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Are Funeral Homes Overcharging Mourners?

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 05.14.2012

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Are funeral homes taking advantage of families in mourning by overcharging for goods and services? Maybe, according to recent charges by the Federa...

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Woman's Corpse Left In Chapel Basement Since 2010

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 03.22.2012

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A 76-year-old Missouri woman's corpse was found in a chapel basement and buried on Friday -- more than a year after she died. Olga Beanblossom's bo...

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Man Shot In Head Survives After Crashing Into Hialeah Funeral Home

Posted 03.04.2012

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On Monday night, Hialeah police were called to an incident at Jerry and Joe's Pizzeria at 4799 Palm Avenue in Hialeah. Around 5 p.m., a male was i...

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Businesses Change Names To Appeal To Latinos

HuffingtonPost.com | Cindy Y. Rodriguez | Posted 01.09.2012

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McLeod Mortuary in Escondido, Calif., not far from the U.S.-Mexico border, recently became more Latino-friendly by changing its name to Funeria Del An...

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I Don't Care if You Send Locusts, Sweetheart. You're Still Having a Memorial Service.

Susan McCorkindale | Posted 11.29.2011

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"Susan, did you hear me? No service." "Yes, sweetheart," I said, going to him. "I heard you." And then I bent down, kissed him, and lied straight to his still so handsome face. "No service."

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Two Families Get Wrong Ashes, Funeral Director Gets 30 Days In Jail

Posted 05.25.2011

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The Fagerstrom family was gathered at a picturesque lake in Wisconsin, spreading the ashes of the recently deceased John Fagerstrom, age 49. As the a...

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Tethered: Death Without Shrouds

Randy Susan Meyers | Posted 05.25.2011

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Even friends who talk about sex and paychecks rarely talk about death. Amy Mackinnon's genius lies in her gentling the reader through this world we so fear -- without forcing us to turn away.

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Pa. Woman Hides in Coffin To Escape From Police

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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MIFFLINTOWN, Pa. — Authorities say a Philadelphia woman hid in a coffin at a central Pennsylvania funeral home to escape custody. Nicole April K...

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The Etiquette of Funerals

Lisa Mirza Grotts | Posted 05.25.2011

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Funerals provide closure, a necessary part of the mourning process. But the subject of death is difficult for many, and we are often at a loss for what to say. Here are tips to help you along the way.

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Astoria Characters: The Cryptic Undertaker

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 05.25.2011

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Undertaking is a mysterious profession, and Astoria character John Hoey spends a lot of time answering curious queries about what it's like to work with the dead.

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