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Historic Burial Grounds of the New Hampshire Seacoast By Glenn A. Knoblock

Arcadia Publishing has releases a new title in the Images of America series, the historic account of the cemeteries along the New Hampshire Seacoast. This collection is a must for anyone interested in local history, genealogy, or colonial-era art. Please visit Arcadia Publishing to purchase your copy of Historic Burial Grounds of the New Hampshire Seacoast and browse other cemetery books!

Green-Wood Cemetery By Alexandra Mosca

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Quoting Death in Early Modern England: The Poetics of Epitaphs Beyond the Tomb By Scott L. Newstok

An innovative study of the Renaissance practice of making epitaphic gestures within other English genres. A poetics of quotation uncovers the ways in which writers including Shakespeare, Marlowe, Holinshed, Sidney, Jonson, Donne, and Elizabeth I have recited these texts within new contexts. Visit Palgrave Macmillan and purchase your copy today!

Living by the Dead By Ellen Ashdown with illustrations by Mary Liz Moody.

A memoir about living beside a cemetery--and about the members of my family who came to rest at Roselawn Cemetery in Tallahassee, Florida. Please visit Kitsune Books for more information.

Graveyards of Chicago: The People, History, Art, and Lore of Cook County Cemeteries By Matt Hucke And Ursula Bielski.

Discover a Chicago That Exists Just Beneath the Surface - About Six Feet Under! Take a tour of Chicago's permanent residents! Please visit the Lake Claremont Press website to purchase your copy of Graveyards of Chicago today!

Epitaphs: The Magazine for Cemetery Lovers By Cemetery Lovers

For information regarding subscriptions, single issues, submission guidelines, deadlines, classifieds or advertising for future issues, please visit The Cemetery Club.

Guardians of the Soul: Angels and Innocents, Mourners and Saints with photography by John Bower and foreword by Claude Cookman

Indiana's remarkable cemetery sculpture is now available. Please visit Studio Indiana for more information.

West Springfield Massachusetts: Stories Carved in Stone by Rusty Clark

Features information on early New England gravestone carvers with more than two hundred photos and illustrations. Please visit the Dog Pond Press website.

Man named Death charged with stealing from cemetery PDF Print E-mail
Written by DeadGirl   
Sunday, 03 April 2005
By FRANK ELTMAN
Associated Press Writer

March 30, 2005, 10:25 AM EST

NEW YORK -- His name is Death and prosecutors say he stole from a cemetery.

Donald Death Jr., 60, of Locust Valley was awaiting arraignment Wednesday on charges he stole nearly $300,000 from the Locust Valley Cemetery Association on Long Island. Death, who is the chairman and assistant treasurer of the cemetery association, was charged with two counts of second-degree grand larceny and one count of third-degree grand larceny for allegedly using cemetery funds for his own purposes, Nassau County District Attorney Denis Dillon said in a statement.

If convicted he faces up to 15 years in prison.

The charges follow an audit of the cemetery association that took place last summer. It found that Death allegedly wrote checks totaling $170,000 from the cemetery association's account to Harbor Fuel Co., Inc. Death served as that company's president, CEO, and 54 percent shareholder, Dillon said.

The audit also found that Death used an association employee to provide landscaping and other work on properties he and his father owned, and allegedly added a family member to the association's health and dental insurance plans.

The total amount of money allegedly diverted by Death was estimated at $293,070.46, Dillon said.

Death's attorney, Melvin Roth, said his client would plead not guilty at his arraignment in First District Court in Hempstead. He said the entire amount has already been repaid to the association, adding he was "disappointed the district attorney filed criminal charges, especially because everyone concerned has been made whole from this unfortunate incident."

He called Death an "upstanding member of the community who has served on many boards and charities" and attributed the incident to "business pressures Mr. Death was experiencing. We anticipate a favorable conclusion."

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--cemeterytheft0330mar30,0,6868836.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork
 
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