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• n  the incineration of a dead body

• Each cremation costs $425 to $475.
• But cremation advocates are gearing up for a fight.
• The early Christians abhorred cremation as a pagan practice, and ever since, the Roman Catholic Church has held that the body is not for burning.

News & Articles

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• Robert B. Board
  Robert B. Board, 80, of Elyria, passed away Saturday, June 15, 2013, at North Ridge Health Center in North Ridgeville. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by The Laubenthal-Mercado Funeral Home and Cremation Service of Elyria (440)322-4626. Click here to read this story on The Chronicle-Telegram.Content copyright The Chronicle-Telegram. Your #1 source for Lorain [...] The post ...
  June 17, 2013 - The Chronicle-Telegram
• Raymond D. Lavish
  Raymond D. Lavish, of Amherst, passed away Saturday, June 15, 2013, at his home, surrounded by his loving family. The Lavish family will receive friends Tuesday, June 18, 2013, from 4 until 8 P.M., in the Dovin and Reber Jones Funeral & Cremation Center, 1110 Cooper Foster Park Road, Amherst. Closing prayers will be said [...] The post Raymond D. Lavish appeared first on Chronicle-Telegram ...
  June 17, 2013 - The Chronicle-Telegram
• Rwandans resist cremation as land solution
  By Gloriose Isugi KIGALI, Rwanda (GPI)-- Rwanda’s Parliament recognized cremation as a legally regulated form of interment in November 2012 at the request of Hindu residents. Rwanda is the most densely populated country in East Africa, and some say cremation may free up land that is currently used for burial. But no Rwandans have cremated their dead at the nation’s lone crematorium, as locals of ...
  June 14, 2013 - UPI

Quotes

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• Miguel Covarrubias in International Herald Tribune
  Strange as it seems, it is in their cremation ceremonies that the Balinese have their greatest fun,Miguel Covarrubias wrote in his classic work, "Island of Bali," published in 1946.
• Kishore Kumar in The Australian
  Yesterday, 14 farmer deaths were reported, of which 10 are suicide cases. The cremation will be held today,said Kishore Tiwari, president of the Vidarbha People's Protest Forum.
• Stephen Prothero in New York Times
  The customization of the culture now includes life-cycle rituals like writing your own wedding vows,said Stephen Prothero, chairman of the religion department at Boston University and the author of "Purified by Fire: A History of Cremation...