funeral home
A location that has the necessary facilities for preparation of the dead for interment, visitations, and often ceremonies.
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How Much Does It Cost To Be Cremated?
Even “ashes to ashes” benefits from shopping around.

Preparing The Body For Burial Or Cremation
In most states, if a body will not be buried or cremated within 24 or 48 hours (depending on state laws), it must be properly...

A Guide To Burial Products
If you're planning a burial, there are a number of products you may need to purchase.

How To Choose Clothing For The Deceased
If the person who died will be buried or cremated dressed in clothing or with personal items, you want to collect and bring those...

How To Understand Funeral Home Costs
If you are working with a funeral home to plan a funeral or memorial service, the cost of the funeral can be broken down into...

How To Pre-Plan Your Funeral
Imagine and pre-plan your funeral, even if it's 50 years away, and tell your family what you want.

10 Things To Do After A Death
It’s a difficult time, emotions are raw and there’s a lot to organize.

Guide: Finding A Funeral Home
The role of a funeral home is to coordinate funeral arrangements, including preparing the body, working with you to plan the...

A Quick Overview Of Funerals
A funeral is a ceremony for memorializing someone who has died.

Who Wants To Smell Like A Funeral Home?
They must have run out of perfume scents.

How High-Tech Should Funeral Homes Be?
One of the main complaints about the funeral industry and funeral homes is they are technological dinosaurs.

How To Escort A Body On A Plane
If you are escorting the body on a plane, the body will be shipped via passenger plane and you can purchase a ticket on that same...

How To Transport A Body Via Airplane
If the body will be air-shipped either from one state to another or from one country to another, the funeral home can (and,...

How To Transport A Body Via Ground
The funeral home you are working with will be able to coordinate the transportation of the body, either within a city or between...

Pre-Pay For Funeral Arrangements With A Trust
If you want to pay for your funeral arrangements ahead of time, one way to pay is through a Trust that the funeral home sets up....

Pre-Pay For Funeral Arrangements With A Totten Trust
If you're interested in setting money aside for your funeral but aren't interested in pre-paying any funds to a funeral home, a...

Pre-Pay For Funeral Arrangements with Funeral Insurance
A simple funeral insurance policy can be purchased, with the funeral home as the beneficiary. This way, upon your death, the...

Pay For Funeral Arrangements With Medicaid
If you are covered by Medicaid, you are allowed to set money aside for future funeral expenses.

What To Do If Death Occurs At A Hospital
If death occurs at a hospital, the staff at the hospital will know what to do and will take the necessary steps to determine the...

What To Do If Death Occurs At Home
If the person who died was elderly or ill and was recently treated by a doctor, your first call should be to that doctor—he or...

What To Do If Death Occurs At Work
If death occurs away from the home, including at another person’s home or at a workplace, you should immediately call 911.

Before You Pre-Plan Your Funeral Arrangements
By figuring out the basics of what you want for your funeral or memorial service, you can more easily compare funeral homes and...

How To Choose A Funeral Home
When choosing a funeral home, it’s important that the funeral home you choose can meet all your needs and accommodate your...

How To Compare Funeral Homes
Comparing funeral homes is one of the most effective ways to choose between funeral homes.

4 Things You Need To Know About Direct Burial
Direct burial is a burial option in which the body is buried in the days immediately after death, without a formal funeral...

How To Pick The Right Funeral Home Location
If the person who died will be buried in the city in which he or she died, you will likely want to choose a funeral home in that...

FTC Funeral Rule: What Funeral Homes Need To Tell You
In an effort to protect consumers, the Federal Trade Commission enforces a law known as the Funeral Rule, which ensures your...

Pre-Purchase Goods And Services from A Funeral Home
Making funeral arrangements for yourself is a way to take some of the logistical and financial stresses off of your family and...
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Beautiful Funeral Home Ad
How does a funeral home advertise its services without being crass, creepy, or morbid? A Japanese funeral home, Nishinihon...

Hackers Using Real Funeral Homes To Kill Your Computer
It’s bad enough when hackers steal credit card information from shopping sites, but now they’re targeting grieving friends...
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