The funeral service for three Buddhist monks who were killed in a car crash on Christmas Eve was done in Oakvale Funeral Home in Edinburgh, Scotland. About 200 or more people have gathered to pay their last respects to Abbot Phramaha Pranom Thongphaiboon, 43, who was the head of Aberdeen’s Thai Buddhist community, as well as to his colleagues Phramaha Chai Boonma, 36, and Phramaha Kriangkrai Khamsamrong, 35. Appreciation was being shown to the monks who served as missionaries in the community in the UK and in the process left their own families and even their very own culture in Thailand. The funeral ceremony was presided over by several Thai Buddhist monks. It included the chanting of sacred Buddhist texts as well as viewing of the monks’ bodies. Each of the mourners wore black, with the women all wearing black

Funeral services have already been set for the late Hawaii Senator Daniel Inouye, with viewing scheduled at the US Capitol and then to be followed by national and local services. The services would begin with Senator Inouye lying in state at the Capitol rotunda at 10 AM on Thursday EST. Visitations are allowed from 11:30 AM to 8 PM EST. For the first funeral service, it would be held at the National Cathedral on Friday, 10:30 AM EST. The final memorial service to be held in Hawaii is going to be at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl on Sunday at 10 AM HST. In the US Senate, a day after the senator passed away, his desk had a black cloth draped over it, as well as Hawaiian ceremonial kukui nut beads and is also adorned with

Rosedale Funeral Home – a Diss – based funeral service – has just been named the Best Small Family Business of the year in the 2012 edition of the national Red Ribbon Awards. The funeral home was able to win over stiff competition from across the United Kingdom and from different businesses. There was a real cause for celebration for the staff of the South Norfolk business as it was able to garner quite a few awards. The national award was a follow up to the success that Rosedale was able to achieve at the regional business awards. It was able to snatch the gold in the Community Impact category in those awards and that in addition to its inclusion in the top 100 green businesses of Suffolk. Rosedale’s Anne Beckett-Allen said that, “It’s been an incredible year, we are