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Recently in Kentucky a Family came to a funeral home to make Funeral Arrangements.

Instead of explaining cremation the Funeral Director took the family out back behind the Funeral Home to the crematory, and showed the Family an actual burning body.

This brought on a lawsuit against Funeral Director|Dale Bryson

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“The Brysons’ lawsuit recounts having met with Pyke after Sellersburg resident Dale Bryson, 50, the former husband of Debra Bryson and the father of Audra Bryson, died at the Veteran’s Administration Hospital in Louisville. During the meeting, Audra Bryson determined that she could not afford a burial and asked about cremation, according to the suit.

The women claim that Pyke led them and another family member to a crematory behind the funeral home and opened the door of an oven where “a human body was being consumed in flames.” The suit also said Pyke showed them a “grinder” where human remains are crushed and that he picked up human bones and displayed them for the visitors.

The Brysons’ lawsuit recounts having met with Pyke after Sellersburg resident Dale Bryson, 50, the former husband of Debra Bryson and the father of Audra Bryson, died at the Veteran’s Administration Hospital in Louisville. During the meeting, Audra Bryson determined that she could not afford a burial and asked about cremation, according to the suit.

The women claim that Pyke led them and another family member to a crematory behind the funeral home and opened the door of an oven where “a human body was being consumed in flames.” The suit also said Pyke showed them a “grinder” where human remains are crushed and that he picked up human bones and displayed them for the visitors.”

via www.courier-journal.com

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Saturday, March 6th, 2010
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For the Haiti Earthquake victims there is no mortuary to call, no funeral director, no mortician to help. No government agency from Haiti,the US  or anywhere in the world is helping with the dead. Fox News Video:

For MOST there is no place for a loved one to go except a mass grave.

Apparently there is no help coming due to an early decision by the US State Department and the US National Funeral Directors Association(NFDA) not to respond immediately.

For many dead there is only place to go a mass grave.

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Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
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Cemetery maintenance often comes to a standstill in a down economy

Cemetery maintenance often comes to a standstill in a down economy

In a sign of the times a Funeral Director has gone before his City Council and pleaded for his city Cemetery. This all went down in Central Ohio. this is some interesting funeral news.

The City Cemetery appears to be  be the causality of the recession and budget cuts.

“A local funeral director says the city of Marysville should reconsider a recommendation to scale back operations at Oakdale Cemetery.

Daryl Ingram of Ingram Funeral Home addressed city council members Thursday night, asking them to reconsider a proposal from the city administration to eliminate two full-time employees and one part-time employee who currently make up the city’s cemetery department.”-via www.thisweeknews.com

This city is considering running the cemetery with non  professionals. When having a burial at a city, or private cemetery it is important to make inquiries about ownership and maintenance. This will help you come in under the average cost of a funeral.

It is also a lesson from the Burr Oak Cemetery Scandal: Check up on the maintenance an the owners of the cemetery of your choosing.

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Saturday, December 5th, 2009
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252063031_1569348815Reports have been circulating over the weekend about funeral Director embalmers being at high risk for Cancer. This comes mainly from exposure to Formaldehyde over long periods of time.

Funeral Industry insiders are well aware of the risks and funeral directors are warned of it in Mortuary School.

A summary of the the national Cancer research can be viewed here

LONG TERM EXPSOSURE TO EMBALMING FLUIDS IS LIKELY TO CAUSE CANCER.

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More studies are needed. Here is a snippet from US News and world Report.

Researchers in the Division of Cancer Epidemeology and Genetics at the U.S. National Cancer Institute analyzed data on funeral industry workers who died between 1960 and 1986. Information about the workers’ work practices and exposure to formaldehyde throughout their lifetime was collected through interviews with family members and co-workers.

The researchers found that risk rose along with the number of years someone had been involved with embalming and related formaldehyde exposure. The greatest risk was seen among those who’d been involved in embalming for more than 20 years, according to the study.

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Monday, November 23rd, 2009
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Wal Mart selling Caskets online  is a tipping point for the the Funeral Industry. Things are tipping away from the  Traditional Funeral and towards the lower cost funeral and funeral expenses that are less.

Wal Mart selling caskets maybe a turning point for the traditional funeral home

Wal Mart selling caskets maybe a turning point for the traditional funeral home

There is a strong case for a traditional funeral home demise. Cremations are to hit 38% this year in the USA. The cremation rate is going to continue to grow maybe exponentially. Alternative funerals are exploding. Americans are facing the end of prosperity as we know it. No end to unemployment is in site.

The hard reality is you do not need a funeral director to select a casket. Fed Ex the one who deliver the Wal Mart Caskets have a next day delivery damage free just like Batesville Casket Company!

The funeral director argument about THE  TRADITIONAL FUNERAL HOME offering a low cost casket is bogus, A presswood cardboard casket is not a metal one!

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Take note a low cost funeral home can provide the same if not better experience than a traditional one.

Traditional Funeral Homes are going the way of the full service gas station.
The statement that Wal Mart is selling Caskets is not a threat is a poor defense of the Statusquo for Funeral Homes.

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