This will help with YourLower Cost Funeral, the recent Bereaved Consumers Bill of Rights act and the
Funeral Bill of Rights©|
created by R.Brian Burkhardt-a summary of the funeral rule.
Recent Grave desecration’s at Burr Oak Cemetery near Chicago and Eden Memorial Park near Los Angeles have inspired me to blog post my Funeral Bill of Rights©
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The company Perpetua, Inc are responsible Burr Oak Cemetery tragedy
Service Corporation International is responsible for the Eden Memorial Cemetery Tragedy.
FUNERAL BILL OF RIGHTS©
1. You have the right to know the prices of the
Goods and Services you are paying for in
advance, at any funeral home, either when you
visit, or over the phone, when you call. You do
not need to give them your name, address, or
other information before they give you the prices
you ask for when you phone them.
2. You have the right to see the casket and vault
price list when you go into a funeral home and at
an arrangement conference. If you are shopping
for a funeral you must be shown a casket price list.
While some detailed casket information may
appear on the list of goods and services, usually
funeral homes have a separate written list for
casket prices. The funeral home will be sure that
you see their most costly caskets first. Before they
show you any caskets, be sure that you get a copy
of the written list so that you can identify less
expensive caskets that would suit your needs, and
request to see them.
3. You have the right to negotiate your contract
with a funeral director and funeral home.
4. You have the right to choose embalming, cremation,
or direct burial. A funeral home director or
agent is obligated to inform you of this right.
Sometimes a funeral director or agent may ask
instead just for permission to embalm your loved
one when the funeral home arrives to transport
the body. (See Chapter 2 of this book.)
5. You have the right to bring a casket or urn from
another source (including a wholesaler or
internet provider) into the funeral home, that
will be used to contain the remains of your loved
one for display or burial.
6. You have the right not to pay a funeral home an
additional fee if you bring in a casket or urn from
another source. A funeral home cannot charge
you a fee for using a casket/urn from another
source and you do not need to be present when it
is delivered at the funeral home.
7. You have the right to have services at a different
site from the funeral home you have chosen.
8. You have a right to produce the items you need
for a funeral service or buy them from another
source (other than the funeral home you are
using for some goods or services), including:
flowers, the Order of Service programs, registration/
guest book, memorial folders, prayer
cards, and other service related items, as well as
electronic media presentations like slide shows
and videos.
9. You have the right to write the obituary.
10. You have the right to your funeral service your
way. You have the right not to select a “package”
from a funeral home’s group of packages
Funeral Bill of Rights from “Rest in Peace Insiders Tips to the Low Cost Less Funeral©” by R.Brian Burkhardt
