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  2. Service Corporation International - Wikipedia

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    Service Corporation International is an American provider of funeral goods and services as well as cemetery property and services. It is headquartered in Neartown, Houston, Texas, and operates secondary corporate offices in Jefferson, Louisiana (near New Orleans). [5] [6] SCI operates more than 1500 funeral homes and 400 cemeteries.

  3. Murders of Pamela Buckley and James Freund - Wikipedia

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    Arrests. 1 [a] Investigation reopened January 21, 2021 [5] James Paul Freund (September 16, 1946 – August 9, 1976) and Pamela Mae Buckley (December 16, 1951 – August 9, 1976), commonly known as the Sumter County Does, Jock Doe and Jane Doe respectively, [6] were two previously unidentified American murder victims found in Sumter County ...

  4. Lancaster, Wisconsin - Wikipedia

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    Lancaster, Wisconsin. Location of Lancaster in Grant County, Wisconsin. /  42.84861°N 90.71056°W  / 42.84861; -90.71056. Lancaster is a city in and the county seat of Grant County, Wisconsin, United States. [5] The population was 3,907 at the 2020 census.

  5. Mortuary science - Wikipedia

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    Mortuary science is the study of deceased bodies through mortuary work. The term is most often applied to a college curriculum in the United States that prepares a student for a career as a mortician or funeral director. Many also study embalming to supplement their mortuary science studies. Some states require funeral directors to be embalmers ...

  6. Richard Winters - Wikipedia

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    The Richard D. Winters Leadership Monument near Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Normandy, France. Winters died on January 2, 2011, at an assisted living facility in Campbelltown, Pennsylvania, aged 92. He had suffered from Parkinson's disease for several years. Winters was buried in a private funeral service, which was held on January 8, 2011.

  7. 1st Ever ‘Survivor’ Castoff Sonja Christopher Dead at 87

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    April 28, 2024 at 1:44 PM. Sonja Christopher Acey Harper/Getty Images. Sonja Christopher, the first-ever Survivor castoff, died at age 87 on Friday, April 26. “Sonya [sic] was one of the kindest ...

  8. Funeral and burial of Abraham Lincoln - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. After Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865, a three-week series of events was held to mourn the death and memorialize the life of the 16th president of the United States. Funeral services, a procession, and a lying in state were first held in Washington, D.C., then a funeral train transported Lincoln's remains 1,654 miles ...

  9. Obituary - Wikipedia

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    Obituary. An obituary ( obit for short) is an article about a recently deceased person. [1] Newspapers often publish obituaries as news articles. Although obituaries tend to focus on positive aspects of the subject's life, this is not always the case. [2] According to Nigel Farndale, the Obituaries Editor of The Times, obituaries ought to be ...