Four days after Oct. 7, hundreds of people stood huddled together in the small cemetery of Kibbutz Kfar Etzion as they escorted the body of Staff Sgt. Roey Weiser, 21—a combat soldier in the Golani Infantry Brigade who fell in the battle to defend the Nahal Oz post on the Gaza border. This writer stood […]
Northumbria Police are appealing for information after disorder broke out on Monday afternoon (May 13) at a planned funeral procession in Easington Lane. Footage sent to the Echo showed what appeared to be youths on quad and scrambler bikes with cars being driven around local fields and even across a roundabout. The images also showed the vehicles being driven into each other before being set on fire. Chief Superintendent Mark Hall, of Northumbria Police, said: “On the afternoon of Monday, May...
Hundreds of people are expected to attend fallen Euclid Police Officer Jacob Derbin’s funeral on Saturday morning.
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Derrick L. Nester, a Wyomissing firefighter for three decades, died unexpectedly May 6 in his home.
Years after his mom's funeral, Alan Jackson shared the song he wrote for the somber occasion, "Where Her Heart Has Always Been"
Wamego (KSNT) - A funeral service is planned for Anna Miller, 58, of Westmoreland who died in the EF3 tornado that hit Westmoreland on Tuesday, April 30. “Ann was the welcoming face of the Health Department for many years. She was a good neighbor and a good friend to everyone. We miss her and will []
Lawmakers pass bill to regulate industry after 190 decomposing bodies found in bug-infested facility and another found in hearseAfter the discovery of nearly 200 decaying bodies in a Colorado funeral home in October, lawmakers saw the need to tighten the state’s lax funeral home oversight and on Monday passed a bill that – in combination with a second bill that passed last week – would help to regulate the industry.A series of cases that include sold ashes and fake body parts have devastated...
(JNS) – Hundreds gathered in Haifa during Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom Hashoah) on Monday to attend the funeral of a Holocaust survivor who died the previous night. Join our WhatsApp group Subscribe to our Daily Roundup Email Esther Greizer, 95, a native of Hungary who survived the Nazi genocide, did not have any immediate family to
TORONTO, May 18 (Reuters) - Some Canadian provinces have logged a jump in unclaimed dead bodies in recent years, with next of kin citing funeral costs as a growing reason for not collecting loved ones' remains. The phenomenon has prompted at least one province to build a new storage facility. Demand for memorial fundraisers has surged. The overall cost of a funeral in Canada at the top end has increased to about $8,800 from about $6,000 in 1998, according to industry trade group estimates. ...
A funeral service was held Tuesday for a Watford teenager who died last week in a Lambton County farm accident. “It is with heavy hearts the family of Adam Buurma announces his sudden passing on May 9, 2024, at the young age of 17, as a result of a farm accident,” sdaid an obituary published […]
The funeral is scheduled for Monday, May 13, and is open to the public. There will also be a public viewing on Sunday, May 12.