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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Violent Death and Youth
Planning your funeral makes sense
Between 1990 and 2000 public attention was focused on mass school shootings that
accounted for fifty-two deaths. Stunningly, during this time 840 inner city youth between the
ages of fourteen and seventeen were victims of violent deaths. According to the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, homicide is the second leading cause of death for youths
fifteen to twenty-four years of age in the United States. This phenomenon becomes an even
greater concern when we consider that among African American youth, homicide is the most
common cause of death.
Therefore, the objective of this (Teplin, McClelland, Abram, and Mileusnic, 2005) was to
compare mortality rates for delinquent youth with mortality rates for the general youth
population. This work is an advancement over previous studies of early violent death among
delinquent youth since other investigations neglected to include racial ethnic minorities and
did not include females.
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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Life Insurance
Pre arranging your funeral makes sense
Will my life insurance bury me? Probably not! You purchased life insurance to protect your family’s financial standing in the event of your death. It’s life insurance not “death” insurance. How is your spouse going to pay the mortgage? Pay household bills? Send the kids to college? That is what life insurance is for!
If your life insurance is “assignable” then you can assign it to the funeral home. Question; why would you want to do that? Wouldn’t you want your life insurance to go to your designated beneficiary? Of course you do! Life goes on and you want your family to be able to pick up the pieces after your death.
Life Insurance- What it’s all about
We all hear about life insurance and how important it is to have. The bad thing is that most people will put off getting life insurance, telling themselves that they have plenty of time. The trouble is that no one knows exactly when their time is up. What makes this more difficult is if you have family and you neglect to get life insurance to help take care of your loved ones in the event that something happens to you. Most do not know or understand all the different type of life insurance that there is to choose from.
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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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Funeral Planning Advice
The following article was written by Jerry Guy a Funeral Director. You should take heed and follow his advice!
Making funeral plans can be a very stressful event. Many things must be considered and decisions made.
This usually comes at a time when most people are at their worst, mentally.
Today, it is not uncommon for traditional funeral and burial costs to be well over $10,000+ in many areas of
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