Rest in Peace released May1st: The best lower cost funeral info.

Rest in Peace Insider’s tips to the Low Cost Less Stress Funeral is a great guide on Funeral Cost. Rest in Peace was released May 1st 2008, This work contains the best lower cost funeral information out there. Here is what one Funeral Director said after the book release:

After reading “Rest in Peace” Claire and I found this to be very informative and truly would be a very important help to those who are facing making Funeral Arrangements. Many good ideas were presented We think that the AARP would be very interested in reading this book. Our best to you in trying to educate the public on Funeral Arrangements.–Ed Cronic Funeral Director.

You can Now Purchase “Rest in Peace” at major online outlets and order it at your local bookstore.

A book on lowering your funeral cost is a zingwacker idea for a book. It will be a great help to Mom, Dad, Grandma and Grandpa.

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This work has great funeral tips and can save you thousands on Funeral Costs! A true money saver.

It should be more than obvious that God is on the side of Family Funeral Cost.

To say that God is on the side of a Funeral Directors or the funeral industry is quite a stretch. It seems to be implied by many a funeral director. God is on the side of reducing funeral cost. To decided to reduce funeral cost is the basics of Funeral Planning 101. A low cost funeral and saving money for life is always best.

Yes many are honest and truly have the family interest at heart. I became a Funeral Director because I wanted to help families. Indeed the lights need to be paid and the books need to be balanced. However there are recent scandals often unreported by the press and blogs. In Illinois the IFDA, or the Illinois Funeral Directors Association lost 40 million dollars of the IFDA Preneed Trust fund. The IFDA’s license to manage the trust money was removed by the Comptroller of the State of Illinois. This was reported only in one statewide newspaper.

Nationally, NPS or National Prearranged Services, shut down this year because someome ran off with the folks money. A large amount of money. This was a large scale scandal that happened. Families need to be aware of these scams. Prearranged Services are suppose to save folks money, not cost.

Inspite of this Congress on April 29th Initiated after little debate the National Funeral Directors and Morticians Recognition day Day. Many times individual funeral Directors have run off with preneed funds. On April 29th 2008 The recognition day was passed by the House of Representatives with a voice vote.. Congress and the media have not investigated Funeral Director’s inability to keep themselves honest.

The public is not forewarned about dishonest folk in the funeral business. They are in many funeral homes. All Funeral homes are not honest as one may think.

The NFDA, National Funeral Directors Association, by it’s own admission is quite hypocritical on the Funeral Rule. In it’s May 2007 Issue, it admitted that it publicly supported the funeral rule in it’s magazine and at the same time worked against the funeral rule in Congress.

No God is not on the funeral director’s side but on the family’s side. And many families are quite capable of handling the details of a funeral that the funeral director does. Yes families need to pay funeral directors on some of the details of a funeral but they also have the right to handle many of the details of a funeral themselves when they are strong enough and willing to do so! An honest funeral director will keep the families interest first, often the line is blurred and this does not just happen. I have done funerals where nobody came. They deserve the same service as those where thousands showed up. I am not attacking any personal or funeral home’s goodness. The families need to be aware of funeral folks who are not good so they can save on funeral cost.

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

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According to my sources National Funeral Director and Mortician Recognition Day has passed the United States Congress on April 29th. Now in good conscience I cannot see how the Congress( House of Representatives) passed this recognition day in light of the IFDA Preneed Trust Deficit and the National Prearranged Services preneed shut down nationwide.

It is my contention that recognizing funeral directors and the present funeral system will only raise funeral cost in th long run. The NFDA ( National Funeral Directors Association) has promised reform of Preneed. This has happened before. This has been promised several times.   More information can be found on Pre-need: here:

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Yes by know you are probably, very tired about hearing about “Rest In Peace Insider’s tips to the Low Cost Less Stress Funeral.” by R Brian Burkhardt and Matt Bacak. I need to let you know that one of the reasons “I wrote “Rest In Peace” and talk about why you need to plan your funeral is so that you can impact you world. Everyone needs to leave an impact and a good one before they die or have the party at their death.

That is why i refer you to this work by Ken McArthur’s How to Get Noticed, Motivate Millions and Make a Difference in a Noisy World . Purchase this work at 1pm on May 13th.

No I have not read this book. But I watched him create it in a membership site.

This book will rock you. It is a zingwacker idea. I wrote the book ” Rest in Peace” with the zingwacker idea, of lowering the cost of your family funerals so there would be more money to impact Your WORLD! Find the Impact factor in your life.

This come from the experience of your funeral guy.

The main point about embalming is that it is a funeral cost you are not required to pay for. This is outlined in the funeral rule a body of Congressional Law designed to protect your Funeral Rights

Many funeral directors require embalming if you are planning a viewing or visitation. Embalming generally is not necessary or legally required if the deceased body is buried or cremated shortly after death. Eliminating this  embalming service can save you many hundreds of of dollars. Under the Funeral Rule(established by Congress), a funeral director:

may not provide embalming services without permission; this sometimes happens.

may not falsely state that embalming is required by law; you should be informed of this by your funeral director.

must disclose in writing that embalming is not required by law, except in certain special cases;

may NOT charge a fee for unauthorized embalming unless embalming is required by law;

must disclose in writing that you have the right to choose another disposition, such as direct cremation or immediate burial, that does not require embalming if you do not want this service;

must in writing disclose that some funeral arrangements, such as a funeral with viewing, may make embalming a practical and a safety necessity and, if so, a required purchase.

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

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The States are investigating NPS. ( National Prearranged Services)  Not much has been revealed yet. This is totally amazing. Nothing  has been revealed.

HERE are the investigating states. IF you want you can find out more.

• Ohio Department of Insurance, 614-644-2658, www.ohioinsurance.gov
• Iowa State Insurance Division, 515-281-5705 or 877-955-1212, www.iid.state.ia.us
• Illinois Comptrollers Office, 877-203-3401, www.comptroller.state.il.us
• Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance, 615-741-5062, www.state.tn.us/commerce/boards/funeral
• Kentucky Office of Insurance, 800-595-6053, http://doi.ppr.ky.gov/kentucky
• Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions & Professional Registration, 573-751-4126, www.difp.mo.gov
• Texas Department of Insurance, 512-475-1285, www.tdi.state.tx.us
• Source National Funeral Directors Association

This is all the more reason you need to find out about preneed here:

FYI– Many Funeral Homes have NPS policies. Your Funeral Guy watched people write these policy’s while working in Illinois.

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

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In 2004 my wife and I were invited to the Inaugural Ball in Washington DC. With the help of friends we were able to go. We moved back to the Midwest in  2005 and  we
started on a new path. This was interrupted by an Injury and Illness in 2006.

In 2007  a NDE (Near death experience) brought about the writing of “Rest in Peace Insiders Tips to the Low Cost Less Stress Funeral”

I had such a laser focus that I thought I was like Frodo the ringbearer in Lord of the Rings. I was told by the nurses in CCU and ICU that the Low  Cost Less Stress Funeral was a real zingwhacker idea.

What a concept show folks how to lower the cost and the stress of their funeral so they can concentrate on their health. It works for folks who are in nursing homes or just on their way there. Just a book on Funeral Cost. All this occurred at Edward Hospital in Naperville, Illinois.

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

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The hidden funeral cost strategy is right there on the General Price List. A GPL or general price list is required by the Funeral Rule and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). If you inquire on prices a Funeral Home is required by a body of Congressional Law to supply a General Price List. Every time you got to a different funeral home it is a good idea to pick one up.

The hidden funeral cost strategy is:

You do not have to accept the prices on the General Price List of a specific situation. Many folks simply believe that the GPL is the final deal on the cost of a funeral.

It is simply the start of the funeral negotiation process. It is only the starting point of negotiations!

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

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National Prearranged Services or nps  is now affecting funeral cost around the country News outlets in Specific states, such as Texas, Illinois and Missouri are reporting this.

According to bnd.com: The Illinois State Comptroller

“Hynes’ staff is working with policyholders who have claims against Lincoln Memorial. Hynes said that if the company cannot pay the claims, his staff will work to help them receive payment from the Illinois Insurance Guaranty Fund. The fund pays claims against insolvent insurance companies.”

Lincoln Memorial is a subdivision of National Prearranged Services.

http://www.bnd.com/news/state/story/308133.html

If you have one of these policies in Illinois  you can call this number for help.Illinois Comptrollers toll free number is  1-877-203-3401. You can  also call the funeral home who sold you your policy if they are available. I would advise you calling the Illinois Comptroller first.

You can find out more about the funreral process and purchasing prearranged services here. Be sure to avoid the pitfalls. It will help you with your funeral cost money.

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

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Funeral Leaders in Illinois need to to take responsibility for recent funeral cost events.

There are three events that have been covered on this blog.

1. (IFDA)The Illinois Funeral Directors Association 40 Million dollar deficit (in the IFDA preneed trust) a sad commentary on poor leadership and management. The fact that they are requiring funeral homes to turn in copies of death certificates from the past is because they paid out funds without death certificates. What would have happened to an insurance company that had done that?” We still have not been told where the 40 million USD went.

2. Then there was the National Prearranged Services (NPS)Scandal where this preneed company has shut down. The Illinois Comptroller in his press release of April 11th he stated that nps took advantage of Funeral Homes. It is the Funeral homes who hired NPS in the first place, a poor funeral cost business decision. Your Funeral Guy actually worked with a preneed sales guy where a good portion of his 1million dollars in sales was NPS. The Funeral persons here took the money!

3. Another case of the funeral director disappears and takes the money is outlined in a blog post here

http://www.progressiveu.org/151837-funeral-cost-and-funeral-fraud-video

As mentioned before there are leaders who need to come forward and state what has happened and what needs to be done about this.

In the Illinois State Legislature State Representative Dan Brady and State Senator Randall Hultgren of Hultgren Funeral Home in Wheaton, IL. These are the ones who can step forward and offer solutions.

Your Funeral Guy and Funeral Advocate, R Brian Burkhardt, Funeral director, State of Illinois, Author, Blogger,

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