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Illinois Funeral Directors Association has no standing, anywhere

Illinois Funeral Directors Association has no standing, anywhere

There will be no  standing at the the Illinois Funeral Directors Lower cost Funeral. Surely the ceremony is about to begin as the fat lady gets ready to sing.

“My prediction is that the Illinois Funeral directors association  will be out of business by this time next year.”-yourfuneralguy

For these reasons the Illinois Funeral Directors Association is about to go to the grave. For this reason also you should not stand for funeral preneed. The IFDA has no standing with lower cost preneed funerals anymore

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Saturday, May 30th, 2009
Funeral Directors in Illinois brought a lawsuit against the Illinois Funeral Directors Association.

Funeral Directors in Illinois brought a lawsuit against the Illinois Funeral Directors Association.

The list of six Funeral Homes- Funeral Directors have been made available on the Internet. Your Funeral  Guy’s opinion is that the list of six who sued the IFDA should be avoided. Here is why; If they did not exercise due dilligence with their own funeral preneed funds, how can they be trusted with your funeral money?

The Illinois Funeral Directors missapplied preneed funds for their own Ponzi Scheme and for personal purposes. Read the Lawsuit from 6 funeral directors here. In fact the ones bringing the Lawsuit may be just as bad as the Illinois Funeral Directors Association and their ponzi scheme.

So if you find yourself negotiating with these folks on a lower cost funeral be sure to have your body armor on.

Calvert Funeral Homes LTD-headquarters Calvert Metzler Funeral home Lead Name in viewable

lawsuit.

Clancy Gernon Funeral Homes

Bass Patton Dean Funeral Home

Fred C.Dames Funeral Homes

Mccracken Dean Funeral Home

Knapp Funeral Homes.

Calvert Funeral Homes

I see no evidence that these folks have contacted folks with non guaranteed policies aboud there losses in the IFDA Trust accounts.

For now these Funeral Homes are listed. Commentary will come in another post.

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Thursday, March 19th, 2009
Why won't the IFDA Talk?

Why won't the IFDA Talk?

The Illinois Funeral Directors Association has continually refused to answer Questions about the IFDA Preneed Trust.

Members of the media have told me that these specific questions have been refused an answer.

1. Who is involved in the lawsuit against the IFDA?

2. What were the lobbying efforts of Roland Burris on behalf of the IFDA?

3. Was Roland Burris paid with IFDA Preneed Trust Funds?

4. What IFDA funds went to pay lobbyists?

The IFDA has refused to answer questions from the press even the Funeral Industry Press.

The coverup continues.

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Saturday, January 24th, 2009

NPS recently had a low cost funeral because of 500 million of mismanaged funds. The IFDA or Illinois Funeral Directors Association may have the same the same thing happen to them.

It does not appear to be going well as they are yet to find a trustee for the IFDA Preneed Trust.

Flashy Sites take your Funeral Cost Cash and many are IFDA Preneed Trust sites.

Will the same thing happen to the IFDA?

Funeral Cost remains of NPS picked over. As Funeral homes pay for this your cost goes up.

NPS- National Prearrange Services- Funeral Cost Scandal hits 500 Million. Here is a quote from a recent article on Funeral Cost.

The FBI is interested. Funeral homes across the nation wonder if they will be forced to pay for tens of thousands of funerals. Authorities are tracing the various fates of $500 million in prepaid funeral funds.”

More importantly as Funeral homes pay for this your cost goes up.

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/3F4D6DC2E8D284FC862574810011E33E?OpenDocument

Again the lesson here it is do not do preneed. Preplan but do not prepay. No matter what is said a low cost or lower cost funeral cannot be done by prepaying a funeral director.

Will the same fate happen to the IFDA? Illinois Funeral Directors Association? There loss was only 40 million dollars! find out more about preneed and the average cost of a funeral here: look inside the funeral cost book.

Insider's Tips to the Low Cost Less Stress Funeral

Rest in Peace: Insider’s Tips to the Low Cost Less Stress Funeral by R Brian Burkhardt and Matt Bacak. #1 International Best Selling Author Jason Oman also gave thumbs up to this book. This book is published by Morgan James Publishing.

Your Funeral Guy, R Brian Burkhardt, Funeral Director, Author, Blogger, State of Illinois

The “Google Books Search” give a look inside the book.

http://books.google.com/books?q=r+brian+burkhardt&btnG=Search+Books


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Thursday, July 10th, 2008

Recently I thanked a Funeral Director for his honest Blog Post about Funeral Directors.

“Thank you for your honesty.

we share a trust level well short of that of mechanics, stockbrokers, real estate and insurance agents. This information should be a wake up call.

Only a few in our profession are this honest and candid. On another blog on this site I have mentioned & commented on some scandals. They are the result of the sins of more than a few. Let it be known that inspite of some blogs and comments that are tough, I have withheld information from the media on these events. Instead I have called on Leaders in the Funeral Industry to be honest. You sir are a part of the city set on the hill.

Your ethics are appreciated. I love helping famulies and for that reason I wrote a new book called Rest in Peace. In this work I declare that there are honest ethical funeral directors like yourself who are willing to embrace the changes that are to come!”

It is my hope that the IFDA will embrace ethics and honesty. Right now I just find myself too busy helping folks lower the cost of their funerals…to keep up with this. The IFDA knows the changes that are comng.

To the IFDA I Wish you the best. There will be blogs here from time to time as things become public on the IFDA Funeral cost issue and the “IFDA Preneed Trust.” The IFDA has had it’s wake up call.


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