Death Care News

Oshkosh resident Carrie Mutsch and her family knew almost immediately how they wanted to say good-bye to their father when he died.

It isn't your typical field trip. That's how Saegertown High School student Dylan Leech described a recent visit to Gannon University's human gross anatomy lab and the Dusckas-Martin Funeral Home in Millcreek Township.

A funeral home mixes up two female bodies with the same last name. It buries one in the wrong grave and then, when it realizes its mistake, allegedly tries to foist the other body off on a grieving family during an open-casket viewing.

Responding to requests from its customers, Charles F. Snyder Funeral Homes Inc. is adding a crematory to its Lititz Pike location.

The Health Herald , an online publication for nursing assistants, made a list of the top 50 hospice blogs on the internet.

On Monday, Lawmakers postponed voting on a bill that would have outlawed a shocking practice in New Mexico's funeral industry.

Two men were sentenced in federal court Thursday in separate area cases involving the illegal possession of firearms.

If you're living a green lifestyle, it turns out you can take it with you. Cemeteries and funeral homes across the USA are offering environmentally friendly burials featuring formaldehyde-free fluids for embalming and biodegradable caskets made of pine, wicker or even cardboard.

The Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association Service Corporation announces the launch of its enhanced interactive job board, www.AzHealthjobs.com . The job board offers its members, and the healthcare industry at large, an easy-to-use and highly targeted resource for online employment connections.

AVON, Conn., Feb. 2, 2010 -- After the death of a family member or friend, grief can become overwhelming.

The state has ordered a funeral home that mixed up the bodies of two women to close next week so regulators can investigate the incident.

When it comes to death, we are a nation in denial. We get the willies just saying the word.

BRIDGETON -- When people die in Cumberland County with nothing to their names, it's up to the county to pay for their burials or cremations.

LAMBOURN funeral directors WT Adams and Co will cease trading at the end of February after more than 100 years in business.

CINCINNATI, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- With top funeral service vehicle brands Federal Coach and Eagle Coach gaining a combined double-digit market share increase in 2009, company leadership is now poised to continue that growth with the move of its Federal funeral coach production from Fort Smith, Arkansas to its manufacturing facility in Cincinnati, ...

The Federal Trade Commission today told the U.S. House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection of the Committee on Energy and Commerce that the FTC will use its expertise to help the Subcommittee address the problems highlighted by last year's horrific events at the historic Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois.

Elizabeth Noreika Videographer: Charles Minimah Web Producer: Elizabeth Noreika Reported: Jan.

The Federal Trade Commission should oversee the sale of funeral good and services, including cemeteries and merchants of caskets and monuments, Rep.

Matthews International Corporation announced today that its Board of Directors approved a continuation of the Company's stock repurchase program.

In a story in the New York Times published January 25th, a daughter tells of her experience being asked to make a life and death decision for her father in the emergency room.