At-home funerals

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mlou said:
At-home funerals are more personal, cost less



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http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070419/METRO/704190401/1005/LIFESTYLE

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I got the jist of that story by reading the first couple paragraphs.

I don't see the DIY body prep as practical or safe.

but,

I do see the "home visitation" as being something viable.

I also see this as a positive for our industry


as a side note: I was talking with one of my local FDs two days ago.

he told me that we are seeing ppl born in the '20s dying now. The next decade is going to be bad because these are ppl born in the '30s, the Depression era generation, and a segment that is few, for obvious reasons.

However, from the '40s on, look out. There will be a huge amount of funerals. Remember, the ppl born in the 40's are now in their 60s

Baby boomers? circa 1946-1964...........lets hope personal debt doesn't outweigh proper funeral services.

Joe
 
oh goodness......that's getting close to me??????????? well about 30 yrs more or less.........sheesh!!!
 
Hummm...had a customer a couple of years ago who came in to buy some loose stems of flowers. His son had been killed in an auto accident, and my customer stated that his (customer's) sister was going to make a casket spray for the son's casket, which, by the way, he had in the back of his pick-up truck. I didn't ask where the body was. It never occurred to me that they might be having an at-home funeral.
 
I am in Michigan and this is the first I heard of it. Having never given it much thought, it occurs to me that there are some people that must not be able to afford the casket much less the services of the FD. What do they normally do?

Wanda
 
DistinctiveFlorist said:
I am in Michigan and this is the first I heard of it. Having never given it much thought, it occurs to me that there are some people that must not be able to afford the casket much less the services of the FD. What do they normally do?

Wanda
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Here in Il, the state will pay for the funeral.

Joe
 
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