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Publication: Associated Content Article Excerpt: …She is the last surviving member of her family and none of her children or grandchildren would be using these graves. So what to do with them? She could have sold them, but that might require a lot of traveling from her home over 50 miles [...] Publication: Post-Bulletin, Rochester MN Article Excerpt: … People could buy three plots for $5 when Riverside opened in 1871, he said. But people often left before using them, or maybe buried one child there and then moved on, forgetting about their plots, he said. “It’s amazing how many are not [...] Publication: Telegram and Gazette Good article on understanding residency requirements for certain cemeteries as well as rules and regulations surrounding approved monument sizes and types. Article Excerpt: Friends for 25 years, local businessmen Douglas J. Kruzewski and Joseph J. Spadea of West Brookfield figured they’d spend the afterlife as they’ve spent much [...] Publication: King 5 News, Seattle Article Excerpt: …”The state of the economy has played a big part in our decision making and also our stress in the whole situation,” he said. He’s not alone. There’s a booming online market with Web sites such as plotbrokers.com and americancemeteryproperty.com. Ken Brant runs gravesolutions.com and has [...] Publisher: Forbes Magazine Article Excerpt: …”There’s a marked increase in those looking to sell,” says Ward, who estimates that about 10% of the 28 million burial plot owners around the country are part of the secondary market that’s looking to unload. The only factor he sees preventing even more selling? [...] Publication: Journal-Courier, Jacksonville, IL Article Excerpt: Even death is becoming high-tech. The city’s cemetery board hopes to soon have a digital record of graves that would allow people to go online and locate anyone’s final resting place. “Anyone can get on the Internet and type the deceased’s name and find what [plots] they [...] Article: Lawer is accused of selling fake work visas Article Excerpt: …They also seized 30 vacant burial plots and 20 blank grave monuments at Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier that allegedly were purchased with proceeds from the visa scheme. Cemetery plots are a novel investment because they appreciate [...] 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 [...] Publication: Akron Beacon Journal Article Excerpt: In a cash-strapped economy where some have been forced to sell off the family burial plots, residents are snapping up spaces in the city’s cemetery. Tallmadge City Council approved legislation this month that doubles the cost of remaining plots for sale in the community’s land-locked cemetery. [...] Publication: The Boston Globe Article Excerpt: With its majestic dunes and shimmering sunsets, Provincetown is a ceaseless draw for vacationers and summertime residents. So it may be little surprise that the outer-Cape retreat also ranks as a coveted final resting place, where retirees have snatched up plots at the town cemetery like [...] |
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