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Article: 13 On Your Side: A look at cemetery fees Article Excerpt: When a family member dies, it’s a difficult time to make significant decisions. That’s why many people pre-purchase burial plots or pre-pay for funeral arrangements. But, when Sandy Cobb tried to donate the pre-purchased plot she [...] Looking for that final resting place can be a bit of task, unless the location of the cemetery where you’d like to spend eternity is right down the street from where you live. How can technology help? A recent Google Maps mashup gives us a brief vision on how this activity may be conducted in [...] Article: Cremation: a popular end-of-life option Article Excerpt: …Over the past 30 years the cremation rate in the United States has grown by leaps and bounds, jumping from only 6 percent in 1975, to 19 percent in 1995 to nearly 40 percent today. And by 2025, that number [...] Article: The Quick 10: 10 of America’s Most Haunted Cemeteries America’s most haunted cemeteries include: St. Louis Cemetery #1, New Orleans, LA Publication: Telegraph.co.uk Article Excerpt: As millions of Chinese pause to honour their ancestors and tidy their graves this weekend at the annual Qingming, or “Tombsweeping” festival, the skyrocketing price of cemetery plots and funeral services has become a focus of national anger. “Too poor to live, to poor to die” is how one [...] In this blog post by Gerard Van Der Leun he explains how a recent deceased adventurer gives him a gift through his final resting place. …At first I was a bit disoriented inside the gates since the one-lane road winds hither and yon around the grounds and the office with the map to the grave sites [...] It’s an interesting question, and there are many reasons for either answer. Would you prefer to be buried or cremated? Salsbury News Blog survey question of the day for October 12 has already garnered quite a few responses, most of which seem to be for Cremation. How would you answer this survey? One of my favorite [...] Publication: Breaking News 24/7 Article Excerpt: LONDON – A survey has revealed that most Brits do not wish to be buried in a traditional plot, choosing unusual places such as a favourite holiday destination, a place from their childhood or even their own garden. Age Concern said being laid to rest in churchyard or garden [...] Publication: Waiting for Happy (Personal Blog) Pennsylvania Mom Kristy Bolte on her blog Waiting for Happy shares her regrets about the burial of her two kids Isaac and Asher. …You see my ideas have changed and I am stuck. I desperately wish we had never chosen to have the boys buried. [...] Publication: Reuters Article Excerpt: If you didn’t succeed the first time in your bid to spend eternity in a crypt above Marilyn Monroe, try again. That’s what the auction team handling the sale of the crypt is saying, after a previous eBay sale for $4.6 million fell through in August. …Read the Full Story [...] |
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