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Edward “Ted” Kennedy|Funeral Arrangements updated-YourFuneralguy

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3616482408_f8fd9d7797_b(2)The funeral arrangements for Ted Kennedy have been updated. Here are the Latest updates from the Kennedy Family. Please note there are significant time changes from Earlier reports.

August 27th Thursday Evening:

6 p.m.-11 p.m. – The Senator will lie in repose at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum.  (public invited.)

The Senator will be joined throughout the day and night by a civilian honor guard of family, friends, and current and former staff.

He will also be joined by a military honor guard.

This is event is pool press and open to the public.

On Friday, August 28th, 2009
Lie in Repose at John F. Kennedy Library and Museum
8 a.m.-3 p.m. – Senator Kennedy will lie in repose at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum. (Public Viewing)

This event is pool press and open to the public.

Friday Evening, August 28th 2009

Celebration of Life Memorial Service
7 p.m.-9 p.m. – There will be a Celebration of Life Memorial Service at the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Presidential Library.

This event is closed to the public and press will be pooled.

Saturday, August 29, 2009
Funeral Mass for Edward Kennedy
10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – Senator Kennedy’s funeral mass will take place at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica in Boston, Massachusetts.

This event is closed to the public and press will be pooled.

Saturday Evening August 30th 2009. ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

A burial service for Senator Kennedy will be held at Arlington National Cemetery.

THE ARLINGTON SERVICE WILL TAKE PLACE AT 5:30 pm Saturday.

It is closed to the public and pooled press.

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Source: Ted Kennedy.org.

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Thursday, August 27th, 2009

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Illinois Funeral Scandal News-Roland Burris investigator dies in Car Crash-YourFuneralGuy.

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A Senator Roland Burris Investigator died in a car crash. Burris Pictured

A Senator Roland Burris Investigator died in a car crash. Burris Pictured

A State of Illinois Investigator investigating the perjuries of Roland Burris has died in a car crash. There has been no comment from the Senator Roland Burris.. Burris is under state  investigation in “pay for play” lying, perjury  in his appointment by the now  impeached Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich.

Senator Roland Burris is  also under investigation by the US Senate Ethics  Commitee and others  for lying, on Blago, and his lobbying  for and licensing of the Illinois Funeral Directors Association.

It is clear by his own admission that he was hired as a lobbyist for the organization he licensed to manage the IFDA Preneed trust.

The  State Funeral Directors  Association  lost, stole, misappropriated nearly 100 million dollars of the good folks funeral money in the State of Illinois.

When funeral preneed funds are misappropiated funeral costs are raised and consumers suffer.

Very little information has come out on this. From the Chicago Sun Times:

Snippet:

“John Ruff, a key figure in the perjury investigation of U.S. Sen. Roland Burris was killed in an automobile accident Monday in Kendall County. He was 42-years-old”

A State of Illinois investigator of Roland Burris perjuries dead in an auto accident, no witnessed.

A State of Illinois investigator of Roland Burris perjuries dead in an auto accident, no witnessed.

It is unclear how the Car crash death of the investigator will set the Burris investigations back.

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Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

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Burris says he is innocent, in Illinois Funeral Mess-YourFuneral

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Roland Burris Has Declared his innocence in the ILLINOIS FUNERAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION SCAM

Roland Burris Has Declared his innocence in the ILLINOIS FUNERAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION SCAM

State of Illinois Senator Roland Burris has declared himself innocent in the Illinois Funeral Directors Ponzi Scheme. Whether this is true or not remains to be seen.  It  seems that  Senator Roland Burris thinks that a mistep(Fraud?) 30 years ago may not apply to him today.

But the fact of the matter he lobbied for the Preneed Trust Scam in 2oo7. That is not 30 years ago. The fund which lost and misappropriated funeral funds has losses estimated between 59 and 100 million dollars.

Here is a quote from the State Journal Register Interview with  Roland Burris about  his role in the Illinois Funeral Scam.

*Burris said he had no improper role with a pre-need trust fund formerly overseen by the Illinois Funeral Directors Association.

“Burris was state comptroller when the IFDA was given authority to oversee the trust fund and later acted as lobbyist for the group.

After the trust fund ran into financial and legal difficulty, current Comptroller Dan Hynes stripped the IFDA of its trust fund role.

“I don’t have any reason to discuss that issue,” Burris said. “I was comptroller 30 years ago.”

Asked if he offered any solutions to problems with the fund when he was lobbying for the group, he said, “No, I was just giving them access to the government people. That’s all I was doing.”

Certainly in the name of honesty Roland Burris has reason to discuss this issue. Citizens of the state want him to talk on this Scandal.  Illinois Senator Roland Burris refuses to declare his role or how he was paid by the scam, perpetuated by the  Illinois Funeral Directors Association.

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Friday, May 29th, 2009

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Revealed Others Blogging on Illinois Funeral Scandal-YourFuneralGuy

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More Folks are On the Net Taking about the Illinois Funeral Scandal

More Folks are On the Net Talking about the Illinois Funeral Scandal

Recently there have been other bloggers and writers who have been  blogging|writing  about the Illinois Funeral Directors Association  on the Web.  If you google Illinois Funeral Directors Association your funeral guy’s blogs come up as the main blogs on the subject. The reason for that is that yours truly was the only one blogging  on the subject between March 1st 2008 and  February 1st 2009.

Here Are a few Recent Blogs from other folks.

Illinois Review On the Senator Burris Subpoena- Illinois Review. April 11th 2009

“The plaintiffs, who are suing the IFDA for alleged mismanagement, say they want to know why Burris allowed the group to manage the trust, and they want records of his lobbying activities.

Yet another scandal brewing around Illinois’ newest junior senator…one that might not be so easy to bury.”

From KatesBolyston Publications on the web- May 14th 2009

“The association wrote down the value of its trust $59 million last fall and was stripped of its license as trustee. Merrill Lynch Trust Co. now serves as trustee, and one of its former advisers, Edward Schainker, has been accused by the secretary of state’s office with failing to tell how the association’s funds were invested. The association itself and many of its past and former executives, including NFDA Secretary Randall Earl, are being sued in multiple lawsuits.”

IFDA PROBLEMS GROW « Ashes to Ashes.. May 18th 2009

By far the there on the Illinois Funeral Directors Association is Deathcarelaw.com

By far the best blog out there on the Illinois Funeral Directors Association is Deathcarelaw.com

The Illinois Funeral Directors Association has been ordered by the Comptroller of the State of Illinois to repay the underfunded pre need fund in Illinois some ten million dollars. This figure is the approximate amount the the IFDA took ..

Final Exit Strategies: Opposite Day in IL Politics and Death Industry-May 18th 2009

This seems to be the game being played in IL as it relates to the fraud, misrepresentation and politics surrounding the Illinois Funeral Directors Association Trust (“the trust”), the investment vehicle used to “protect” the funds of IL …

Remember That Whole Thing About Burris Being a …. Poor Comptroller? –May 19th 2009-ArchPundit

I covered Burris’ crappy record as a Comptroller back in late April.  What I missed was that he has been subpeonaed by the Funeral Director’s Association

By far the best blog on the Illinois Funeral Directors Association preneed  scandal is not a Your Funeral Guy Blog. It is deathcarelaw.com

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Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

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Studies on Average Cost of a Funeral|Avoid Prepaid Funeral Fraud-yourfuneralguy

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A Funeral Preneed Conference where you prepay for your funeral.

A Funeral Preneed Conference where you prepay for your funeral.

If you avoid prepaying a funeral you may be avoiding funeral preneed fraud.  Instances of  funeral preneed fraud  have occurred in Missouri and there is strong evidence that it recently occurred in Illinois.

National Prearranged Services (NPS)was the culprit in Missouri, in Illinois the Illinois Funeral Directors Association (IFDA)continues to be deceptive on its withdrawals from the IFDA Preneed Trust Fund.

Recently a a former state senator in Missouri (Jerry Howard),spoke to Columbia Media outlet   about his early efforts to deal with and regulate the preneed industry in the 1990’s.

“For five years in the 1990s, Howard had attempted to stiffen state authority over a system in which people paid an insurance company, a funeral home or some third party an advance payment to cover their funeral expenses.

The system has delivered recurring scandals in Missouri since the 1970s, with some of those in charge of the money sometimes disappearing with it.

“The problem is there is a bunch of damn crooks in there in that outfit,” Howard said. “It’s part of the moral decay of the corporate structure in this country.”

One reason to avoid prepaying a funeral is you avoid the risk of funeral fraud and have an excellent chance at coming in under the average cost of a funeral.”

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Source: columbiatribune.com


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