funeral homes

Would you want your loved one treated like this after death?

Check out this article on a Missouri funeral home who left bodies to rot instead of embalming them or cremating them as required. Abject disregard for the dead - I hope they are required to give back...

Interesting Afternoon

While on one of my daily bike rides, I had occasion to pass the funeral home my best friend works for. One of his co-workers, apparently anxious to get home after a long day, cut me off. (I had...

Why are there funeral homes along the high way?

I am still wondering why are there funeral homes along the highway. While I was on a break, and 50% of the long break was spent on riding the bus, I noticed that most funeral homes are found in the...

Man Pleads Guilty for Selling Body Parts

According to the Associated Press, Michael Mastromarino made millions of dollars by taking organs of bodies which were taken from funeral homes, and selling them to medical companies. The body parts...

Funeral Homes Facing Problem of Abandoned Ashes

Someone loved the people once, enough to have their bodies cremated, then promptly forgot or decided they didn't want them.

Buddhism is dying in Japan?

Here's an interesting article on the death of Buddhism in Japan. Until recently the Japanese have been connected to Buddhism mainly through funerals but even that tie is breaking:But the move to...

Uncommon holiness in ordinary people.

I am always awed when I come upon extraordinary holiness in ordinary folks. Today I saw an example of that in the man who has been cutting my hair for years!Tom runs an ordinary little neighborhood...

What Will They Be Drinkin At YOUR FUNERAL?

What Will They Be Drinkin at Your Funeral? One key benefits of the Low Cost Funeral is that the People Who come to Your Funeral can Drink Whatever they want! People often say to me,...

Funeral Home Plans a Social Network

Ok, this post has nothing to do with funeral homes, but I bet the headline made you go “huh?”That’s the reaction I had when reading news that natural language search engine Hakia...

Death Inc.

Ah yes, the great beyond, the afterlife, heaven, hell, Hades, Valhalla etc. etc. etc.  They're all places people believe your "soul" (however that culture describes it) will go.  This...

Recycling Defibrillators and Pacemakers

"So, does your husband have any devices that might damage the crematory?""He has two artifical hips," she said."No, I mean like pacemakers or defibrillators that might explode when incinerated.""No,"...

When TV Is Deadly: A New Channel Comes to German Television

The German news organization Spiegel reported on a new phenomenon. In Germany this fall, a new 24/7 TV channel will join the line-up of food TV, home improvement TV, sports TV, and news TV --...

The Makati We Once Knew

"Sa Maynila, saan sa Maynila?" a kababayan would always ask as a follow-up to the usual queries on one’s link to the mother land. "Sa Makati" and to this the usual reply, "Talaga? Wow! Ang sosyal mo...