Many people, not wanting to burden their families with difficult decisions during an already difficult time, opt to pre-plan their funerals. Because green burials are a relatively new trend in the United States, you may not know what green options are available. With these pointers, you can plan a funeral that is natural, free of toxic chemicals, and minimizes your environmental impact.
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Cross-Cultural Funeral Service Rituals
By LaVone V. Hazell, MS, FT, LFD For the past two decades, the traditional funeral rite has been in transition for various reasons: changes in social stratification due to a declining economy and shrinking resources; increased immigration to the United States; neo-local spread of the family to many geographic locations; increased demand for cremations; decline in religious practices and increased secular observances; and a shift from ancestral to contemporary funeral rites.
Funeral Insurance: How To Find The Best Policy
You complete guide to funeral insurance, burial insurance and final expense insurance policies. Find out how they compare to traditional life insurance.
Funeral Trusts and Payable on Death Accounts
A trust is a good way to set aside money for your funeral costs. A Funeral Trust is created in connection with a contract for pre-arrangements with a funeral home or cemetery. That is when you are contracting in advance for funeral or burial services. Whereas a Payable on Death Account (POD) is one you […]
How to Make Cemetery Arrangements
A cemetery is the place where the dead are buried or interred -- a "final resting place" for the deceased. A typical cemetery offers various types of grave spaces for earth burial and mausoleum crypts for entombment. Similar options are available for burial or entombment of cremated remains.
About Funeralwise.com ®
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The Funeralwise Preferred Provider Program — FAQs
How does Funeralwise.com differ from other websites serving the funeral industry? There are many internet-based businesses serving the funeral industry today. Some have similarities to Funeralwise.com. However, we believe the following combination of features sets us apart from the competition. Funeralwise is both a consumer resource and a business-to-business resource making it a dynamic marketplace […]
Funeral Checklists, Forms, and Guides
Print out an easy-to-complete Funeral Planning Workbook/Checklist or use our interactive funeral planner to compile everything needed for your funeral plan.
The Importance of Funeral Preplanning
In this guide to funeral planning you'll learn how planning a funeral in advance has significant emotional and financial benefits for the surviving family.
FTC Funeral Rule and Your Rights as a Consumer
Funeral Industry — Regulated by the States The funeral home industry is regulated on a state-by-state basis. Rules can vary widely by state and are subject to frequent changes making state regulations one of the greatest complexities of the funeral business. The vast majority of the jurisdictions require individuals to be licensed to provide funeral related services.
