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A family was supposed to pick up their loved one’s ashes from a New Jersey funeral home within a few days after his service and planned to keep them inside their house — as he had wished ...
The funeral homes sued Tri-State and Marsh, eventually settling first for $36 million with the plaintiff's class in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Ultimately, the Marsh defendants also settled for $3.5 million after their insurer, Georgia Farm Bureau, agreed to pay the settlement.
Raymond Loewen. Raymond L. "Ray" Loewen (born June 27, 1940 [1]) is a Canadian businessman, best known as the former owner of Loewen Funeral Group, as depicted in the 2023 film The Burial. [2] Loewen also had a brief political career, serving as an MLA in British Columbia in the late 1970s.
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
A family is suing a New Jersey funeral home for botching a burial, causing a murdered woman's casket to pop open during the ceremony. According to WCBS, Brooklyn native Nequia Webb-Davidson was ...
TOMS RIVER - State officials are investigating the death of a man in police custody who died after complaining of a “medical episode.” The state Attorney General’s Office late Saturday ...
Jeremiah Joseph O'Keefe III (July 12, 1923 – August 23, 2016) was an American fighter ace, Democratic Party politician, insurance executive, and funeral director. As a Marine pilot in World War II he received the Navy Cross for five of the seven kills he recorded over Okinawa. After the war he entered politics, serving as a member of the ...
Joseph Abate. Joseph "Joe" Abate (July 8, 1902 – November 28, 1994) was a capo in the family's New Jersey faction. [1] In the 1920s, Abate served as an enforcer for Al Capone in Chicago before settling in New Jersey. [2] In June 1976, Abate attended Anthony Accetturo's induction ceremony into the Lucchese family. [2]