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In 2012, the Aurora Casket Company was acquired by private equity firm Kohlberg & Co. [2] By 2014, the company had about 850 employees and was one of the Cincinnati metropolitan area's largest private companies. In June 2015, it was acquired by Matthews International and renamed Matthews Aurora Funeral Solutions. [1]
The chimes carillon, which was installed in 1965, used to play patriotic tunes every hour, but was later silenced and remained still for many years. Today, the chimes sound at noon and 4:30 p.m. daily, in addition to special occasions such as Memorial Day and Veterans Day.
Find a Grave was created in 1995 by Salt Lake City, Utah, resident Jim Tipton to support his hobby of visiting the burial sites of famous celebrities. [3] Tipton classified his early childhood as being a nerdy kid who had somewhat of a fascination with graves and some love for learning HTML. [4] He later added an online forum. [5]
He died a few hours later, and his body was identified by 10 people who knew him, ensuring that they had the right man. His final resting place is in the Booth family plot, but in an unmarked grave.
The owners of a Colorado funeral home have pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy after police found 190 decaying bodies in a building at their business from where they sent fake ashes to ...
The public this weekend will get the opportunity to visit one of North Jersey's historic Black burial sites. The Gethsemane Cemetery in Little Ferry will be open on Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m ...
Union Pacific funeral trains made almost daily trips from Denver to Mt. Olivet. The trains were met by teams of ponies or horses, hitched to funeral biers, to travel up the long drive into the cemetery proper. It took almost an entire day for a funeral cortege to travel by train to Mt. Olivet and back to Denver.
In addition, a licensed funeral director may be required to be present at the burial, the state’s division of funeral services says. And a burial-transit permit may also be required in ...