People need to realize that a memorial service can be held anywhere, a park, a museum, community center, a backyard or a home. The casket does not have to be present. This can save you lots of money on funeral cost.
Snippet from a recent DearAbby:
Dear Abby: My parents passed away within two years of each other. Instead of funerals, we held celebration-of-life services.
We created slide shows and poster boards of their lives, told funny stories about them, and had people share their stories.
Dead people are still used in all kinds of testing and it is not all medical. Human Cadavers are still used to crash test cars.
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“‘automakers don’t have the medical resources that cadaver tests require.
But universities do. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration funds scores of cadaver tests at schools across the country every year; many of those schools also get grants from automakers. And the data they gather can be shared widely.”
Fast Company has misfired on Green cremation. Putting out erroneous information on the new Green Cremation Process does not help the New process that will help the Earth, the Funeral Consumer(with cost) and the Funeral Director.
Here is a Snippet from the Fast Company Article:
Or Resomation’s process, which breaks down corpses with alkaline hydrolysis. The latest green cremation tactic to come down the pipeline–decomposing flesh and organs while leaving bones intact–isn’t much more comforting.
Dubbed Aquamotion, the eco-cremation scheme has corpses dunked into potassium-filled steel containers that are heated up by water, dissolving everything but the bones in four hours. The process has a number of benefits–it uses just 10% of the energy of a traditional cremation and preserves artificial implants for reuse. (Who doesn’t want a hip implant from a cadaver?)
The process isn’t exactly new. The Aquamotion website explains:
Aquamation has virtually taken over as the preferred method of disposal of diseased animal bodies in the USA and Europe. The method has been used since 1992 to dispose of animals with diseases such as mad cow disease or scabies. While cremations and burials fail to destroy these diseases, aquamation is the only acceptable method that effectively removes the risk of further spread and contamination.
First the process is called Aquamation, not Aquomation at the Acquamation Industries website.
Secondly in the completed cremation process bones are reduced to ash. In a complete resomation(alkaline hydrolysis) process bones are reduced to ash as well and returned to the family just as in a traditional cremation.
Thirdly, Widespread use in the USA, and Europe as a means of disposing Animals is definitely disputable.
Fourthly, Aquamation Industries has a Low Pressure cremation machine. There is no proof the machine or one like it has been used on humans in Australia or anywhere.
Fifthly any form of final disposition is gross. Alkaline hydrolysis water or green cremation is less gross than embalming-take it from an embalmer.
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Karen Jones is the Author of Death for Beginners. This funeral book is basic to educating Americans to deal with a funeral. It is one of the few funeral books I recommend. It Is featured in Today’s Q and A.
While writing the book, how did the topic affect your life?
It made me more aware of how quickly time is passing me by. This wasn’t a sad book to write, but it made me stop and think about things more than I have done previously.
Would you choose green burial over traditional burial?
Absolutely. Even though the costs can sometimes be almost the same as traditional burial, the land is held in a conservancy – and that’s good for everyone.
What is your choice for final disposition?
Direct disposition immediately to the crematorium, ashes scattered in the Chesapeake Bay, and a huge party on the beach with rock-n-roll and fun speeches.
What is your opinion of the funeral industry at large?
It is mixed. Plenty of the folks I met seemed to treat their job as a calling and were respectful and pleasant. But there were others who made me feel “slimed” – they were clearly in it to make a buck and quite disdainful at my attempt to give people choices in funeral care.
What, in your opinion, is the best way to save on Funeral Cost?
Preplan everything so no one gets ripped off after you die and do not go the “pre-pay” route. Also, join your local Funeral Consumers Alliance.
What exactly is a stripper coffin?
The stripper coffin is a beautifully made performance platform with a dancing pole that converts into a coffin for your, um, final show.
When engaging in a conversation with an acquaintance how to you bring up the subject of death?
I do this by referring to a recent death in the news or death that has touched us both. Then I can slide into the “preplanning equals saving money” approach. I’ve found that people say they don’t want to talk about the subject but when I bring it up, I can’t get them to stop.
Karen Jones is the author of Death For Beginners.
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