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A Veterans Cemetery has gone to the dogs. The 3,000 or so folks have who are buried there, are still there.  Many of their gravestones have been taken away. But some grave markers remain.

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“Many dog owners say it’s a bum rap, but veterans are upset that the grave site in Ventura, Calif., for an 1860s Army hero awarded the Medal of Honor is now a popular Ventura dog  park…….

Talk to any veteran, he will tell you it is a terrible thing. It’s disrespectful,” said retired Marine Sgt. Craig “Gunny” Donor, who served two tours in Vietnam and is bent on getting the soldier’s remains moved.

Pvt. James Sumner, who was awarded the nation’s highest military honor for gallant actions after a band of Apache Indians kidnapped a settler’s child, died in 1912 and he was buried in what was then St. Mary’s Cemetery.

Most of the flat grave markers have been hauled away, but a few dozen markers still pepper the 7-acre Cemetery Memorial Park that was home to about 3,000 permanent residents. Most were never relocated.”-via content.usatoday.com

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Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
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There has been another Preneed Funeral Directors Scandal. This time it involves the California Funeral Directors Association.(CDFA) Again we have an instance of the theft(misuse, misappropriation of   Preneed Funds.

It is not quite on the scale of the Illinois Funeral Directors Association(IFDA) Preneed Fraud. It does consist of theft and misuse of peoples funeral money. It does involve Preneed, or the money people have prepaid for funerals.

This is just another example of funeral preneed, contributing to additional funeral cost for the consumer.

Snippet from the SanFrncisco Chronicle

A state audit says one of California’s largest prepaid funeral trusts misspent millions of dollars set aside by consumers to pay for cemetery plots, caskets and services.

The Department of Consumer Affairs is ordering more than 300 funeral homes that participate in the California Master Trust to repay at least $6 million. The audit, released this week, says the money was spent improperly on administrative fees, political lobbying, conventions and other activities.

The trust holds about $70 million that has been paid in advance for funeral services by 27,000 consumers.”via www.sfgate.com

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Friday, July 9th, 2010
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Water Resolution is a new form of cremation- at least one State Legislator in California thinks it is  a good thing and believes that making the new process  legal and lawful will happen in the  California Statehouse.

It is also kown as green cremation, bio cremation and resomation and alkaline hydrolysis. Water heated to 300 degrees, potassium hydroxide and turbulence to speed up the decomposition process and dissolve body tissue in a few hours. When it’s over, all that remains of the remains is a pile of white bones that can be ground up into something that looks like ashes. It is like a pressure cooker with special chemicals. The by product of the process is good for the environment and can actually be used as a fertilizer.

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“Being good to the environment is not just a way of life, it’s a way of death. And, for the eco-friendly who wish to go out in a blaze of green, there could soon be a new alternative to biodegradable caskets and harsh chemicals like formaldehyde.

California state Assemblyman Jeff Miller, R-Corona, has introduced a bill that would add a process to the list of legally approved ways for mortuaries to perform cremations.”-via www.msnbc.msn.com

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Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
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The best way to come in under the average cost of a funeral is to choose cremation and then shop around for the lowest price of a cremation. PRICE SHOP & COMPARE ASHES TO ASHES.

A couple in California found this to be the best way to do your lower cost funeral, shop

Shopping around for your funeral and cremation can save you money

around for the cremation.

“Sue and I decided a long time ago that big-bucks funerals were a waste of money. We agreed to each be cremated. But even there you need to shop around. I discovered that cremation in Fresno, California can be had for as much as $2,500 and for as little as $795. No real difference in the final product. We are comparing ashes to ashes, here.”via themywifehascancerblog.blogspot.com

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Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
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The Doritos Casket ad made the grade in the Superbowl ads of  2010. The ad created by a California church made it into the Superbowl advertising.

Watch the the Video Here.

Mosaic a non-demoninational church, has named their ad “Casket” and it is a great concept in that the guy being buried got his final wish – to be buried in a casket full of Doritos.  The only thing is, the guy isn’t really dead, and his pals come to his “rescue” in the end.

via www.postchronicle.com

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