Mortuary Practices: Drive Thru Viewing?
Mortuary and Funeral practices continue to evolve and society changes. Included in this article is the “Drive Thru Viewing” that is available at a local mortuary in Compton CA. We would love to hear your comments and get feedback on this trend that has started.
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Death Care Industry
Pre arranging your funeral makes sense
Death Care – Funeral homes, cemeteries, crematories and all other related services that assist families in their time of need are known collectively as “The Death Care” industry. There are several corporations that are well known in North America. A short description of each is provided here to acquaint you with them. They are all reputable death care service providers that can assist you and your family at the time of death.
Service Corporation International (SCI)
Service Corporation International (SCI) is North America’s largest provider of funeral and cemetery services, with shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol SCI. It was founded in 1962 by Robert L. Waltrip, a licensed funeral director who grew up in his family’s funeral business and who still serves as chairman of the Company’s board of directors. Visit their website for more information,Service Corporation International
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Funeral Planning At Time of Need
Check your preneed burial or funeral
Funeral Planning – There is a trend in many markets across the country when someone plans a funeral when a loved on dies. Many are actually shocked at what it costs to bury a loved one. There are many cases where the deceased had purchased pre-need and thought that “they were covered.”
Many find out there are additional expenses; such as open and closing of the grave, memorial markers etc. So many of us avoid having this conversation only to pay dearly at the end. Instead of focusing on the many memories with our loved ones, we end up trying to figure out how to pay for it.
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Funeral Planning in a bad Economy
Pre arranging your funeral makes sense
There has been some bad news on the economic front this past week. In recent poll on NPR, some sobering facts emerged about Americans and their personal finances. Funeral Planning is not at the top of most peoples priorities.
One in four Americans don’t have enough finances to carry them for more than one week if their paycheck stopped. Half of all Americans are not able to raise $2000 in 30 days if they had to. This is scary, considering what a funeral costs these days. Depending on the area of the country you live in, the average cost is between $8,000 to $12,000! Not cheap by any stretch of the imagination.
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Inside the Life of an Undertaker
It was the definition of an odd job. Canadian radio journalist Tom Jokinen took a job as an apprentice undertaker in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He spent a year poking and prodding his way to a deeper understanding of what happens after people die, but before they’re gone forever.
In his new book Curtains: Adventures of an Undertaker-in-Training he tells all the gory details. Jokinen spoke to TIME about the most difficult-to-stomach parts of being a mortician and why cremation is the way to go.
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Dying in a Recession
When the economy slows down so do we. We cut back on expenses, expensive dinners, lavish vacations and even cable! We try to cut expenses wherever we can. We stop doing a lot of the excesses that helped cause the problem. However, we don’t stop dying! Trust me, its not any cheaper because we’re in a recession!
People are absolutely blown away at the high cost of dying. These are a lot of the people who have avoided the issue like an ostrich with his head in the sand. You can pay now or pay later, sound familiar?
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Death and Inflation
In these inflationary times people are more aware of how and what they spend their money on. Buying preneed cemetery and funerals has been popular for generations. Those who had the wisdom and foresight to have bought years ago are glad they did.
Still you have procrastinators who will inevitably leave the problem for a loved one to take care of. Nothing could be more selfish. Not only is the family dealing with the loss of their loved one, they are also trying to figure out how they are going to pay for it!
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Final touch: A Cosmetic Lift for Your Funeral?
The recent boom in cosmetic procedures has raised the bar for many of us when it comes to appearance. And, it turns out, the dead are no exception. See preperation of the dead
As the population has become increasingly sophisticated about procedures to enhance their appearance, so have their requests, morticians say, for smoothing lines, plumping lips and even boosting sagging parts for that last big special occasion — their funeral.
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Going Green In The Hereafter…….
Here’s an example of going green in the death care industry in El Mirage Az.
SUN CITY — When Shiloh Garner of Maricopa began helping her mother with funeral preplanning, having a “green,” natural burial became an important consideration.
“We had heard about green burials and thought it was a great alternative,” Garner said. “We want to find a route that was more friendly to the earth, where there’s no embalming or casket that is made with material that isn’t biodegradable.”
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Public Still Afraid of Death Care Providers
The following story is common in the death care industry. People fear what the don’t understand until they need our service!
After being denied a permit to build a crematory in unincorporated Larimer County north of Loveland, funeral home operator Rick Allnutt looked elsewhere.He inquired at an industrial park near the Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport, but the owner of the property declined to lease him the space because of worries regarding finding other tenants, he told the Loveland Planning Commission at a hearing Monday.
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