Thursday, January 13, 2011

Northeast Iowa monks supply casket for Arizona victim:

Nine-year-old Christina Taylor Green, the youngest of six victims gunned down in the attack on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, will be buried in a coffin built by Trappist Caskets of Peosta, Ia., near Dubuque.

The Roman Catholic monks of the New Melleray Abbey in northeast Iowa have become renowned for their handmade caskets over the past decade and routinely donate children's caskets.

Read the whole article here: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20110113/NEWS/101130341/-1/PRINCIPAL...