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Funeral Planning: The Final Goodbye
The death of a loved one is always a terrible thing to endure; it can take you by surprise and send you in to a whirlwind of grief and emotion. But making this terrible event even that much more traumatic is the amount of planning and activity that must suddenly take place. Not only are you in a fragile emotional state but you must now coordinate a host of events surrounding the funeral. Funeral planning, however, while heartbreaking, does not have to compound your already heightened levels of stress.

Ohio Holds Funeral on Anniversary of 2004 Elections
On the the third anniversary of a presidential election so flawed that for the first time in U.S. history, an entire state's Electoral College votes were challenged, Ohioans gather to mourn the death of democracy. Eulogy at Ohio Statehouse and funeral procession past the Board of Elections, Attorney General's and Secretary of State's offices. Unresolved election justice issues include the three Ohio counties surrounding Cincinnati, Ohio, home to General Election (GE) Aviation, major beneficiary of Iraq war. Campaign of Barack Obama (D-Ill) refused to meet with the Ohio Election Justice Campaign to place election justice on his national platform.

Caskets "On the Cheap" have Funeral Directors Scrambling
Caught off-guard by lost sales to independent web based competitors, old style sales methods are not serving big funeral homes like they used to.

Your Funeral Guy Reveals Desperately Needed Information in Funeral Cost Book
Discover how to lower the cost and stress of any funeral, guaranteed. In the pages of ?Rest in Peace? R. Brian Burkhardt walks with you through the heartbreaking situation of the funeral and reveals the solutions you most desperately need.

The Inspiration Networks to Carry Live Broadcast of Ruth Graham Funeral
The broadcast will be available in more than a billion homes worldwide through The Inspiration Networks' various distribution platforms including Internet Broadband (inspiration.net) and television networks INSP, i-Lifetv, and INI.

Funeral Home Uses New Software to Enhance Arrangement Conferences
FuneralKiosk software allows a funeral director to guide a family through a very personalized tour of products from any manufacturer. The quality of the images and the ease of use focuses the arrangement process.

Godfrey Funeral Sermon Collection Containing More Than 1,200 Funeral Sermons And Memorials Now Online at WorldVitalRecords.com
As a result of the partnership between World Vital Records, Inc. and Godfrey Memorial Library, more than 1,200 pre-1923 funeral sermons and memorials are now available at WorldVitalRecords.com.

Plastic Burial Vault Helps Lighten Burial Burden
Ever since Goria Corporation debuted the Eonian? burial vault in 2004, well we have they have been burring the competition. Manufacturing of the Eonian? and Endurance? burial vault to begin production in California, Texas and Illinois next quarter.

Donor Shortage Drives Florida Recipient Program; South Brevard Funeral Home Enhances the Lives of 10,000 Recipients
In Brevard County a shortage of some types of tissues continues to drive a partnership program between South Brevard Funeral Home and Southeast Tissue Alliance (SETA). Despite a shortage, these two organizations have enhanced the lives of 10,000 Fla. recipients from severe burn victims to cancer patients.

Private Funeral Home Established in Westchester - Rosenthal Memorial Chapel Offers Alternative to Corporate-Owned Funeral Homes
Michael L. Rosenthal, principal of Rosenthal Memorial Chapel, today announced that he has established a private, Jewish-owned and operated funeral home in response to the need for an alternative to corporate-owned funeral homes. The Department of Consumer Affairs conducted an investigation that found that consolidation among corporate-owned funeral homes has led to higher prices at those homes. The report also said that "there are many other trends in this changing industry that are making funeral planning increasingly difficult for consumers."