NYC funeral for congresswoman’s husband who died on Himalayas mountain-climbing expedition

October 3rd, 2009 Funeral held for Okla.'s first GOP governorEDMOND, Okla. — Oklahoma's first Republican governor who is credited with founding the state's modern GOP party is being remembered as a caring visionary.

September 30th, 2009 Body of NY congresswoman's husband is recoveredNEW YORK — Authorities have recovered the body of U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney's husband, who died on a mountain-climbing expedition in the Himalayas.

September 26th, 2009 NY congresswoman's husband dies on mountain climbNEW YORK — The husband of U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney has died on a mountain climbing expedition in the Himalayas, aides to the congresswoman said Saturday.

September 26th, 2009 NY congresswoman's husband dies on Tibet tripNEW YORK — An aide to U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney says the New York congresswoman's husband has died on a mountain climbing expedition in Tibet.

September 16th, 2009 Blagojevich attending funeral for former aideWESTERN SPRINGS, Ill. — Ousted Illinois Gov.

September 16th, 2009 Blagojevich to attend ex-fundraiser's funeralWESTERN SPRINGS, Ill. — Ousted Illinois Gov.

September 8th, 2009 NY couple gets married at 7-year-old son's funeralBUFFALO, N.Y. — The parents of a 7-year-old boy who died after an upstate New York car crash have fulfilled his wish that they get married, and they did it at the child's funeral.

August 12th, 2009 Pioneering Italian climber Cassin dead at 100ROME — Riccardo Cassin, a mountaineering pioneer credited with 100 first ascents from the Himalayas to Alaska, is dead at the age of 100. Cassin died Aug.

July 18th, 2009 Japan police raid tour agent over mountain deathsTOKYO — Japanese police raided the offices of a tour organizer Saturday on suspicion of negligence after eight senior citizens died of apparent hypothermia in cold, wet weather during a climbing tour of Japan's northern mountains, officials said. The hikers, most of them in their 60s, were found dead Friday.

July 18th, 2009 Japan police raid tour agent in mountain deathsTOKYO — Japanese police raided the offices of a tour organizer Saturday on suspicion of negligence after eight senior citizens died of apparent hypothermia in cold, wet weather during a climbing tour of Japan's northern mountains, officials said. The hikers, most of them in their 60s, were found dead Friday.

July 17th, 2009 10 elderly climbers die on Japanese mountainsTOKYO — Japanese police were investigating possible negligence by tour organizers after 10 senior citizen climbers were found dead Friday in Japan's northern mountains, apparently from hypothermia. Nine seniors died while climbing Mount Tomuraushi on Hokkaido, Japan's main northern island, said police spokesman Masafumi Yamasaki.

July 17th, 2009 Police say 10 climbers die on Japanese mountainsTOKYO — Ten climbers have died as strong winds and rain struck two mountains in northern Japan, police said Friday. Nine died while climbing Mount Tomuraushi on Hokkaido, Japan's main northern island, said Hokkaido police spokesman Masafumi Yamasaki.

July 14th, 2009 Judge closing SC funeral home that cut corpse legsCOLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina judge has ordered the closing of a funeral home where a worker cut the legs off a body so it would fit in a casket.

May 23rd, 2009 SEOUL - Former South Korean president Roh Moo Hyun has died in a mountain climbing accident, local media reports said Saturday. Roh's body was found at the foot of a mountain near his home in the south-eastern part of the country after he apparently fell into a gorge, Yonhap news agency reported.

May 9th, 2009 NY man, 61, dies climbing Alaska's Mount McKinleyANCHORAGE, Alaska — The National Park Service says a 61-year old climber from upstate New York has died while climbing Mount McKinley in Alaska. The park service says William Hearne of Fairport, N.Y., died Thursday while ascending the West Buttress route of the 20,320-foot mountain.