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RVML Resource Center 2002-2007 Calendar Archives 15 May 2007, Tuesday |
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Lecture: "A Fine Farewell"- Home Funerals and Green Burial by Marian Spadone
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: RVML Event Center - 258 A St, Ashland
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Lecture: "A Fine Farewell"- Home Funerals and Green BurialBy Marian Spadone
$5.00 - 20.00 Suggested donation, everyone welcome, no one turned away
Presentation Description:
*Did you know that in nearly every state, a family member or friend has the right to act as the funeral director for a loved one who has died?
*Did you know that embalming is not a legal mandate or necessity?
*Did you know that burying an embalmed body transfers gallons of toxic chemicals directly into the earth.
*Did you know that dry ice may be used by a family to preserve an unembalmed body long enough for home funerals, wakes, and ceremonies?
*Did you know that with the proper permits, you could transport a body home from a hospital or to a cemetery in your own vehicle?
If you are intrigued, please attend to learn more!
Presenter's Biography:
My name is Marian Spadone, and what I do is assist people, through education, information and guidance, to reclaim the loving act of caring for the dead and creating home funerals. I also design and make various kinds of shrouds and other burial containers.
Until only 2 or 3 generations ago, most families took charge of caring for their own dead. Now, with our culture's increasing emphasis on professionalism, we have been made to think that friends or family members don't know how or aren't "allowed" to care for a body after death. We think a body must be embalmed for sanitary reasons. We think that there's only one kind of container to be buried in, called a casket, which must be bought at a funeral home. None of this is true!
I am deeply called to this work. I want to encourage people to take on this blessed and potent experience rather than handing it over automatically to "the professionals". Participating in this way can engage the grieving process profoundly and speed healing and acceptance of all of the losses in our lives.
More information: 541-201-1004 e-mail: [email protected]
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