... TO BURY THREE BROTHERS Bikers will escort the cremains of three veterans to their final resting place ... nation, New and Salanti will escort the cremains of three veterans to their final resting place ... battle. His daughter will lovingly accompany his cremains to Arlington. Securing the interments at Arlington ...profit that locates, identifies and inters the cremains of veterans. An Army veteran who fought ... not aware of MIAP and may have veteran cremains, Salanti says, "We still need ... VA, Department of Veterans' Affairs, cremains, Arlington National Cemetery, Missing in America ... THREE BROTHERS --Bikers will escort the cremains of three veterans to their final resting place... http://www.vawatchdog.org/09/nf09/nfmay09/nf051909-2.htm
... a third urn containing remains believed to be Barbara's mother. (Staff photo by KEITH MORELLI) ASHES OF WWII VETERAN AND WIFE FOUND IN TRASH Rescued cremains finally get proper military ceremony at the Florida National Cemetery. NEWS from Larry Scott, VA Watchdog dot Org --------- ... own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. ASHES OF WWII VETERAN AND WIFE FOUND IN TRASH --Rescued cremains finally get proper military ceremony at the Florida National Cemetery.-VA Watchdog dot Org -12-17-2009... http://www.vawatchdog.org/09/nf09/nfdec09/nf121709-4.htm
... they remain unclaimed after one year. Cremains of unclaimed veterans. For more about ...sesse arch.php?q=cremains&op=and Story here. ... allows veterans' service organizations to receive cremains from funeral homes if unclaimed after one ... on the New Jersey Mission of Honor Cremains Committee, which will coordinate the transfer of the cremains. 'It is particularly important that ...' organization is available to receive the cremains of every deceased New Jersey veteran is ... ensuring veterans' organizations can claim the cremains of New Jersey's fallen heroes ... a key role in ensuring that the cremains are, in fact, that of... http://www.vawatchdog.org/09/nf09/nffeb09/nf020509-8.htm
..., an estimated 1,000 unclaimed cremains of veterans are neatly stacked like cans ... Oregonian in 2005. The photos of cremains inspired people like Linda Smith of Dixon ..., the Smith's believe the cremains of thousands of veterans remain warehoused in ... Medal and four Bronze Stars. His cremains sat on a shelf for 33 years ... dignity, honor and respect. The cremains of five more St. Louis veterans ... even some hospitals hold on to the cremains for so many years. The most ... family. Sometimes the family abandons the cremains. The funeral home gets stuck with ... easier for funeral homes to release the cremains after a certain period of time to... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfFEB08/nf020408-8.htm
... use the VA Watchdog search engine...click here... http://www.yourvabenefits.org/sessearch.php?q=cremains&op=and Story here... http://www.unionleader.com/article. aspx?headline=From+%27shelf ... funeral directors call "shelf people." It's a grim but little-known fact: Funeral homes across the state have possession of cremated remains [ cremains ] no loved one ever claimed. "There's no family or friends or anyone to step forward. We just sort of hold onto them,... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfAUG08/nf081808-2.htm
... commitment to Delaware's Veterans,' said Secretary Shinseki. The grant to the state-run facility will fund the construction of a columbarium, pre-placed crypts and full-casket burial sites. The project will include 400 standard burial plots, 1,140 pre-placed crypts, 200 in-ground cremains, and 1,280 columbarium niches. The nearest national cemetery is VA's Indiantown Gap National Cemetery in Annville, Pa., nearly 200 miles away. The nearest state Veterans cemetery is the Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery in New Castle County, approximately 80 miles away. VA's State Cemetery Grants Program... http://www.vawatchdog.org/09/vap09/vap082009-2.htm
... and cremation burial areas, columbaria for cremation remains, a memorial garden and scattering site, an assembly area, a committal service shelter, a maintenance building, roads, landscaping and supporting infrastructure. Burial areas will include 5,167 standard burial plots, 2,750 pre-placed crypts, 500 in-ground cremains and 625 columbarium niches. The cemetery will provide burials for 60,000 Veterans and their families in Virginia. The nearest national cemetery is VA's Mountain Home National Cemetery near Johnson City, Tenn., approximately 134 miles away. The nearest state cemetery is Virginia Veterans Cemetery in Amelia, approximately 178 miles... http://www.vawatchdog.org/09/vap09/vap091009-1.htm
... member is buried. "Funeral homes nowadays are busy enough that they can't go back and do that work. So our goal was to go volunteer to get the information, inventory the records," Salanti said. "If you want to know the truth, we go into a place that has 200 cremains and I pull out 30 or 40 veterans, I still have to shut the door on 170 that nobody's going to do a dang thing about. And that still is the ultimate problem here." WHAT ABOUT MOM? Dominic Hasara, president of the Cremation Society of Alaska, said his group has... http://www.vawatchdog.org/10/nf10/nfapr10/nf042110-2.htm
... establish a state Veterans cemetery,' Secretary Shinseki said. 'We are proud to work with them to commemorate the service and sacrifice of Washington's Veterans.' The project will provide construction of the main entrance, a committal shelter, pre-placed crypts, standard burial areas, columbarium, in-ground cremains burial areas, roads, a maintenance facility, an assembly area and supporting infrastructure. Interment areas and facilities will include 1,280 standard burial plots; 2,000 pre-placed crypts; 1,370 in-ground cremain sites and 2,240 columbarium niches. The cemetery will serve approximately 90,... http://www.vawatchdog.org/09/vap09/vap082009-3.htm
... MORELLI) FOLLOW-UP: ASHES OF VET AND WIFE FOUND IN TRASH A more detailed description of this tragic incident emerges in a new newspaper article. NOTE from Larry Scott, VA Watchdog dot Org ... Yesterday we brought you this article: ASHES OF WWII VETERAN AND WIFE FOUND IN TRASH -- Rescued cremains finally get proper military ceremony at the Florida National Cemetery. Today, we have another article which fills in some of the gaps in the story. ------------------------- World War II vet's... http://www.vawatchdog.org/09/nf09/nfdec09/nf121809-1.htm
