Worrying about what ecologically corrrect materials to get buried in? Possibly you should! As the AP reports, the latest fad, among the ecologically-minded, is banana sheaf.
That’s right. We all know nobody in his right mind (that’s you I’m sure!) is anxious to purchase a bronze casket inlaid with pink satin for a final rest. That kind [...]
Here’s something for those of you who want to save a few dollars in these harsh economic times — particularly when you’re dead:
The San Diego chapter of the Funeral Consumers Alliance (www.funerals.org ) has done a terrific in-depth job of comparing prices among various funeral homes.
Don’t want to pay $5,000 for a casket? Or ridiculous [...]
Do you have to buy a hideous coffin for a dead relative? Or for that matter any coffin?
“The funeral industry does a great job of having you believe their requirements are the same as state laws,” my friend Jane Hillhouse, the founder of both Colorful Coffins and Final Footprints (www.finalfootprints.com ) tells me. “The only requirement [...]
Dear Judy,
My best friend who lives — like me — in New York City is dying very slowly and making plans. She does NOT want, she says, “an offensive Halloween casket suitable for Dracula.” She wants something “delicate” (her word, not mine) and gentle.
Like her I guess.
Do we have to bury her in a bronze [...]
About the only good news in this economy comes, amazingly, from the funeral industry.
No, the funeral people who last year raked in about $15 billion selling coffins, services, burial plots, urns, embalming and cremations, are not exactly thrilled these days. But you, the consumer, are in a better place.
By which I mean you are probably thinking [...]
Dear Judy
I guess in a way I’m lucky, even though terminal (prostate cancer, pretty damn aggressive, and it’s expected to finish me off in a year or so…). I have my good days, or good half-days, and I’m able to plan my funeral, which I see in your recent blogs you highly recommend. I’ve chosen [...]
How much can you pay for a coffin?
Well, if you check in with your local funeral director a few hours after the death of someone you loved, you might be guided to an Omega bronze casket with a hammered exterior. That will set you back $25,000.
Too much? A Norris 16-gauge steel casket with a [...]
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Posted on January 24th, 2009