Burr Oak Cemetery Sold with condition|Your Funeral Guy

Burr Oak Cemetery has been sold with a condition. The price was not $25,000 but $110,000 Dollars. The deal included Cedar Park, which brought the total deal to 1 million dollars.

Click here to see a video on the The sale of Burr Oak Cemetery

Burr Oak Cemetery was the cemetery where less than a year ago it was discovered that over 300 graves were desecrated and bones were piled up all over the cemetery.

There is a catch to the deal: It’s contingent on obtaining permission to perform burials in 9 acres on the northern side of Burr Oak Cemetery. It’s the area the workers allegedly used as a dumping ground for human remains.

“It’s very important to get the cemetery into the hands of qualified operators who have the funds to run it the way it should be run,” said Robert Fishman, Burr Oak debtors’ attorney.

via abclocal.go.com

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The Burr Oak Cemetery Scandal inspired Congressman Bobby Rush to introduce the Bereaved Consumers Bill Of Rights Act of 2009.

Burr Oak Cemetery to go for 25 Grand? YourFuneralGuy

Burr Oak Cemetery is to be auctioned off by a US Federal Bankruptcy Court

The Burr Oak  Cemetery Auction is Scheduled for auction on April 26th 2010. Right now there is newly formed company who has made  bid on Burr Oak Cemetery, The  biding firm is  Cemecare. Perpetua  is the company going  bankrupt in US Federal Bankruptcy Court.

The bid consists of:

$25,000 dollars for Burr Oak Cemetery(105 acres). In all likelihood this will become an historical cemetery and there will be few or no burials there.

$250,000.00  dollars for Cedar Park Cemetery(90 acres). This will be a fully operational cemetery.

The offer accepted last week calls for Cemecare to pay $25,000 for the 105-acre Burr Oak Cemetery and $650,000 for the 90-acre Cedar Park Cemetery, Korenthal explained.
Korenthal said while Cemecare’s offer has been accepted another buyer could still purchase the cemeteries if their bid exceeds $675,000 at a scheduled April 26 public auction.
“The properties will go to the highest bidder, so if an offer comes in at $1 million then Cemecare would have to make a higher offer to acquire the properties,” Korenthal told the Defender. “But whoever ends up buying Burr Oak they would not be responsible for the civil lawsuits that have been filed.”

via www.chicagodefender.com

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Ten Top INFO Links on New Funeral and Cemetery Legislation-YourFuneralGuy

The Bereaved Consumers Bill Of Rights is being considered in Congress.

Here are then ten top  info Links on the New Funeral And Cemetery Reform Legislation. The Bereaved Consumers Bill of Rights Act of 2009 was proposed by Congressman Bobby Rush in response to the Burr Oak Cemetery Scandal.

For the  first time in many years there is hope that consumers ill not be ripped off when someone dies.

Legislation

Congressman Bobby Rush Hearing OpeningStatement

FCA | STATEMENT

Order of the Golden Rule|Statement

NFDA Statement

NFDA|Testimony

Illinois Cemetery Oversight Testimomy

ICCFA Testimony

FTC |Testimony

Summary Of Committee Testimony

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Here are the top 25 Funeral News Stories of 2009-Your Funeral Guy

Top 25 Funeral Stories of 2009

Here are the Top 25 Funeral Stories of 2009:

1 .Walmart Selling caskets online

2. When someone dies setup a Facebook Memorial

3.Sadly|Pics,Places,Logo Virginia SCI Body Desecrations-rbrianburkhardt

4.Michael Jackson Memorial

5.Average Cost of a Funeral-Average Funeral Home

6.President Obama Stirs the soldiers At Fort Hood Memorial Service-

7.More than 100 graves dug up in Cemetery Horror Burr Oak Cemetery.

8.Digital Assets need to be a part of Every Funeral Arrangement

9.Funeral Preneed is Dead Even in the Richest Towns

10.Service Corporation International’s Burr Oak Cem. Scandal

11.Brittany Murphy Death and Funeral|has celebrity death gone too far n 2009?

12. Farrah Fawcett Memorial

13. SCI  Denies wrong doing in Veterans Corpse Abuse Scandal

14.Chicago Cubs Cemetery is for Burned Fans.

15 So Where is Farrah Fawcett Buried?

16.Ted Kennedy Funeral | Mass- Full Program-Your Funeral Guy

17. Burr Oak Cemetery  owners have a funeral home scandal

18. NFDA Exec Sec Earl Should Resign with Fed Investigation of IFDA

19.Neptune Society fined for Preneed Violations

20.Walter Cronkite Memorial Service: Video of President Clinton’s Eulogy-R.Brian Burkhardt

21. Senator Ted Kennedy Funeral Mass|Program-from Mission Church.

22. Funeral Preneed is Dead.

23. Service Corporation International, mishandled the Kennedy Funeral

24.Oral Roberts Funeral arrangements|Live Streaming Video-

25.Missouri Legislature passes reform in response to National Prearranged Services Scandal

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Be sure to Check Out the Top 100  Funeral News Stories of 2009.

Connecting Directors.com says Funeral Industry accepting Third Party Caskets?-YourFuneralGuy

Connecting Directors.Com has posted negatively on the Funeral Consumers Alliance

In a Blog posts that attacks the Funeral Consumers Alliance (FCA) and comments that discuss how to get rid of this organization, Connecting Directors.com states that the funeral industry is accepting Third Party Caskets.  From the Web Reaction and resentment  from Funeral Homes and directors on Walmart Selling Caskets, this is simply  not the case.

I think we learned from the article I posted yesterday (Funeral Director Reacts to Handling First Walmart Casket, You Might Be Surprised)that funeral professionals are open to and willing to accept third-party caskets.

via www.connectingdirectors.com

The FCA states that third party caskets are good for the consumer. This is true. You can have a beautiful casket for much less and come in under the average cost of a funeral by purchasing a casket at a place other than the funeral home.

In the Case of the Burr Oak Cemetery Scandal, and the Bereaved Consumers Bill of Rights Act  the Funeral Consumers Alliance was one of the first to speak up for consumer rights.

The Funeral Consumers Alliance has long been hated by Funeral Industry Insiders. Their Lawsuits have hurt Batesville, Service Corporation International,SCI and pointed out consumer ripoffs by these companies.

If funeral directors were more pro consumer and focused less on their own profit as the Connecting Directors  post above does, the funeral industry would not be in decline and there would be less need for the FCA and  more profit for the Funeral Directors. It also would create a  better situation for Funeral Consumer.

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