SAN ANTONIO, June 21 (UPI) -- The body of an elderly woman dressed for a funeral and enclosed in a coffin was found in a closed funeral home in San Antonio, a mortuary employee said.

GARY, Ind., May 27 (UPI) -- Four bodies that could have been left behind for as long as three years were found in a vacant funeral home in Gary, Ind., officials said.

BROOKFIELD, Wis., May 21 (UPI) -- Cemeteries such as the Wisconsin Memorial Park in Brookfield, Wis., have begun hosting weddings as part of a new service trend, industry officials say.

MIDDLESBROUGH, England, May 12 (UPI) -- A British undertaker has pleaded guilty to stealing the keys from a rival company's hearse while it was sitting outside of a funeral.

HOUSTON, April 2 (UPI) -- A funeral home in Houston accidentally cremated the body of a 91-year-old indigent man whose family had asked for a viewing, a county official says.

ELIZABETH, N.J., Jan. 14 (UPI) -- The operators of a funeral home in Elizabeth, N.J., say a cardboard cutout of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama is a huge hit with visitors.

WALNUT RIDGE, Ark., Jan. 9 (UPI) -- An Arkansas funeral home employee has been arrested for allegedly building a meth lab in the facility's basement, authorities said.

HILTON, N.Y., Oct. 28 (UPI) -- A former funeral director in Hilton, N.Y., has rejected a plea deal in a case in which he allegedly harvested parts from bodies at his funeral home.

ST. JOSEPH, Mich., Sept. 1 (UPI) -- A St. Joseph, Mich., man said his weekend wedding was a traditional ceremony, although he raised some eyebrows with his choice of venue -- a funeral parlor.