Shocker-High School Bullies laugh into an open casket-Your Fumeral Guy

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It is reported that a Bullied teenager who committed suicide was laughed at in her open casket.

This a sad human story.

 

Sladjana Vidovic fled her war torn home in Bosnia for the safety of America. What she found instead was taunting classmates who called her names, threw food at her and in one instance pushed her down a flight of stairs. The administration at Mentor High School did nothing to stop the torment.

Now as a lawsuit on behalf of Sladjana Vidovic inches forward, a shocking detail emerges that brings into clear focus the brazenness of Sladjana’s tormentors. Some of them actually came to the funeral not as a belated show of contrition, but to make fun of the deceased teen one last time in front of her grieving family. AOL News reports.

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NFDA issues new numbers on the Average cost of A Funeral-Your Funeral Guy

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The National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) has issued numbers for the average cost of a Funeral in 2009 comparing the Numbers to 2004. The NFDA says the average funeral cost  for a traditional funeral at the funeral home  in 2009 is 7, 755 USD.

The previous numbers for the average cost of a funeral in 2006 were $7,323.00 USD.

These are NFDA numbers for median funeral cost in 2009.

Non-declinable basic services fee  2009 $1,817  2004$1,460  growth 19.6%

Removal/transfer of remains to funeral home 2009 $250  2004$195 growth 22.0%

Embalming 2009 $628  2004 growth$498  growth 20.7%

Other preparation of the body2009 $200 2004$175  growth 12.5%

Use of facilities/staff for viewing 2009$395  2004$339 growth  14.2%

Use of facilities/staff for funeral ceremony 2009$450 2004$395  growth12.2%

Hearse 2oo9$275 2004 $225  growth 18.2%

Service car/van 2009$125  2004$100 growth  20.0%

Basic memorial printed package 2009$125 2004$95 24.0%

Subtotal without casket $2009$4,265 $2004$3,482 18.4%

Metal casket (average charge for the most
frequently purchased item) 2009$2,295 $2004 $2,100

8.5% AVERAGE COST OF A FUNERAL 2009  $6,560 2004 $5,582 14.9%

Vault (average charge for the most
frequently purchased item) 2009 $1,195 2004 $998 16.5%

Total with vault 2009 $7,755 2004$6,580 15.2% * Median Price – The amount at which half of the figures fall below and half are above.

via www.nfda.org

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The question: Who Will Do the 1st Green Cremation-Your Funeral Guy

Who will do the first green cremation In The Funeral Business? Or has it been done? Some companies like Aquamation Industries in Australia, Transition Services in Canada, Mathews International in the USA claim to have  Green Cremation, Resomation -cycled life machines in place. Inspite of all the hype in the press no one has claimed to push the button on  any of these machines on a a dead hman body for the Funeral Industry.

It has been done for Years at Medical Schools, in other medical facilities in pet cremations   but to date no one in apress release  or announcement has claimed to be the first to use this for funerals. Alkaline Hydrolysis disposition,  cycled burial, water cremation and water resolution are other trms for this means of dispositionas a means of disposition.

It could be that it will be announced this week at the National Fuuneral Directors Convention (NFDA) in the USA,ut Maybe not.

It will happen. Making it all a bit  complex, Bio Safe Engineering holds the patents.

Read More about Aquamation here.

Read more about CycledBurial Here.

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Randall L Earl To Be Pres.Elect of NFDA|Funeral nightmare-yourfuneralguy

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Randall L. Earl is about to be elected President  Elect Of The NFDA. This is truly a nightmare on Funeral Street. Earl is a central figure in the Illinois Funeral Directors Association Ponzi Scheme.(IFDA Preneed Trust-over 100 milliom dollars gone) Most folks are not aware of his role in this mess. As past President of the IFDA , his role in the Missuse of funds in the Museum of Funeral Customs,and involvement with IFDA Services in the scam make him an unsafe figure in anything Funeral.

The National Funeral Directors Association would do well not to Elect him President at the NFDA convention currently going on in New Orleans.

Earl is Named in all the IFDA Lawsuits and at the center of the scandal

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Bugs Bunny 70 years old- Cartoon in a Cartoon Graveyard-YourFuneralGuy

Bugs Bunny is now 70 years old is Resting in Peace. He is hard to find on television these days. Included here is the

 

Raffi Anderian/Toronto Star

 

“Cartoon in a Cartoon Graveyard” the  original Bugs Bunny Cartoon “Wild Hare” a Warner Bros, Looney Tunes featuring Elmer Fudd.

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John Lennon vs MJ-Cremation verses expensive Burial-YourFuneralGuy

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When John Lennon Died Yoko Ono  had him cremated. When Michael Jackson(MJ) Died he was laid to “rest in peace” in a  Batesville Golden Casket. Saturday October 9th 2010- would have been John Lennon’s 70th Birthday.

In our culture the most basic Funeral Choice is burial or cremation.

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Your Funeral Guy is for Create a Great Funeral Day-Oct 30th|YourFuneralGuy

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Create a Great Funeral Day is October 30th 2010. Create a Great Funeral Day has been around a couple of years. It is very important to plan your funeral but not to prepay.

A Funeral planner is a great asset in planning  a Funeral. If you live in the UK You should consider using A Good Funeral Guide by Charles Cowling.

For  the USA, Another  great resource is Death For Beginners by Karen Jones. Rest in Peace Insiders tips to the Low Cost Less Stress Funeral will also help.

There is a New Book coming out that i  have read and recommend A Good Goodbye:Funeral Planning for Those Who Don’t Plan to Die

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ConnectingDirectors.com Continues to chase Batesville Caskets-yourfuneralguy

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The website connectingdirectors.com is continuing to chase Batesville Casket Co. It is my opinion that this company is not good for the funeral consumer or the funeral home. But neither is connectingdirectors.com a website that continues to put out incomplete information to funeral directors.

The Latest Batesville Chase is here:

The economic state of our country is forcing many companies to diversify themselves into new products as well as new industries, and funeral industry companies have not been excluded from this diversification.

Lets look at Batesville Casket company. In the last 12 months they have purchase a burial vault company, a funeral home website company, and a non-funeral industry company.

Batesville’s primary product and their name to fame has been their high quality caskets, but it seems now that burial vaults have been added to their product line their story on casket protection is changing.

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Casket Protection is a myth, no matter how well sealed in steel or wood, the casket and the deceased will decay. It does not Matter what Vault the casket is placed in, the elements will get in to decay. Batesville knows it, Funeral Directors know it(psst most of the public too)- but evidently the webmaster at connectingdirectors.com does not.The burial vault salesman webmaster needs some more education about the funeral industry and the process of decay.

Casket Price protection is also a myth-online and third party caskets have changed all that-high quality caskets can be obtained on line for less!

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Your Funeral Guy Exclusive: Sale of one of the Green Cremation Companies Pending

The sale of one of the Green Cremation, Bio cremation, Resomation, Water Resolution,  Companies- CycledLife(TM) is apparently pending. Screen Shot 10.07.10

Here is some detailed information on The Alkaline Hydroylsis disposition machine that was is available from cycledlife or CycledBurial. 

June demonstration to funeral directors: http://www.yourfuneralguy.com/2010/06/alkaline-hydrolysis-as-a-form-of-final-disposition-worksyour-funeral-guy/

The main difference between Resomation^R and Cycledlife alkaline hyrdroylysis machines is price:http://www.yourfuneralguyblog.com/2010/09/resomation-cycledlife-alkaline.html

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Funeral Industry Decline-Wilbert Vault CEO Resigns-Your Funeral Guy

It was reported  today that the President Of Wilbert Vault Company has resigned to go with Genesis Casket Company, casket company out of Troy Michigan. This was an indication of Funeral Industry Upheaval. Wilbert Vault is the major Vault Company in America.

Casket Sales are down in America and when a casket is not sold neither is a vault.Vault sales in the USA are on the decline.

Tony Colson resigned Oct. 1 as president and chief executive officer of Wilbert Funeral Services to become president and CEO for a new casket company that is based in Detroit called Genesis Casket Company. “The company is a subsidiary to the parent company which is Gestamp North America,” Colson said. “The company is an entirely new venture dedicated to providing caskets of world class quality and service.”

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