Los Angeles Times

Veteran burial program pays tribute, respect to those with no kin to claim their bodies

Jimmy Dale Lovan served his country as a Navy airman in Vietnam from 1969 to 1973, yet, when the 75-year-old veteran died at Fullerton’s Providence St. Jude Medical Center in May, there was no one to ...
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Indigent Burial program helps a grieving mother lay two sons to rest

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A Jefferson County program helped a grieving mother lay her sons to rest two years after their untimely deaths. “My heart is broken,” Shavanda Allen said. “It’s like I can’t ...
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Sacred Ground: Burial program approved yet descendant families still waiting

(InvestigateTV) — Every day, African American burial grounds face erasure, abandonment, and threats of construction and development. Despite a bipartisan federal law passed a little more than a year ...
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Dubuque County could limit low-income burial assistance program

DUBUQUE, Iowa (KCRG) - Dubuque County might cut the amount it will pay to help low-income families bury a loved one. Currently, the county pays out up to $3,300 for eligible cases, but a ...