Resources
Plan your own funeral. Be interviewed by a loved one--it is much more fun that way: Funeral Planning Form. (the Advance Directives has more forms)
It is possible to buy caskets for less than $700: Casket Options in Utah
Are you LDS? Catholic? Baptist? Does your church talk about Cremation? Information About Cremation
Links
Instructions on how to file a death certificate from Utah's office of Vital Records: How to File a Death Certificate
National Funeral Consumers Alliance
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
There are also many books on the FCA National website - click here.
Upcoming Conferences
Oct 8-10, 2010
Building Bridges to Bring Death Care Back Home, Boulder, Colorado For more info go to http://HomeFuneralAlliance.org/
Pre-Conference Workshop, Oct 7-8, 2010
The Sacred Act of Caring for Our Dead
