Funeral Resources: Whether You Need Them Now, or Not
No one wants to think about death, dying, or funeral arrangements, including yours truly. The irony here is that my office for my day job overlooks a large suburban cemetery where there are funerals on nearly every day of the week. While I have nothing to do with the funeral business, I’ve seen a good number of funeral processions, including my favorite: 25 motorcycles and one full-size pickup.
I can assure you that, while death and dying may be routine for some, it’s the last thing on most of our minds. For that reason, funeral arrangements are a last minute affair. Advice often comes from funeral directors–those who are most likely to benefit from your money. While most directors are likely honest members of the community, it’s good to have an objective perspective to consider.
It may be tempting to liken the Funeral Consumers Alliance as a Consumer Reports of the Funerals, but we won’t. We’ll leave the analogies up to you. What they are is an organization that is focused on encouraging ethical behavior in the funeral business and informing the public on the available end-of-life options.
There are a lot of great resources on their site, like a page on common funeral myths like, “embalming is required by law” and “it is a good idea to prepay for a funeral, to lock in prices”.
They have a good number of PDF documents that you can download and print. There are areas on legal rights, links to web resources and one of our favorites, local FCA chapters.
Since it’s probably safe to assume that you’re reading this because someone who was close to you has just died, (I suppose that you could have subscribed to our email list) then you should check out their site. If you’re fortunate enough to not have had a recent death in the family, you should still visit their site long enough to absorb some good facts about funerals for when you need it.
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