Green Burial Council Launches New Website Amid Growing Demand for Sustainable Death Care 

The Green Burial Council (GBC), the nonprofit organization that sets the standard for environmentally responsible death care in North America, has launched a newly redesigned website built to meet the needs of our rapidly-evolving industry and a public increasingly seeking green burial options. 

As demand for sustainable alternatives to conventional burial and cremation accelerates, GBC’s new website provides an improved, user-friendly hub for certification, education, and connection. As more families prioritize environmental values in all aspects of life and death, the demand for green burial is reaching a tipping point. 

“Green burial is no longer a fringe interest. When asked, the public consistently and overwhelmingly expresses interest in going green.” said Darren Crouch, Co-President of the GBC. “This sophisticated new website has been a lot of work and positions us and our providers with the information and tools to meet this demand professionally and with authority.” 

Key features of the new website include a streamlined redesign catered to the public and industry professionals, a fully updated interactive provider map that allows users to locate GBC-certified providers in seconds, and streamlined certification pathways for funeral homes, cemeteries, and product providers to become GBC-Certified. 

Professionals across the death care sector are encouraged to explore the new website, ensure their listings are up to date, and take advantage of the updated value of GBC certification. 

Explore the new website and find out how to get certified at: www.greenburialcouncil.org. 

About the Green Burial Council: 

The Green Burial Council is a nonprofit working to make environmentally sustainable death care accessible to all. Through certification, education, and advocacy, the GBC supports a growing movement toward climate-conscious burial and funeral practices.

Trying to be a “BTC” (Business to Consumer) casket company has been tried before and even with great effort the cause was difficult.  However, the people at Titan Casket must relate to the Curtis Mayfield tune “Keep on Keeping On” as they seem to be moving one step forward all the time and growing as a company.

Not only are they selling more caskets to the traditional funeral consumer but they are gaining disciples among funeral homes joining their funeral home partnership (which you can learn about here).  In addition, I recently learned of their new venture helping consumers weave the sometimes tangled path of available funeral and cremation options available to consumers.   The company has formed the Titan Concierge division and hired proficient funeral service experts to handle this task.  You can learn about Titan Concierge here.

The people at Titan have added Titan Concierge which will help consumers from “Start to Finish” coordinating logistics with funeral homes and service providers.  From perusing the Titan Concierge website it appears that this service is available for $199.

Tom Anderson
Funeral Director Daily

Funeral Director Daily take:  As a retired funeral director and funeral home owner the growth of Titan has been very interesting to me.  I was never very bullish that a company that deals over the internet and by phone could succeed in such a personal business as Death Care.  However, the founders of Titan Casket, some of whom have experience as Amazon executives, have proved to me that internet sales can work for all types of items.  (As an aside here, I’m also continuously amazed by my many winter neighbors in Florida who buy their cars onlive via Carvana — every week it seems that the Carvana delivery vehicle is pulling into our neighborhood).

So, I don’t think the internet sale of caskets sounds odd to anybody anymore.  And, I’ve told more than one enterprising company in the Death Care business that if they are interested in online sales they should look to Titan Casket and their ability to capture consumers as a roadmap.

A little bit “Edgy” —  I guess don’t knock what is working, however,  as an “old-style, old-fashioned” funeral director some of the ways that Titan has reached the American consumer looks a little edgy to me. . . . .but it evidently is working.  Ad Age recently took  note of the company’s “Heavenly Guarantee” of their merchandise.

You can access the 48-second video ad starring Titan spokesman and actor David Dastmalchian here.

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PLPA Short Course 2025 Equips Deathcare Professionals to Lead in the Growing Pet Loss Market

STERLING, Va. (August 7, 2025) – The International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association (ICCFA), in partnership with the Pet Loss Professionals Alliance (PLPA), is proud to announce the successful conclusion of the 2025 PLPA Pet Loss & Integration Short Course, held July 18–20 at the Emory Conference Center Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia.

The two-day program brought together funeral service professionals, crematory operators, and pet loss providers for a focused, hands-on curriculum aimed at integrating pet loss services into traditional deathcare operations. Topics ranged from compliance and crematory care to family engagement and business development.

“This course isn’t just about pet loss—it’s about leadership in a space that demands empathy, innovation, and thoughtful integration. Serving pets is serving people,” said Lauren Blevins Hogan, CCFE, CPLP, PLPA Committee Chair. “Attendees left with practical tools, renewed confidence, and a deepened sense of mission.”

Educational highlights included sessions on leveraging AI for compassionate service (Pierce Dempsey), emerging legal risks (Poul Lemasters, Esq.), how pet cremation can serve as a bridge to preplanning discussions (Tony Armogida), and operational best practices in pet cremation (Larry Stuart Jr.). Attendees also explored cemetery development strategies with John Bolton, CCE, CCrE, CSE CXE, phone etiquette with Nicki Wiedeman, CSE, and pet program development with Andrew Parsell.

“This course demonstrates what’s possible when you combine operational excellence with heartfelt service,” said ICCFA Executive Director Nadira Baddeliyanage. “It’s one of the many ways ICCFA is helping our members meet the evolving needs of today’s families.”

“As the pet loss profession continues to evolve, this course offers timely education and practical tools,” said ICCFA President Bob Gordon, Jr., CCE. “It’s encouraging to see our members thinking proactively about how to serve pet families with both compassion and innovation.”

In response to strong attendee feedback, the ICCFA and the PLPA are expanding next year’s program to a three-day format, returning to the Emory Conference Center Hotel in Atlanta. The 2026 PLPA Pet Loss & Integration Short Course will take place July 17–20, 2026.

For more information and future updates, visit iccfa.com/pet-short-course. 

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Founded in 1887, the International Cemetery, Cremation, and Funeral Association is the only international trade association representing all segments of the cemetery, cremation, funeral, and memorialization profession. The association is comprised of more than 10,000 members in the cemetery, funeral home, and crematory industries, as well as supplier and related businesses worldwide.

Recently I came across this article from the website of 24/7 Wall Street about “Eco-friendly” funerals.  The article appears to be a public relations article on the website intended for readers to look at investment opportunities in the Death Care field.

What caught my eye, however, was a sub-title in the article that read “The green funeral market is gaining traction. . .“.  Under that highlight this is what the article said:

“According to Virtue Market Research, the green funeral service market is expected to have a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of around 11.6%. That’s some pretty respectable growth, to say the least. But I don’t expect the growth in green burials to peak anytime over the next two decades. Arguably, an inflection point could be hit at some point down the road, as calls for ESG-friendlier products and services grow louder while various firms become more willing to innovate.”

Amy Cunningham
Fitting Tribute Funerals

After I read that statement I phoned Amy Cunningham, a friend of mine, owner of Fitting Tribute Funeral Services, and known as the “Green Burial” expert of New York City.  During a short discussion with her she concurred that there is an increasing amount of discussion and questions from her consumers about “Green Burial” and other sustainable options for memorialization.  She also commented that she is getting a growing amount of phone calls from other funeral directors asking her advice on how to service “Green Burial” clients.

Ms. Cunningham made note that New York City is an unique location for Green Burials.  Cemetery space is somewhat at a premium and is very expensive.  She commented that many of her client families will choose interment in upstate New York although there is a cemetery in metropolitan Westchester County that has been very aggressive in courting the Green Burial clientele.  That cemetery is Sleepy Hollow Cemetery and you can learn more about them here.

Funeral Director Daily take:  It won’t happen overnight and I don’t think Green Burials will overtake traditional casketed/vault burials in cemeteries for two decades or more — if ever.  And, I don’t believe that the Green Burial movement will cut into the human disposition numbers of cremation, and alkaline hydrolysis at all.  However, I think it is fair to say that there will be an increasing number of Green Burials going forward.  I expect the growth to be a long steady climb — much like the cremation growth chart over the past 50 years.

I also think that there will be an increasing number of what many believe are sustainable choices in Death Care – alkaline hydrolysis and natural organic reduction (NOR) – going forward.  It will be interesting to find out what the actual percentages of each will be twenty years from now.  However, if we follow the concept of “Mention to Trend to Custom” it appears that the numbers of each of the sustainable methods will grow.

Much like improved technology by funeral homes is a growing desired feature of funeral homes by consumers, I also believe that “optionality” will be a growing factor in the choice of a funeral home in the future.  i.e the ability to offer all of these “options” to consumers will be a plus to your business and, on the flip-side, if you don’t offer some of these human disposition options, you may risk losing some clientele.

Here are some of the Death Care businesses that I am aware of who, in my opinion, are doing a very good job of offering this “optionality” already:

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Service Corporation International (SCI), the largest funeral home operator in North America, has grown its “Consolidated Funeral Revenue” 20.8% from 2019 (the latest year not affected by the pandemic) through 2024.  Their annual financial report lists this number as $1.92 billion in the year 2019 and $2.32 billion in the most recent year of 2024.

That math would then equate to an annual average rate of revenue growth for those five years of 4.16%.  In my opinion, that’s a pretty good rate for, as stock-picker Peter Lynch would say, a “slow-growth nickel at a time” industry.

Neptune Society

However, when you dive a little deeper into the SCI report on “Consolidated Funeral Revenue” you will find a listing for “Non-funeral home” revenue and when the math is done on that line item you will find that it has grown 81% or has an incredible annual growth rate of 16.2% over the past five years.  In 2019 SCI reported $52.2 million of “Non-funeral home” revenue and in 2024 the company reported $94.8 million in that same category.

Here’s how SCI defines “Non-funeral home” revenue in its report, “Non-funeral home revenue represents services sold on a preneed or atneed contract through one of our non-funeral home sales channels (e.g. SCI Direct). . ”

In a 2022 Investor Day presentation, that you can access here,  SCI intimates that this channel includes Neptune Society

A National Cremation Society location

and National Cremation Society operations.  That same presentation mentions that, at that time, they operated 109 locations of this type in 31 states.

Here’s some other information that is pointed out about SCI Direct in that presentation that are features of this segment of SCI which the company says benefits from an “Expanding market”:

• (It is an) Asset Light preneed model serving the direct cremation consumer
• (It is an) Incremental Channel to capture the price sensitive consumer
• (It offers) Simple product offerings and packaged pricing
• (It has) growing volume and average

That same 2022 Investor Day presentation claimed that SCI Direct brought home $37 million in gross profit for the year 2021.  And, if you check the 2021 annual report you will find that the “Non-funeral home” revenue was listed at $74.1 million estimating that the gross profit margin of SCI Direct could be as high as 50%.

That same year, the gross profit percent for the entire Consolidated Funeral Revenue of SCI was listed at 26.7%.

Here is the website for SCI’s National Cremation Service brand

Here is the website for SCI’s Neptune Society brand

Tom Anderson
Funeral Director Daily

Funeral Director Daily take: I started researching this because last week I took part in a Continuing Education seminar with a few other funeral directors.  A couple mentioned to me that they had seen their Direct Cremation with No Services case volume rise fairly rapidly in the last year or so.

I think that these statistics from SCI bear out that situation is happening.  While revenues for SCI’s funeral service overall increased at an annual rate of 4.16%, revenue for “Non-funeral” channels increased four times that percentage.  I think that is a pretty good indication that the funeral consumer is asking for “less”. . . . . Whatever “less” may be.

I also think that there is a lot to be optimistic about with these numbers.  In extrapolating the “ballpark” figures, SCI “Non-funeral” channels did $74.1 million of business in 2021 out of 109 locations.  That’s an average revenue of $679,816 per location.  And, if it truly had a 50% gross profit margin that would leave each location with about $340,00o to pay the bills.

When I look at those numbers a couple of things come to mind:

1. Margins of that nature can support this business model
2. Location overheads need to be less than historic traditional funeral home structures — both in physical structure and employee work schedule structures to make the expense side of the equation work.
3. Direct cremation is a volume business  —  high volume operations will do very well. . . . Low volume operations will struggle to survive.

I finally surmise that if this is the “Death Care” that the consumer wants, we will see more and more consolidation of the traditional funeral home operations in a necessary move to lower overhead cost per case by increasing case volume per location.

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Parting Stone, the New Mexico based start-up that takes cremated ash remains and turns them into what they term “Solidified Remains” recently sent out this press release celebrating their 10,000th family served in their short business history.

In the press release the company says this about their achievement, “This milestone marks a significant achievement in the company’s mission to provide a comforting, tangible alternative to conventional cremated remains and highlights an important shift in the modern grief experience in America.”

The company calls their solid form of cremated remains, which results in 40-80 small stones “a complete alternative to conventional “ashes.”

Related Article — In a somewhat related article the New York Post published this article recently titled, “How innovative cremation services are giving a new spin to the end of life”.   The article features Parting Stone but also mentions about a dozen other alternatives for cremated remains.

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Funeral Director Daily

The article intimates that with the high percentage of cremations taking place there is also a feeling that burial of cremated remains, niche placement, and even home urn placement are not the preferred ways that people want to memorialize their cremated loved ones.  According to the article, “They (consumers) want customized events paired with tactile experiences. Not surprisingly, a creative movement memorializing ashes is now happening.”

To that end, there are many opportunities, wide and varied in scope, coming to market for the these consumers looking for another option and the article mentions many of them with links to the processes.

I would suggest that you read the article and learn of the options available.  Many of them offer commissions or margins to funeral directors who facilitate the sale and, in a business looking for increased revenue, that revenue may come in handy.

The NY Post article states, “According to the Cremations Association of North America’s 2022 Cremation Memorialization Research, almost one in four US households, or approximately 22 million families, have human cremated remains in their homes.”

Disclosure:  The author of this article for Funeral Director Daily is a shareholder of Parting Stone.

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As I’ve told you before, I read the book Megatrends early in the 1980’s.  That book, written by John Naisbitt, enlightened me on how happenings of today’s world become trends and potentially “Megatrends” that can change society over time.  It also enlightened me that sometimes we can be fooled — some things that look like trends might be fads and fall away from universal acceptance as time goes on.

“Megatrends” had an incredible influence on my life.  I’ve used the thought process of “trends” in everything from how I look for public stocks to invest in to looking for trends in the funeral business — not only in disposition decisions — but on pricing options as well.  For instance, my sons were listening to Spotify and eating at Chipotle before I had even heard of the companies and their interest and fondness in those companies is why I invested in them on their way up.  And, in the funeral home business I moved to the trend of higher professional service pricing and lower merchandise pricing before most and that proved to be a smart idea too.

In the Death Care business there is no doubt that the biggest trend that became a megatrend over the past half-century was the choice of cremation over traditional burial as a disposition choice.  And, those companies that embraced the cremation trend in the 1970’s have, more often than not, increased their business size and profitability as cremation choice continued to grow.

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Funeral Director Daily

So, is there a trend that could become a megatrend evident in today’s Death Care business?  I would say yes, and I would believe it is the trend of more individual choice or niche selections over the current disposition mainstream choices of either burial or cremation.  And, I think this “niche trend” is happening in all terms of the linear succesion of Death Care.  Disposition, ceremony, and memorialization.

What are some of these niches?

In Disposition I think that natural or green burial is growing. . . . I also think that there is an upward movement in alkaline hydrolysis and natural organic reduction (human composting).  I have a friend who operates a funeral home in New York City.  She recently told me “We are making great strides, receiving many more green burial pre-arrangement requests (with at- need steady too)”.

And, we recently published this article in Funeral Director Daily about alkaline-hydrolysis focused Endswell, located in North Carolina, which noted they had conducted 300 services in their first two years of operation allowing them to open a 2nd location.

Related — Recompose (Natural Organic Reduction) website

In Ceremony I am seeing a continual uptick in using non-traditional funeral venues for services.  And, what I call “Ceremony” companies like Kinwood or SendOff vying not only for funeral ceremonies but working to capture the contracted dispositions of the deceased also.

Or what about the idea of holding one’s funeral or memorial service (if you can call it that) before one has died?  There’s a company in Great Britain, Ceremonia, advocating just that.  Might this catch on?

Finally, in Memorialization I see many options that death care consumers will have over the tried-and-true option of burial (full body or cremation remains) in a cemetery with a monument declaring a life that has been lived.  There are a lot of options out there for this truly individual decision.  For instance, Better Place Forests made large investments in natural forests and a visit to their website will show testimonials that there are families that seem to be well pleased with their decision of purchasing memorial positions through them.

And, there are other options such as Parting Stone that seem to be growing also.

So, in our profession there are these emerging trends of “niche” choices that I see.  I’m also guessing that moving forward we will see more “niche” options present themselves to the Death Care consumer.  The question is, “Will these trends become megatrends and move the needle somewhat in decreasing the numbers of traditional burials, cremation, and traditional cemetery memorializations?”

Going back only 20 years, we lived in a country where over 90% of homes had landline telephone lines. . . . and we lived in a world where Netflix was delived on compact discs (CDs), not via streaming.

With those thoughts in mind, I would suggest that as you move forward with your Death Care business you look at options how you can partner with the growing “niche” businesses in Death Care to make sure that you don’t make a fatal mistake of missing a trend becoming a megatrend.

Disclaimer — The author of this article for Funeral Director Daily is a shareholder of Parting Stone.

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We received an e-mail last week that announced “Pinnacle Funeral Service and Rollings Funeral Service are proud to announce that Nancy Weil has joined the team as Director of Community Outreach. . . . .Nancy’s career includes serving as the Membership Director for the Order of the Golden Rule (OGR) for the past six years, where she worked closely with funeral homes across the country to promote excellence in service. She is a Certified Grief Management Specialist, Grief Services Provider, and Funeral Celebrant, facilitating virtual grief support groups and providing training to help funeral professionals better serve their communities.”

The announcement also said this about the companies, “Rollings and Pinnacle Funeral Service groups partnered early last year so they could both provide better support for their locations and provide more opportunities for their team members.”  And, you will notice that if you look at the current websites for both companies that Mr. Tony Kumming is listed as the President of both firms.

There is nothing unusual about that arrangement in business, but on a bigger scale, I think it shows that what might have been known in our business as regional consolidators or operating funeral home companies are beginning to scale for more growth. . . . and, I don’t think Rollings and/or Pinnacle are unique in that situation.

We’ve recently written about what Funeral Director Daily sees growing in our business.  That is, anecdotally, we seem to see more announcements about acquisitions of family owned funeral homes in the media than we have seen before.   With the larger publicly-owned funeral home companies we usually receive an e-mail press release about any acquisition, but in the smaller and non-public company arena those acquisitions are usually kept as silent as possible.

Tom Anderson
Funeral Director Daily

That also is not unusual. . . public companies need to let their shareholders know of the growth whereas smaller private operators try to cause as few waves with potential consumers about a change in ownership in local trade areas.  However, that quiet is balanced with a former owner wanting his friends and neighbors to know of the ownership change. . . . thus, local announcements in local newspapers that Funeral Director Daily scours for this information.

In my opinion, seeing these annoucements more frequently is more proof of what most of us believe is coming to the profession.  That is less family ownership over time as new generations of funeral home descendents choose to enter other lines of work.

A positive aspect of all of these companies seemingly ramping up for acquisitions is that sellers of funeral businesses have more and more options of whom they may want to trust their businesses to in the future.  In addition to the national and regional companies we have listed below, most local funeral home owners know of going-concern businesses in their vicinity that may also want to acquire certain funeral homes. . . . . . At the end of the day for those funeral home owners planning on dis-engaging from the business this seems to give them more options in choice, and possible price.

While not an exhaustive group, here are some of the North American non-public fuenral/cremation/cemetery company operators that we know of:

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Former Order of Golden Rule Membership Director Joins Rapidly Growing Private Funeral Service Operators

ST PETERSBURG, FLORIDA — Pinnacle Funeral Service and Rollings Funeral Service are proud to announce that Nancy Weil has joined the team as Director of Community Outreach. With over 18 years of experience in funeral service and a nationally recognized background in grief support and community engagement, Nancy brings a unique skill set that will enhance the organizations’ mission to support families in meaningful ways.

Nancy’s career includes serving as the Membership Director for the Order of the Golden Rule (OGR) for the past six years, where she worked closely with funeral homes across the country to promote excellence in service. She is a Certified Grief Management Specialist, Grief Services Provider, and Funeral Celebrant, facilitating virtual grief support groups and providing training to help funeral professionals better serve their communities.

“Adding Nancy to our team reinforces our commitment to the communities we serve,” said Tony Kumming, President of Pinnacle and Rollings Funeral Service. “We are dedicated to supporting families not only through exceptional funeral care but also by offering innovative programs and outreach that address their emotional and practical needs. Nancy’s expertise and passion for helping others perfectly align with our mission, and we are thrilled to have her on board.”

Rollings and Pinnacle Funeral Service groups partnered early last year so they could both provide better support for their locations and provide more opportunities for their team members.

Nancy is also a Certified Laughter Leader, published author, and accomplished speaker who has presented at leading industry conferences, including the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA), International Cemetery, Cremation & Funeral Association (ICCFA), and multiple state associations. Her work has been featured in Funeral Home & Cemetery News for 15 years through her column, Random Musings.

A graduate of Empire State College with a bachelor’s degree in Business, Management, and Economics, Nancy has previously served as Community Outreach & Marketing Director, as well as a Preneed Salesperson for cemeteries in Buffalo, NY, and Veterans Funeral Care in Clearwater, FL. Through her company, The Laugh Academy, she has traveled nationwide teaching professionals how to “stress less and laugh more.”

“Pinnacle Funeral Service and Rollings Funeral Service have always stood out for their dedication to families and the communities they serve,” said Nancy Weil. “I am excited to contribute to their mission and to create programs that make a meaningful difference in people’s lives.”

About Pinnacle Funeral Service and Rollings Funeral Service:
Pinnacle Funeral Service and Rollings Funeral Service specialize in funeral home management, offering funeral home owners an alternative to selling to large corporations by  ensuring their locations maintain the highest standards of care and service for families in need. Together, Pinnacle and Rollings Funeral Service focus on community engagement, compassionate care, and providing meaningful support to the families they serve.

Americans have moved into a realization that when it comes to grief, memorialization, and remembrance that not one size fits all.  That’s apparent by the growing number of options chosen for human disposition and remembrance.

This article and news video story from the Central Oregon Daily News brings up the relatively new memorialization process of “Cremation Tattoos”.  “Cremation Tattoos” are a memorialization option that many have chosen which is carried out by applying tattoos to survivors in which the ink applied has had cremation ash of the deceased mixed into the solution.

However, according to the linked article and according to the Oregon Health Authority “tattoo inks, dyes, or pigments must be purchased from a commercial supplier or manufacturer and must include an expiration date. The use of expired products or those banned or restricted by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is prohibited”.  In addition, the article states, “Any alteration of the inks, including adding substances not intended by the manufacturer (such as cremated remains), would likely be prohibited”.

While many tattoo professionals will mix ashes with ink in order to satisfy clients not all tattoo artists are comfortable with the process.  One artist named in the article, Edward Kehoe, made these comments, “Nowadays, tattooing is more professional, so we tend to have higher standards as far as what we’re applying. . . . I understand people’s idea of wanting to get the memorial with the ashes and it’s a very sweet idea. But I just don’t think that it’s sanitary per se”.

Another side of the issue is apparent when reading what Joshua Lohnes, a father of an deceased unborn child who has had a cremation tattoo in remembrance of that daughter applied to his arm.  Lohnes states his reasoning this way, “. . .we lost the child, and it was a really heavy grieving process for me, and I didn’t really know how to get out of it.. . . . I just wanted something.  I wanted her to be with me. I wanted to have something physical that was beautiful, that I could look at and carry with me.” 

Tom Anderson
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Funeral Director Daily take:  While the basis for this article is taken from an article based in Oregon and deals exclusively with the State of Oregon’s regulations, it is imperative to know that the school of regulations for the art of cremation tattoos is still in the processing stages.  There are 50 different states and it is likely that those differing states have differing regulations.

Funeral directors who may be asked by clientele thinking about this option just need to let those who are asking know that their state may or may not be regulated and they need to proceed at that level.  If you know the regulations in your state it might be smart to have those regulations copied off and given to the client for their perusal.  And, until we know more about the process and health of the process, it is probably unwise for funeral directors to endorse this process.

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