“Dead Meet” is a place for death professionals looking for love.
Are you a “death professional” who is looking for love? If so then perhaps Carla Valentine can help. Valentine, a UK-based mortuary technician, created the ...
Month: October 2014
The Man Who Saves Graves – How John Fogerty, Bonnie Raitt and a former vintage guitar dealer named Skip Henderson helped preserve Mississippi’s Blues
Mississippi is red dirt, green fields, crumbling small towns and looping muddy rivers overhung by thick forest, like mini Amazons, but if you take a ...
Lewis Emil LaGesse, the sailor who cheated death at Pearl Harbor dies at 92
On October 23rd, 2014 family and friends gathered in Houston to say goodbye to 92-year-old Lewis Emil LaGesse.
Lava Flow Overtakes Pāhoa Japanese Cemetery
On Monday, October 27, a small, predominantly Buddhist cemetery in Pāhoa, Hawaii was overtaken by the relentless push of lava from Kilauea volcano.
Saying goodbye to Nathan Cirillo.
On Tuesday, October 28, 2014, a country will say goodbye to a hero as Canadian reservist Corporal Nathan Cirillo is laid to rest with full ...
Actress Marcia Strassman Dies At 66
Marcia Strassman died on at her Sherman Oaks, California home on October 25th after a long battle with breast cancer. She was 66.
6 Spooky Cemeteries
With Halloween just around the corner, it’s a great time to pass along a story about 6 of the spookiest cemeteries in the world.
October 30th is “Create A Great Funeral Day”
Each year October 30th is designated as Create a Great Funeral Day.
National Museum of Funeral History Breathes Life into Death
It may sound a bit odd to hear the word vibrant used to describe a museum dedicated to the display of funeral artifacts. However, once ...
Legendary Washington Post editor, Ben Bradlee, dies at 93
Ben Bradlee, the legendary Washington Post editor who became famous for challenging the Nixon Whitehouse during the Watergate scandal, died on Tuesday, October 21st at ...
Iconic fashion designer, Oscar de la Renta, dies at 82
The fashion world was saddened on Monday, October 20, 2014 to hear of the death of the legendary, Oscar de la Renta at his home ...
Death becomes her: Met exhibit showcases mourning garb.
On Tuesday, October 21, 2014 the Metropolitan Museum of Art will unveil a new exhibit which highlights women’s mourning fashion.
Actress Elizabeth Peña dies at 55
Elizabeth Maria Peña, an actress known for her versatility, died on Tuesday, October 14, 2014 at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. According to ...
Hearses, puns and Dolly Parton. Nashville Business Journal reports on the NFDA Convention.
From the latest in hearses to an eagle eye spotting of “Dolly Parton”, NBJ reporter Eleanor Kennedy shares her impressions of the 2014 National Funeral ...
October 15th is Pregnancy & Infant Loss Remembrance Day
Each year on October 15th we are asked to take a moment to remember those touched by the loss of a pregnancy or infant.
