For those who want to be more in control of what happens to their own body after death, or would like to explore ways to care for a loved one's body after death. . .
For those who wish for options other than the standard funeral practices of our day, and long for simple burial . . .
For those who would rather have after-death care centered in family and community life. . .
For those who desire to talk about these and other Last Things: Alternatives at the End of Life
, and who would now like to plan for them. . .
There are alternatives.
"Birth, life and death – each took place on the hidden side of a leaf."- Attributed to Toni Morrison
Offerings: Individual consultations
Small group workshops
Introductory presentations
Resource sharing
Dying with Dignity - An article about her mother's passing, by Klara Tammany
Articles about home funerals are starting to appear in the national media. Here are links to some of them.
"Funerals and Burials," a September 5, 2008 broadcast on Maine Watch with Jennifer Rooks (rebroadcast on March 6, 2009) - click here to visit
"The Surprising Satisfactions of a Home Funeral," by Max Alexander, Smithsonian magazine, March 2009. -
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"In Home Funerals, Families Care For Their Dead," NPR's Talk of the Nation, April 30, 2009 -
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