Bodies Piling up: LA Reality to become National Trend?-yourfuneralguy

Will the Piling up of Bodies be a National Trend?

Bodies piling up at the Los Angeles and The Burr Oak Cemetery, near Chicago may become a national trend. It all goes back to the recession and people not having enough money to bury their Loved Ones. In LA the cremation of indigent loved ones is up 36%. People just cannot afford to pick up their dead.

In Illinois the State has suspended full funding of indigent burials and people are concerned that bodies may pile up there as well. The reality of the situation is that most funeral homes will not pickup the bill without significant reimbursement.

From the examiner.com in Chicago:

“Just as cemetery owners are battling bad press from the Burr Oak’s scandal, where bodies were dug up so cemetery staffers could double-dip on grave sales, funeral directors find out the state is killing its tradition of paying for funerals of the poor.

The bodies are going to pile up, predicts Chris Wooldridge, President of the Illinois Funeral Directors Association, in a press release.”

“As the voice of funeral service in Illinois we are gravely concerned this scenario will become a reality,” Wooldridge warns.

The recession has many funeral homes and funeral directors struggling. The situation is made worse in Illinois by the Illinois Funeral Directors Preneed Ponzi.Scheme.

A case can be made that bodies will pile up at cemeteries as well.
Funeral Director and new IFDA President Chris Woodridge knows all about the pile ups.
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Human Bone Found | at south Glenwood Cemetery-YourFuneralguy

Human bone found at another Chicago area cemetery subject of a lawsuit

Update on Illinois Cemetery Scandal(s): A human bone was found at Glenwood Cemetery. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s office said  Friday that an unidentified bone was found at the Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens.

The bone was discovered at the South Cemetery location at 18301 E. Glenwood Thornton Rd.,  Glenwood by a vault worker who was  making a delivery. The Medical Examiner did an autopsy Saturday  determined the bone to be human on 7.25.09

It was posted here three people filed a lawsuit against the cemetery, outlining a similar scheme like the Burr Oak Cemetery Scandal.

The Glenwood Cemetery is not a crime scene. The  Sheriff is involved, but there is no report that the Cemetery is closed which most likely would not happen on the basis of one bone that was human remains.

This more sad news in a horriffic situation.

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Michael Jackson Funeral|cause of death surely murder-yourfuneralguy

Autopsy Results in the Michael Jackson Death will be almost surely Homicide

The aftermath of the Michael Jackson Funeral now shows the cause of death almost surely to be murder(homicide). The Los  Angeles Coroner is to release the autopsy results midweek next week. With  a raid by the LAPD , Houston Police and the DEA on the Doctor Conrad Murray’s Office in Houston, Texas it all points to Murder.

It is reported that The Los Angeles Coroner will issue the autopsy result himself.

TMZ.com reports: Homicide ruling in Jackson death,

TMZ has not been wrong on anything Michael Jackson so far

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MJ was certainly murdered

Historical Casket At AA Rayner and Son-YourFuneralguy

The historical Emmet Till Casket is at the AA Rayner & Son Funeral Home in Chicago. This is where the civil rights, martyrs casket is now located. There the casket will be restored and moved to a new location.

The family chose this funeral home partially because that is where the slain teenager lied in state after he was murdered in 1955.

The current owners of Burr oak cemetery were the casket was left to rot are directly responsible for this act of disrespect to the black community. The corporation is Perpetua Inc.

Charles Childs Jr is the co owner of the Funeral Home AA Rayner and Son.

The fact that his funeral home holds this historical relic should not bring Mr. Childs immunity from investigation in the IFDA Preneed Trust Ponzi Scheme. (see previous post).

Charles Childs Jr, was president of the Illinois Funeral Directors Association Trust Fund tanked in 2006 and 2007.

Reports now are that the fund, has now lost 100 million dollars.

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Emmit Till

From Source Wikepedia

“In July 2009, while his gravesite appeared undisturbed, his original casket, in which his battered body was famously displayed, was found rusting in a run-down shack on the [Burr Oak]cemetery grounds.”

Born	Emmett Louis Till July 25, 1941(1941-07-25) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	August 28, 1955 (aged 14) Money, Mississippi, U.S.

Ex-IFDA President-Illinois Funeral Directors Burr Oak Victims-YourFuneralGuy

Charles Childs ia an ex-IFDA President involved in the IFDA Preneed Trust Ponzi Scheme

Ex-IFDA President Charles Childs spoke to Governor Quinn’s Task Force yesterday.  He stated that funeral directors in Illinois are victims of the Burr oak cemetery. Complaining that they he has to spend extra time and resources to help his clients is not becoming, if not unprofessional for a Funeral Director.  Plus, the State has requested records.

In fact Child’s and other Funeral Directors have been served with an “Order Compelling Production of Books and Records.” from the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. All contact with Burr oak cemetery must be reported from 2004 t0 2009.

Snippet from the Chicago Tribune:

“To this date, that’s basically all we’ve been doing is trying to find records for families who are unfortunate victims in this,” Childs said. “We ourselves are victims.”

Charles Childs Jr of A.A. Rayner & Sons Modern Funeral Service transferred 2 million $$ out of the IFDA Preneed Trust Fund to Management.

Charles Childs  Jr,is a defendant in multiple lawsuits in the Illinois Funeral Directors Preneed Ponzi Scheme. There is also a federal criminal investigation into him and other Ex-IFDA Presidents. How can his testimony be credible  before the Cemetery Oversight Task Force?

“Under Child’s watch 2 million dollars was transferred from the IFDA Preneed Trust to IFDA Services  for management fees according to the State Journal Register newspaper in Springfield, Illinois.” $250,000.oo was also transfered to the Museum under his watch from 2006 to 2007. From the SJR: Article:

“According to an IFDA-commissioned audit, the foundation that ran the museum received at least $250,000 annually in 2006 and 2007 from the association, which got more than $2 million each of those years from management fees generated by the trust fund.”

Charles Childs was president of the IFDA from  2006 to 2007.
The grief and hurt caused by the Burr oak cemetery scandal is beyond comprehension. This is a horrific tragedy.

Ex- IFDA President Charles Childs Jr, defends loans out of trust fund.

Charles Childs Jr Illinois Funeral Regulator at heart of IFDA Ponzi Scheme

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Walter Cronkite Funeral|Pictures|Video-yourfuneralguy

Outside of the Church where the Walter Cronkite Funeral was held.

Walter Cronkite’s casket was carried in to the private ceremony for family and friends about 1:30 p.m eastern time. This happened Thursday at St. Bartholomew’s Church in new York City on 7.23.09

Journalists — people from broadcast media — entered the church, including:

Connie Chung,Tom Brokaw,

Morley Safer, Bob Schieffer,

BEST VIDEO LINK HERE: AP

Cronkite eulogized as newsman, friend, father

Diane Sawyer, Dan Rather, Barbara Walters,

Brian Williams,  Charles Gibson, Matt Lauer, and Meredith Vieira.

Inside St Bartholomew's where the Walter Cronkite Funeral was held

Many Hollywood celebs were present.

LINK TO CBS NEWS PICTURES,THEY HAVE THE RIGHTS TO THE PICS.

AS WELL AS THE VIDEO.

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Here is the link to the video when it becomes available.

The Memorial Service is yet to be scheduled.

Three popular online memorials For Walter Cronkite

And that's the way it was.

Illinois Funeral Directors File Lawsuits Against Comptroller-yourfuneralguy

Illinois Funeral Directors are suing various arms of the State of Illinois, IFDA, and Merrill Lynch.

Illinois Funeral Directors who are suing the IFDA(Illinois funeral directors Association)  for losses coming close to 100 million dollars in the IFDA preneed trust fund are now suing the regulator, the Comptroller of the State of Illinois and others.

The Plaintiffs are suing State comptroller Dan Hynes, Division of Insurance head Michael McRaith,  and Merrill Lynch, the IFDA’s former financial advisor and current trustee of the IFDA preneed trust.

This is the original Lawsuit: View Here Amended Derivative Complaint

Calvert Funeral Homes, et al. v. Robert W. Ninker, et al.
Case No. 09 CH 03624 (Cook County, IL)

This is the lawsuit against the Comptroller and other regulators and Merrill View here Declaratory Judgement

Fred C. Dames Funeral Homes, Inc., et al. v. Daniel W. Hynes, et al.
Case No. 09 CH 21989 (Cook County, IL)

This lawsuit against Merrill Lynch: View here Jury Trial

Clancy-Gernon Funeral Homes, Inc., et al v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., et al
Case No. 09 CH 20736 (Cook County, IL)

From the Illinois Senate Press:

“Funeral directors have filed another lawsuit related to a failed pre-need funeral trust fund once administered by the Illinois Funeral Directors Association…..

In the lawsuit, filed in Cook County July 7, funeral directors are asking a judge to nullify provisions in a settlement agreement between the Department of Insurance and Merrill Lynch, which agreed to pay an $18 million fine but admitted no wrongdoing.

The money is supposed to go to funeral directors who must first sign documents releasing Merrill Lynch from liability.”

THE LAWSUIT PILE ON FOR THE CONSUMER MEANS MORE FUNERAL COSTS.

All the parties feel they are justified in their actions, but you the consumer loose.

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Walter Cronkite Funeral|send cards to family-yourfuneralguy

The Walter Cronkite Family has revealed a place to send cards before or after Walter ‘s Funeral in New York. The address to send notes to is

“Personal notes may be sent to the Cronkite Family, c/o, St. Bartholomew’s Church 325 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10022.”-New York Times.

St. Bartholomew”s Church is the location of the Private  Funeral Taking place on 07/23.09 at 2pm. This is also the church where Walter Cronkite worshiped.

There has been no time or place for the Memorial service to take place at the Lincoln Center in New York.

St. Bartholomew's Church the location of the Walter Cronkite Funeral in New York City

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The funeral will be a webcast at CBSNEWS.COM.

Cable news organizations are expected to broadcast parts of the Funeral on 07.23.09

Walter Cronkite Mosaic Memorial From Flickr under the Creative Commons License from Genista’s photostream

7.23.09 Cronkite Funeral|2pm|Webcast cbsnews.com-YourFuneralGuy

Walter Cronkite Funeral to be Webcast on internet

The Walter Cronkite Funeral will be webcast live at cbsnews.com at 2pm (eastern) on 7.23.09 . If you have the time you can view the Walter Cronkite Funeral at the CBS website. More and more folks are webcasting funerals and some funeral homes offer this service. This is a kindness shown to Walter Cronkite .

If your friends and family can not make it to a funeral, the webcast is an alternative that allows participation.

From the NewYorkTimes;

CBS News will webcast the family funeral service for the former anchorman Walter Cronkite on Thursday…

the private service will include tributes by the “60 Minutes” commentator Andy Rooney and Mr. Cronkite’s son Chip, among others.

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Three popular online memorials For Walter Cronkite

Cook County to file a lawsuit Against Burr Oak Scandal-yourfuneralguy

Cook County to File Lawsuit Against Owners of Burr Oak Cemetery

The Cook County Board voted  Tuesday night to file a lawsuit against the owners of Burr Oak Cemetery, Perpetua, Inc. The Cook County Sheriff, Mr.Dart has stated that he has used up over $350,000 of the county’s money and it certainly appears that he will need much more to bring the Burr Oak Tragedy under control.

The FBI has also state that they have not found one set of human remains that is complete. This is not just grizzly it is an incomprehensible horror. The country may not have the DNA testing facilities available to handle all those remains without a solid list of those interred there.

From the Huffington Post:

“”About $350,000 has been expended on the investigation,” Dart said at a news conference. “I can’t turn over county assets without receiving compensation.”

The sheriff described a chaotic situation in which headstones had been removed, some bodies may have been buried on top of each other and pieces of wood that might have been part of coffins were found scattered around the cemetery.”

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