Source: RTÉ News
The Irish part of a funeral for a young Irish woman who died while serving with the US forces in Afghanistan has taken place in Co Galway.
Source: funeralreadings.blogr.com
Site to help people write and deliver beautiful funeral readings.
Source: BBC News
Funerals for five of the six Italians killed in Germany last week in what has been described as a Mafia vendetta will be held in southern Italy on Thursday. Police in Calabria fear further violence as members of a local crime clan may be planning revenge killings.
Source: The New York Times
Officials said the mine where six workers were trapped could resume operating with a new name.
Source: The New York Times
As a town faced the prospect of six lost miners being entombed permanently, officials of the Crandall Canyon mine said it could be back in business soon.
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In times of sadness humans yearn for the affirmation of plenty. In the case of death, that can be defined as neighbors showing up with endless pans of lasagna, despite the fact that Uncle Gus died of clogged arteries
Source: Live Green, Live Smart
We all die -- and then what? Well, you can continue to reduce your carbon footprint even after you're gone. This story is about environmentally sensitive burial practices -- turns out being cremated with the use of coal or natural gas produced energy is just not green enough.
Source: wbbm780.com
The families of those killed in the Virginia Tech massacre may not be able to grieve in peace at the funerals of those they lost.
Source: The New York Times
Yevgeniy Marshalik, a 19-year-old auxiliary officer killed by a gunman last week, was honored in Brooklyn on Sunday.
Source: MSNBC
The Stage of Grief No One Admits To: Relief When my husband was killed in an accident, I refused to let society dictate how I should grieve. This story made me wonder how many other aspects of life are controlled by our wish to appear proper.
Source: CNSNews.com
President Bush has signed into a law an amendment to U.S. law protecting military funerals from protests like those staged by a controversial Kansas church that characterizes soldiers' deaths as divine punishment for homosexuality.
Source: The Ornery American
Here is what I propose. Forget the constitutional amendment about flags.
Source: FOXNews.com
The controversial anti-homosexual Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan., has canceled its plans to stage a protest at the funerals of the five Amish girls executed in their Pennsylvania school, a church official said Wednesday.
Source: CNSNews.com
(CNSNews.com) - A Kansas-based group that says "God hates fags" plans to picket the funerals of the Amish girls killed by a disturbed man in Lancaster County, Pa.
Source: Reuters
Research for the Bereavement Register found just over a half (51 percent) of people ask for a specific song be played at their funeral and 79 percent have talked with family and friends about possible song choices.
Source: The Huffington Post
Bob Geiger: On August 2, Republicans in the United States Senate were all atwitter over the possibility of passing yet another giant tax cut for the wealthy -- it was defeated late Thursday night -- and I thought you should know where Massachusetts Democrats John Kerry and Ted Ke …
Source: NPR
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Source: WorldNetDaily
A discussion about protests by an anti-homosexual church at the funerals of fallen American soldiers turned into an astounding shoutfest on national television this weekend, with Fox News host Julie Banderas calling a fire-and-brimstone Christian preacher "the devil" and apparent …
Source: FOXNews.com
The father of a Marine whose funeral was picketed by anti-gay protesters from a fundamentalist Kansas church filed an invasion-of-privacy suit against the demonstrators Monday.
Source: The Times
"Americans have congressional lobbying and corruption; Chinese have funerals and corruption."
Source: thesmokinggun.com
APRIL 27--In what will surely repulse Pennsylvanians, a Domino's delivery man used a car to transport corpses to funeral parlors when he wasn't using the vehicle to bring pies and Cheesy Bread to pizza enthusiasts.
Source: National Review Online
"Fred Phelps has pioneered the charming practice of protesting people's funerals.
Source: BBC News
A new dimension to "Wish you were here ..." ?
Source: CNN
Only in America: patriotic bikers vs. an anti-gay reverend.
Source: Reuters
"TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's obsession with camera-equipped mobile phones has taken a bizarre twist, with mourners at funerals now using the devices to capture a final picture of the deceased.