by Kathy Lane | Jul 2, 2013 | Funerals
Time Magazine recently published a list of the “Top 10 Celebrity Grave Sites”. They are very popular places for tourists to visit. In fact, people from all over the world visit them every year. Half of the list belongs to popular musicians; the rest...
by Kathy Lane | Apr 5, 2013 | Elder Law, Funerals
The other night, I was at the emergency room of our local hospital and overheard half of a phone conversation. Evidently, a relative had died of cancer within the last hour and there was no money available for a funeral. The person I could hear was lamenting...
by Kathy Lane | Mar 7, 2013 | Funerals
By 2025, it is estimated that more than 50% of all the people who die in the United States will be cremated. Gerard Moline, a Catalan artist and product designer, has come up with a very creative solution for what to do with the ashes. He has patented the design for...
by Kathy Lane | Dec 12, 2012 | Funerals
If a deceased loved one was a music lover and you’d like to treat that person to an eternity of music (and we don’t mean from heavenly harps), now you supposedly can. A company in Sweden, Pause, just released a new product called the CataCoffin and its CataCombo Sound...
by Kathy Lane | Nov 26, 2012 | Funeral Agent, Funeral Expenses, Funerals
You may not know when you’re going to die, but you know for sure it will happen. A little advance planning of your own funeral — or that of a loved one — can make that traumatic time when you die a little easier on your loved ones. Pre-planning funerals is getting...
by Kathy Lane | Nov 4, 2012 | Funerals, Uncategorized
Just as people have become more environmentally conscious and have focused on living “green”, many are thinking about a last green act – a green funeral. This is one where the end-of-life ritual does as little harm to the environment as possible. It can include such...
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