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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

Arcadia Publishing announces the release of the historic account of one of New York's most famous cemeteries. Aracdia Publishing's Images of America series has an extensive catalog of many cemetery publications! Please visit Arcadia Publishing to purchase your copy of Green-Wood Cemetery.

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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.

Funeral Home Owner Convicted Of Corpse Abuse PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 12 September 2003
From the Dispatch - Columbus, Ohio September 12, 2003

TOLEDO, Ohio -- The owner of a funeral home where eight decomposing bodies were found was convicted Friday of abusing a corpse and theft after pleading no contest.

Henry Harden faces a maximum of nine years in prison. Lucas County Common Pleas Court Judge James Jensen set sentencing for Oct. 10.

Harden, 62, did not make any statements in court. Afterward, his attorney, John Potts, said Harden and his wife were relieved that the investigation was over.

Authorities in June found eight bodies at the Sherill-Harden Funeral Home. Six were in the home's preparation room while two were in an adjacent garage.

Some bodies had been gnawed by rodents and were left there for months. One still has not been identified.

Harden provided the names of six of the deceased. The seventh body was identified July 8. He has been unable to identify the last body and has told investigators he believes it was there before he took over the business.

He said he got into financial trouble because he would reduce rates or provide free services for poor people until he no longer could cover bills. The Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors suspended the licenses of the Hardens and the funeral home on June 26.

A separate order shut down the home, which the Hardens already had closed after the eight bodies were found on June 20 -- a day after the state received a tip that there were several decomposing bodies that had not been properly disposed of in the funeral home.
 
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