cemeteries in illinois

• State Funding for Burials to End Next Week

SPRINGFIELD - State officials have made it official: Beginning later this month, there will be no more money to help pay funeral and burial costs for poor people. In a letter sent to 600 funeral directors, cemeteries and coroners Friday, the Illinois Department of Human Services said it would only guarantee payments for funeral and burial claims through Monday.

• The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
• September 08, 2011

• Catholic Bishops Strike Back ; Birth Control Mandate a Sin Against Liberty

I n January, the Obama administration hit Catholic employers with arguably the most religiously-oppressive government directive in modern American history: Provide free abortion drugs and birth control pills in your health insurance plans, in flagrant violation of your religious beliefs, or face legal punishment. This week the bishops of the Catholic Church hit back. In one of the largest legal actions to defend religious liberty in U.S. history, Catholic organizations filed a dozen lawsuits across the country claiming the Obama Health and Human Services Department rule violates the right to religious freedom set forth in the U.S. Constitution. These historic lawsuits are certain to play in the upcoming presidential election, and not to President Obama's favor. The plaintiffs include No...

• The Washington Times
• May 24, 2012

• Senate Oks Cemetery Bill

SPRINGFIELD - Legislation designed to relieve many of Illinois' smaller, rural cemeteries of higher fees and tougher state regulations won Senate approval Tuesday. The changes, approved on a 52-0 vote, would ease some of the strict new guidelines for cemeteries and cemetery managers enacted last year in the wake of a scandal at the Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip.

• The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
• December 22, 2011

• Legislation Would Disclose 'Hidden Fees' at Cemeteries

[...] many also come from municipal cemeteries and cemeteries run by religious organizations, Slocum said, Cemetery regulation came to the attention of federal lawmakers last year after law enforcement officers learned that more than 200 bodies at the Burr Oak Cemetery in Illinois had been exhumed so the cemetery workers could resell the lots.

• State Journal, The
• February 08, 2010

• St. John's United v. City of Chicag, (7th Cir. 2007)

... for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. . No. 03 C 37... school, several parklands, and the two cemeteries at issue here--St. Johannes and Rest Haven, owned...

• Federal Circuits

• Ill. Panel to Probe Cemetery Scandal

CHICAGO - Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has formed an oversight task force for the state's cemeteries as authorities continue to investigate a black graveyard in suburban Chicago where bodies allegedly were dug up and the plots resold in a moneymaking scheme. The task force's nine members will examine operations at all Illinois cemeteries and make recommendations about regulating the industry, Quinn said Thursday. They're expected to submit a report to Quinn by Sept. 15.

• Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current)
• August 06, 2009

• Start a Family History Project

Last week we talked about the Veterans History Project and the importance of recording their recollections of the wars in which they served. That brought to mind another kind of history that should be recorded - that of YOUR family.

...'ve talked to people who have check out cemeteries to locate long-dead relatives. In fact, last year ... those lines, visiting two cemeteries in Illinois where my husband's relatives are buried. I viewed ...

• Redlands Daily Facts
• October 16, 2009

• Bill Would Ease Burden for Smaller Cemeteries

SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois House approved legislation Tuesday designed to relieve many of the state's smaller, rural cemeteries of higher fees and tougher regulations. The changes, approved on a 91-22 vote, are designed to lessen some of the strict new guidelines for cemeteries and cemetery managers that were enacted in the wake of a scandal at the Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip.

• The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
• December 01, 2011

• Illinois Briefs

Headstones toppled in McHenry cemeteries MCHENRY - Police in McHenry said someone knocked over up to 60 headstones in two cemeteries there.

• Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
• November 03, 2010

• Columbia Business has Licenses Revoked

A Columbia-based cemetery business has had its licenses revoked in Illinois. On Friday, Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes revoked four licenses held by Mid-America Growth and Development Corp. for Mount Hope and Valley View cemeteries. Mid-America consented to the revocation, said Carol Knowles, press secretary for the comptroller's office.

• Columbia Daily Tribune
• July 26, 2010