Resources

PREPLAN: Plan your own funeral. Be interviewed by a loved one-- it's a fun way to fill out your plans: Funeral Planning Form. (See the Advance Directives page for more) Remember, if you don't share your plan with family and friends in writing the funeral industry will dictate what your loved ones purchase when you die.

CREMATION: Does your church talk about Cremation negatively or positively, and why? Information About Cremation

CASKETS: Don't buy a Sealer Casket, unless you want the inside of the casket to become gaseous and moldy (Picture a tomato decomposing in a cardboard box vs a plastic bag).

It is possible to buy caskets for less than $850: Casket Options in Utah

In the video Robert Alexander of Farr West Utah shows how he makes one model of caskets. See more here: http://somethingcreative-alexanders.blogspot.com/

Books

Grave Matters: A Journey Through the Modern Funeral Industry to a Natural Way of Burial by Mark Harris
Living Consciously, Dying Gracefully by Diane Manahan
Final Rights Josh Slocum and Lisa Carlson take you through story after story of funeral shickanery from sea to shining sea. You'll see Utah highlighted from the very beginning! A state by state reference of funeraal freedoms and restrictions is included in the second half of the book.

There are also many books on the FCA National website - click here.