Your Funeral Information Source
Funeral and cremation topics where most people have questions.
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Basic funeral information
Burial and cemeteries
Caskets
Cremation
Death away from home
Eco-friendly funeral choices
Embalming
Grieving and talking about death
History of the funeral consumer movement
Organ, tissue and body donation
Planning for a funeral
Planning for a memorial service
Veterans funeral and burial benefits
Your legal rights
Basic funeral information
Funeral Arrangements – narrative version – helpful to individuals and suitable for distribution by clergy and social workers
Funeral Arrangements – tri-fold brochure version – helpful to individuals and suitable for distribution by clergy and social workers
Facing the death of a loved one - answers to frequently-asked questions - helpful to individuals and suitable for distribution by clergy and social workers
12 ways to avoid overpaying on funerals
Funerals: A consumer's guide (FTC)
Earth burial - a tradition in simplicity
Prepaying your funeral - benefits and dangers
Handling consumer complaints in Maryland - see article in Fall 2011 FCAME Newsletter
Inspection of funeral homes in Maryland - see article in Fall 2011 FCAME Newsletter
Burial and cemeteries
A word about burial liners - written by a grave digger
Cemetery regulation in MD - see article in Fall 2009 FCAME Newsletter
Caskets
Caskets - everything the mortician won't tell you and some better places to shop
Simple and cheap, my father said - by the daughter of Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black
Lay me to rest in a plane pine box - one mother's letter to her children
Cremation
Cremation grows in popularity - see article in Summer 2011 FCAME Newsletter
Common cremation myths: Scatter-brained - all about cremation and what's left
Light, like the sun - an essay on cremation
What shall we do with the ashes?
Death away from home
Eco-friendly funeral choices
Green burial – a return to tradition and simplicity
Green burial – see article in Winter 2011 FCAME Newsletter
Islamic burials - see article in Summer 2011 FCAME Newsletter.
Embalming
Grieving and talking about death
History of the funeral consumer movement
Organ, tissue and body donation
Planning for a funeral
Funeral Arrangements – narrative version – helpful to individuals and suitable for distribution by clergy and social workers
Funeral Arrangements – tri-fold brochure version – helpful to individuals and suitable for distribution by clergy and social workers
Facing the death of a loved one - answers to frequently-asked questions - helpful to individuals and suitable for distribution by clergy and social workers
4 step funeral planning - where to start when you don't know how to start
Planning your own after-death care – see article in Winter 2011 FCAME Newsletter
After I’m Gone - A Planning Checklist
How to read a funeral home's general price list
12 ways to avoid overpaying on funerals
Funerals are for the living (“Did you forget the most important part of funeral planning?”)
Simple and cheap, my father said - by the daughter of Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black
Lay me to rest in a plane pine box - one mother's letter to her children
Prepaying your funeral - benefits and dangers
Three ways to prepay for a funeral – see article in Winter 2011 FCAME Newsletter
Planning for a memorial service
Veterans funeral and burial benefits
Veterans funeral and burial benefits
Funeral and burial benefits for veterans in MD, DC and DE - see article in Fall 2009 FCAME Newsletter
Your legal rights
Paying final respects - your rights when buying funeral goods & services (FTC)
Caring for your own dead: myths and facts