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• A.B.C Company - Steel Cremation Urns from Italy

  
  The A.B.C Company has been active in the steel manufacturing business for more than 15 years, and now specialises in Steel Cremation Urns.
  

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• Cremation Alternative

  
  The breakthrough technology of Water Resolution™ delivers an environmentally responsible alternative to cremation. Now, adjustments to the vessel design bring the price in line with a retort while preserving Water Resolution’s clear-cut advantages over cremation.
  

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• Down Under Goes Vertical - Melbourne Australia

  
  A Melbourne Company “Upright Burials” is offering a new way of Burial........

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• So you want to be a Funeral Director?

  
  Licensed funeral director and embalmer Jane Ludlow delivered the commencement address to the graduating class of her alma mater, Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science.  In it, Ludlow shares with the class advice that can serve as reminders to any death care professionals who serve grieving families.  Click below to read an excerpt.
  

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• Giving Back to the Community Is a Family Affair

  
  Funeral director Bob Weigel’s selection as 2010 Citizen of the Year by the chamber of commerce in Hamilton, Ohio, is more than a prestigious award.  The recognition reflects his history of  generous community service to the city he calls home.  Now his son Rob is following his example.
  
  

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• Ultimate 1000 Lift Now Offers Integrated Load Scale

  

  Cedar Rapids, IA – November 2010 – Mortuary Lift Company, a manufacturer of The original lifting system(TM) has integrated a load scale into its Ultimate 1000 Lift.  This groundbreaking integration provides the funeral industry with the only ceiling-mounted lift with a load scale.

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• New Leadership Drives Water Resolution

  
  Brownsburg, IN – June 2010 – Russell Cooper has been named Director of Business Development for Water Resolution®, the environmentally responsible alternative to cremation and burial. 
  
  
  

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• You Serve the Most Active Consumers in History. Are You Prepared?

  
  As a funeral professional you realize that outstanding funeral service can never be achieved if you give your families only “cookie-cutter” options in service and merchandise, for funeral service is never a one-size-fits-all industry.  Instead, you satisfy your client families with customized efforts to meet their individual needs and wants. 
  

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• Handcrafted Caskets Made by Monks

  
  Theirs is an unconventional business model with an improbable workforce and a “boss” of the highest order.  Blend these distinctions with a deep-rooted work ethic and the result is a product that many regard as, quite literally, a blessing. 
  

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• Your Company Will Outpace the Competition Through Cost-effective Exposure in Targeted Funeral-Industry Publications.

  
  Put your company in the news – and in front of prospective customers – with professionally written press releases and articles strategically placed by Kanet Advertising. We have a successful track record of getting cost-effective coverage for businesses like yours because we specialize in the funeral industry and have developed longstanding relationships with industry publications.
  

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• Eternal Reefs - A new way to be remembered

  
  The scattering of ashes enters a whole new world following the development of US company Eternal Reefs, Inc.  Eternal Reefs brings the opportunity to have cremated ashes incorporated into an ecologically developed artificial reef, designed to replace lost natural reefs and creating new marine habitats for sea life.
  

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• Good Forecast for Funeral Directors

  
  According to statistics from the U.S. Department of Labour, funeral directors should see a 12% increase....
  

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• Ultimate 1000™ Mortuary Lift Adds “Green” to Its List of Features

  
  Cedar Rapids, IA – September 2009 – The Ultimate Lift 1000™, an industry-leading body lift recognized for protecting the backs of its users, is focused on protecting the environment, too.
  

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• CCMS Staffer Uses Expertise for Haiti Disaster Relief

  

  Joseph S. Main of West Chester, Ohio, clinical supervisor at the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science (CCMS), was among a number of professionals from around the country deployed in response to the earthquake in Haiti.

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• Funeral for "Blanche"

  
  British TV's longest running soap "Coronation St" lost one of their favourite characters
  

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• NZ Funeral Director Dies

  
  absentFriends.com advises with sadness of the death on Sunday 10th January in Palmerston North of Colin Griggs, former owner of Thomas Griggs and Sons. 
   
  
   
  

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• Funeral Homes Helping the Community

  
  Some funeral homes are finding ways of giving and helping in their communities....
  

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• Generous Funeral Home to Cover Funeral Costs Of 5 Year Old

  
  A five year old child died in a tragic accident on Tuesday 8th December.....
  

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• Edward Cutler - Success Story at 19

  

  The National Funeral Expo held in Stoneleigh in June gave the Directors of absentFriends.com...........

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  The new site on the block is set to take the world by storm - absentfriends.com

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