Eight pages of poetry appropriate for home funerals and memorials
Poetry about death and dying. Suitable for use in eulogies and as readings at funerals.
Information on home funerals
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Natural burials, home funerals gain fans
May 24, 2009 in Articles
Natural burials, home funerals gaining popularity
By JODEE TAYLOR, jtaylor@record-eagle.com
Source: Traverse City Record-Eagle, Published: May 23, 2009
TRAVERSE CITY — Bob Butz is going to build his own coffin. It may double as a coffee table or bookshelves until he needs it.
Butz, 38, is a Lake Ann author whose newest book, [...] -
Alternatives for families
May 15, 2009 in Articles
Source: http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/whidbey/swr/business/44617347.html
By Patricia Duff, South Whidbey Record Arts & Entertainment, Island Life, May 09 2009
Death, in a sense, is a denouement. It follows the climax of life.
In it, a person plays out the final act of one’s existence before his or her exit out of this world.
Strange, then, that many families in American society allow [...] -
Define “home funeral”
May 15, 2009 in Education
“A home funeral is a noncommercial, family-centered response to death that involves the family and its social community in the care and preparation of the body for burial or cremation and/or in planning and carrying out related rituals or ceremonies and/or in the burial or cremation itself.
“A home funeral may occur entirely within the family [...] -
Slide Presentation on Home Funeral and Green Burial
May 14, 2009 in Misc. Video
Slide presentation on Home Funerals and Green Burials by Donna Belk
http://www.slideshare.net/dbelk/home-funerals-and-green-burial -
Home Funeral Photos on Flickr.com
May 13, 2009 in Articles, Education
A site with photos about home funerals so you can view different scenarios where they have been used.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/homefunerals