~ Planning A Funeral ~


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    Death is a topic not all of us would like to endure.  Death to some of us comes not only as a shock or some awkward feeling, it is and experience in which we are not usually prepared for.  At some time in our lives, majority of us will make or assist in making funeral plans for themselves, for a friend, or for a family member.  This web site will hopefully add some insight on why funeral planning is important, and the thinking steps of what goes into funeral planning.


Q.        What is a funeral?
A.        A funeral is a ceremony in which a person's death is acknowledged and his or her life remembered.  In some cases, a funeral may express their religious beliefs concerning the fact of death and the meaning of life.  It is an occasion that allows us to give and receive social support to gather together and show their respect through the formal disposition of she deceased's body.

Some Funeral Facts FYI :

•   There are more than 22,100 funeral homes in the United States employing approximately 35,000 licensed funeral home directors/embalmers and 89,000 additional funeral service and crematory personnel.

•   There were 2,338,070 deaths in the United States during the 12-month period ending December, 1998, or 8.65 deaths per thousand population.  (US Department of Health & Human Resources, 1998)

•   Of more than 2.3 million deaths nationwide in 1998, nearly 76% resulted in earth burial or entombment and approximately 24% resulted in cremation.

•   The average cost of a funeral from NFDA's (National Funeral Director's Association) 1999 General Price List Survey is $5,020.36 for an adult funeral.

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•   Never Been To A Funeral?
    - Common questions and answers about funerals

•   What is Funeral Preplanning?
    
•   Some Decisions When Planning A Funeral?
    - Some question you could ask yourself when planning a
         funeral, ie flowers, music, memorial service, etc.

•   Disposition Of The Body?
    - Burial of body,  entombment,  cremation,  extra facts for cremation,
      body donation,  cryonics,  simple disposition,  embalming,
      and extra facts on embalming.

•   Difference Between A Casket And A Coffin?

•   Resting Place?
    - Plots,  markers,  mausoleum,  columbarium,  cemetery garden.

•   Paying For A Funeral?
    - Social security,  VA,  prepayment plans,  life insurance,
      savings/trust account.

•   How Can A Funeral Director Be Helpful?

Grief?
•   Helping Others With Their Grief
•   Coping With Your Own Grief
•   Teens Experiencing Grief

•   Glossary Of Terms

•   Sources
    - List of where to get more information about funerals and other stuff,
        and pet cemetery information as well.
        
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For further information about funerals, you can phone the nearest funeral home nearest to you, or if you have access to the web you can find lots information there as well.

If you look in the phone book, you should be able to find the listings of funeral homes under the "F" section for "Funeral."

For web searching about funerals, you can go to any search engine (ie yahoo.com, metacrawler.com, go2.com, snap.com, ask.com, google.com altavista.com, msn.com, or even lycos.com, etc), and you type in funeral home, funeral, funeral planning,  and or related words that would fit.


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