yards of soil back in March, about 50 bodies are in danger of sliding 200 feet into the Green River below.
Biomedical Supply House Owners Charged with Selling Body Parts For Transplants
Earlier this year, a biomedical supply house and three others were charged with selling body parts to the tune of millions of dollars. They’d obtain bodies from funeral parlors in New York City, Rochester, Philadelphia and New Jersey and then forge death certificates and organ donor consent forms to sell the organs. Prosecutors said that [...]
How To Live Forever… As A Diamond
I recently stumbled onto LifeGem.com, a company that creates diamond memorials from your own carbon. With a lock of hair or the cremated remains, you can be made into a .20 carats to 1.25 carat diamond.
Ancestry.com Adds US Census Records
Ancestry.com has added 540 million names from US Census records from 1790 to 1930 to their online database. The project took 6.6 million hours of labor. Workers scanned and transcribed 13 million original census images 15,000 rolls of microfilm.
Lebanon 17th Century Cemetery Mistaken For Modern Mass Grave
When security forces unearthed 25 decomposed bodies in the village of Anjar in Lebanon, anti-Syrian politicians feared the worst – that it was evidence of atrocities committed while the Syrian military occupied Lebanon.
The UK Approves of Double Burials
The idea of burying two bodies in one grave may seem taboo here in the US, but it has finally gained political approval in the UK where burial space is increasingly limited.
Funerals in the Digital Age
As the cost of technology decreases, digital tributes are gaining popularity in the funeral industry.
With digital life tributes, people can combine home movies, photographs, and music with personal stories and final messages to create a DVD or computer file for loved ones. Or, loved ones can create tribute movies to remember the deceased.
Natural Burials Are Becoming Popular With Environment-Conscious People
Natural, aka green burials are becoming popular with environmentalists who want to be buried without the chemicals or metal coffins.
In regular burials, bodies are embalmed and preserved with chemicals. They are then placed in non-biodegradable coffins lined with cloth.
