Ashes to ashes. Dust to dust. If it were that simple, then funeral parlors wouldn’t have so much work to do. There is a lot involved preparing a loved one for their final resting place. With a world population closing in on 7 billion, that means there could be around 7 billion dead in the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Illinois Cemetery and Funeral Home Association’
29 Sep
Former Funeral Director Charged For Rotting Bodies
COLUMBIA, Mo.: A former Missouri funeral home director accused of keeping rotting bodies in a basement faces three felony counts of unlawful merchandising practices. The indictment that Boone County grand jurors returned Friday stems from allegations that Harold Warren Sr. knowingly gave families cremated remains that were not the ashes of their loved ones. Prosecutors [...]
29 Sep
Should Families Be Charged For Online Obituaries? – 14 Question National Survey
Opinions and questions are circulating regarding whether families should be charged for online obituary services, and whether guest book signers should have to register to leave messages. Connecting Directors.com, in conjunction with FuneralNet, is conducting the following national survey of death-care professionals to develop a better professional understanding and improve the industry’s service at large. [...]
24 Sep
U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush Unveils The Bereaved Consumers Protection Act
U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush unveiled legislation today that would expand the powers of the federal government by creating a new level of oversight for cemeteries to prevent the kind of abuses seen at Burr Oak Cemetery and to others. The Bereaved Consumers Protection Act would force cemetery directors to bolster their record keeping and make [...]
18 Sep
Women Arrested After Bodies of “Cremated” Dogs Found Dumped in Field
They had paid to have their much-loved pets cremated and some had forked out extra so they could keep the ashes. Now the dog owners have learned to their horror that the ceremonies never took place and that the bodies of their pets were dumped in a field. The corpses of four dogs were identified [...]
4 Sep
Credit Card Fraud – Take Precautions at Home and Work
We all have them and use them, it is the American way, I’m talking about credit cards. We use them in our personal life and we have company cards as well. What precautions do you take to keep that card safe?. The following is an email sent out out by a Corporate Attorney to the [...]
23 Jul
Five Licensed Professionals Appointed to the AWFD Advisory Board
Selecting five women from over 25 applicants was challenging for the founder and CEO of the Association of Women Funeral Directors. “I was thrilled by the responses – we had some of the finest women in the field applying to be a part of the leadership team, in this first year,” declared the CEO, Kim [...]
17 Jul
Quinn Unveils Cemetery Task Force in Response to Burr Oak
Gov. Pat Quinn today announced his cemetery oversight task force in response to the grisly scandal at an Alsip cemetery. The new governor picked nine civic leaders to look at the management of for-profit cemeteries and propose new regulations and consumer protection laws. Quinn also ordered the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to tell all funeral homes [...]
13 Jul
Illinois Cemetery and Funeral Home Association Condemns Burr Oak Crimes
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 for, and offends a code of conduct that has governed our industry for centuries,” said Vickie Hand, Treasurer of the ICFHA. “What happened is not only abhorrent and appalling, but [...]
