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They have developed an application for the iPad which digitally captures guest information at a wake or service. This ensures they capture complete guest information for both the family and the funeral home. They do all the work by providing the printing of the thank you cards and more after the information is uploaded to them.
More often than ever before, people all over the country are opting for cremation at end of life rather than a typical burial.
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Experts recommend interviewing more than one funeral director -- in person, if possible -- to compare their costs, services, and personal styles before making a final hiring decision. It can also be helpful to bring along a reliable friend or family member for moral support and for another opinion.
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State regulators have reprimanded a Tomahawk funeral home owner and suspended one of his funeral directors for working without a license.
The state Funeral Directors Examining Board reprimanded John Krueger on Wednesday for letting Karen Gauerke work for him between September 2010 and January 2011 even though she was not licensed. Gauerke is Krueger’s daughter.
Now the deceased, when they step into the great beyond, can do so without leaving behind a carbon footprint. In what may be the last word in "going green," a handful of funeral homes are offering an alternative to flame cremation. Called alkaline hydrolysis, it uses lye and hot water to liquefy the loved-one, sending the remains down the drain.
Brad Shimp, 60, of Columbus, Ohio, chose the new process for his father, after the 91-year old WWII veteran died last February. "There really are no good solutions," says Shimp, "for what to do with the disposition of the body" after someone you love dies. He calls all the alternatives "difficult."
The owners, John Keppinger and Alex Zukowski, have decades of experience in the decorative wood business. The combination of Mr. Keppinger’s skillful ability to hand pick “just the right timber,” and his knowledge of properly drying the wood, added to Mr. Zukowski’s experience in fine woodworking, results in a beautiful work of art suitable to commemorate a life well lived.
A second price hike in fewer than seven months at the Clare Estate Crematorium, in Durban, has left funeral directors in the province fuming.
The chairman of the KZN Funeral Directors Association, Logan Chetty, described the latest increase, which is expected to come into effect on April 1, as a rip-off.
He said the new price would be almost double that of the Mobeni Heights and Stellawood crematoriums that charge between R600 and R700 per cremation, for any day of the week.
Crematorium manager Daya Moodley confirmed the price increase and that it was attributed to an escalation in gas and maintenance costs.
“This increase is unavoidable. This is a private facility and we are self-funded. But, this move is not to exclude anyone from using the crematorium. It is to help us meet our monthly expenses, which are huge.
17.000 trade visitors from 54 nations, more than ever before in the event’s history (2010: 16.000), gathered information here on current trends and product innovations and made serious business. The event saw a significant rise particularly from countries in South and Central America and Eastern Europe.
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