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What Happens to Unclaimed Ashes?
Funeral industry experts estimate that the remains of roughly one percent or up to 10,000 people cremated within the United States are unclaimed.There are many different reasons why ashes are not claimed, most often it is because funeral homes are unable to find contact information for family members, especially if the person was homeless or had no family members living in the area.[...]
Reinventing Today’s Funeral Through Innovation
Every segment of the business world has a small group of change-agents who stand out from their peers for their innovation and willingness to adapt and change along with the needs of their clients. .The funeral industry (which serves nearly seven thousand family each day across North America) is no[...]
The Conversation No One Wants - By Robbie Cox
Death. Unless it’s on the big screen or in a 500-page novel, no one wants to really talk about it. As a writer, I kill people all the time - on paper. I think of what’s going to happen to the character leading up to their demise and what happens to those afterward who are left behind. It’s fun, because it’s fiction. I control the when, where, and how, and when I’m done[...]
How to Talk to your Children About the Newtown Tragedy By Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D.
Once again we are faced with the traumatic, violent deaths of a group of innocent people, this time precious children in Newtown, Connecticut. I have been asked to provide some guidelines on how to communicate with children and teens about this tragedy. If you know of others who might benefit from[...]
Arranging a Burial at Sea
Vikings were placed on their ships which were then set ablaze; ancient Egyptians set their dead on papyrus rafts that were floated out to sea and in the South Pacific deceased fishermen were placed in canoes where they sailed for eternity. Burial at sea is possibly one of the oldest methods for disposing of the body of the deceased. Although no records are available, this practice was[...]
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